adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a retired couple (= having finished working at the end of their working lives )
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The house is suitable for a retired couple.
a retired employee
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They are for an increase in pension payments to retired employees.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
recently
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And Matt Camplisson, a recently retired bus inspector, will also be there with his keen sense of humour.
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It is arguable that more recently retired business men would have a constructive role to play.
■ NOUN
army
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In 1939 he married Angela Orred, daughter of a retired army major.
couple
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A retired couple have gone to the High Court to force the Government to buy their home.
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The largest group of customers are families with young children, followed by retired couples .
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A newly retired couple who want a holiday may put pressure on a very old relative not to complain of feeling ill.
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Opposite them were another retired couple , a teacher and his wife, the Gothards.
employee
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We were also very pleased to welcome back retired employees ,, and, who returned for the farewell.
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Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers.
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More than 7,000 retired employees from the Wilton site on Teesside enjoyed the celebrations last year.
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Thanks to retired employee , Link has discovered the car's present whereabouts and brings you the story behind its restoration.
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About 120 people attended, including many retired employees who are also an important part of the assembly.
people
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The 20 percent. contribution will be abolished, the rebate system will be improved and single retired people will be protected.
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The six interviewees were retired people from Dudley.
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Too often retired people will say that retirement did not turn out to be as they had expected.
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This disparity in social attitudes is certainly reflected in the ambivalent feelings held by retired people .
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Despite these views being diametrically opposed, both exist simultaneously in attitudes to retired people .
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In marked contrast to this fall amongst younger age groups, the number of retired people had increased by 39 percent.
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As consumers, but non-producers, retired people possess no strike sanction.
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One thing George has discovered is that there is no shortage of things for retired people to do.
person
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We can recommend that any retired person join the local Town Twinning Association.
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Only Torbay, with its high proportion of elderly and retired persons in owner-occupied accommodation, is more poorly provided.
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Total savings per retired person then rise by.
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The pension of a single retired person mainly dependent on state benefits is £58.88 and that of a couple is £101.50.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Among those attending was a retired federal judge from Philadelphia named Bennett Mayall.
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Aunt Pat and Uncle Joe are both retired .
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I'm a retired school teacher.
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Our neighbours were an old retired couple.
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The company specializes in holidays for retired people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But, so far, nobody has proved the retired pathologist from suburban Detroit to be a criminal.
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Captain Nisbet, a retired soldier, was well known and respected in the Irvine Valley and beyond.
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Gooseneck found out about it through a retired old retainer who lived in the area.
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I am a retired Museum Director, an archaeologist and historian.
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In marked contrast to this fall amongst younger age groups, the number of retired people had increased by 39 percent.
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The ghosts of retired colonels haunt some of Torquay's menus.
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The Sutton pupils knew two of them: the retired caretaker of the school and his wife.
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Too often retired people will say that retirement did not turn out to be as they had expected.