I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a currency rises/falls (= it goes up or down in relation to other currencies )
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The currency fell from 144 to the dollar twelve months ago to 812.
a dramatic increase/rise
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There has been a dramatic rise in fuel costs.
a flower/rose garden (= a garden planted with flowers/roses )
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The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.
a growing/increasing/rising trend
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a growing trend towards globalization in world markets
a growth/rise/increase in exports
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The electronics sector has seen a 16% growth in exports.
a level rises/goes up/increases
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The level of unemployment has increased.
a mist rises (= comes up from something such as water )
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I could see the mist rising from the river.
a number increases/goes up/grows/rises
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The number of mobile phones has increased dramatically.
a pay rise British English , pay raise American English
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If you get promoted, will you get a pay rise?
a population grows/increases/rises
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Between these years the population grew by 40%.
a price goes up/rises/increases
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When supplies go down, prices tend to go up.
a price rise/increase
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Consumers are facing more fuel price rises.
a rapid increase/rise
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The country cannot cope with a rapid increase in population.
a rating rises/climbs
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The president's approval ratings have risen considerably.
a rise in prices
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The sharp rise in wholesale food prices will have to be passed onto customers.
a rise in temperature/a temperature rise
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The result was a rise in the Earth's temperature.
a rise in temperature/a temperature rise
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The result was a rise in the Earth's temperature.
a rise/increase in unemployment
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The crisis meant a sharp rise in unemployment.
a rise/increase in value
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We saw a rapid increase in the land’s value.
a rising star (= someone who is becoming famous and successful )
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She is very much the rising star of Black American fiction.
a rising/falling rate
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A falling mortality rate led to a gradual increase in the proportion of the aged in the population.
a river rises somewhere formal (= it starts there )
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The River Euphrates rises in Turkey and flows through Syria.
a steady increase/rise
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The campus has benefited from a steady increase in student numbers.
a wage increase/rise
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The rail workers demanded a 20% wage increase.
an improvement/rise in standards
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There has been an improvement in living standards.
an increase/rise in expenditure
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The government has announced a planned 4.4% increase in public expenditure.
an increase/rise in salary
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They were offered a 10% increase in salary.
climbing rose/plant
come to/rise to/achieve prominence (as sth)
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She first came to prominence as an artist in 1989.
compass rose
consumption rises/increases/goes up
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Consumption of unleaded fuel rose by 17% in 1992.
death toll rose
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As the unrest continued, the death toll rose .
demand rises/increases
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Demand for energy has continued to rise.
earnings rise/increase
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Average earnings increased by 5 per cent last year.
expenditure rises
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As public expenditure has risen, so have taxes.
exports increase/rise/grow
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Electronics exports grew more slowly than in previous years.
give rise to difficulties formal (= cause them )
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The stormy weather gave rise to difficulties for many of the competitors in the yacht race.
growing/increasing/rising popularity
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This may be the key to explaining Celtic music's increasing popularity.
growing/mounting/rising panic (= increasing panic )
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She quickly packed a bag, trying all the time to control her mounting panic.
growing/rising/increased expectations (= becoming higher )
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China's economy will grow considerably over the next five years, bringing rising expectations of wealth.
growing/rising/mounting anger
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There is growing anger among drivers over the rise in fuel prices.
imports increase/rise/grow
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Imports increased by 13 percent last year.
increase/rise by half (= become 50% more )
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The number of passengers using the service has increased by half.
increase/rise/fall etc in production
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a drop in oil and gas production
increase/rise/go up in value
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The dollar has been steadily increasing in value.
increasing/growing/mounting/rising tension
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There are reports of increasing tension in some areas.
inflation rises
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Inflation rose steadily from the mid-1960s
lead to/prompt/give rise to speculation (= result in it )
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This development led to speculation that she was about to resign.
meteoric rise
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her meteoric rise from dancer to professional actress
mountains rise (= go high into the sky )
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The mountains rise above the plains.
panic rises within sb (= someone starts to feel panic )
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She felt panic rising within her.
pay rise
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Some company directors have awarded themselves huge pay rises.
people rise in rebellion (= start rebelling )
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The peasants rose in rebellion.
people rise in revolt (= start to take part in a revolt )
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At a word from Gandhi, India would have risen in revolt.
phenomenal growth/rise/increase
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California had experienced a phenomenal growth in population.
profits rise/increase/grow
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Half of the firms surveyed expected profits to rise.
rise and fall
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The rise and fall of the dancers’ bodies creates a pattern.
rise and fall (= period of success followed by failure )
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the story of Napoleon’s rise and fall
rise to a challenge (= deal successfully with it )
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It was a difficult project but we rose to the challenge.
rise to fame (= become famous )
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She rose to fame during the early Sixties.
rise to power
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The Roman emperor Vespasian rose to power through command of an army.
rise to/achieve/reach a rank ( also attain a rank formal )
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He rose to the rank of colonel.
rise to/reach etc ... heights
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He reached the dizzy heights of the national finals.
rise/emerge from obscurity (= to become well-known after not being known at all )
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Harris received coaching and rose from obscurity to stardom.
rise/increase sharply
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The value of early photographs has risen sharply in recent years.
risen against the dollar (= increased in value in relation to the dollar )
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The pound has risen against the dollar .
risen from the ashes
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The organization has risen from the ashes to become very successful.
rising damp
rising inflation
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The country was hit by rising inflation.
rising/falling unemployment
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Rising unemployment led to more crime.
Rose d'Or, the
rose hip
rose to a...crescendo
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The shouting rose to a deafening crescendo .
rose window
sales increase/rise/grow/go up
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Sales rose by 9% last year.
sb’s income rises/increases/goes up
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They saw their income rise considerably over the next few years.
sb’s rise to power
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The programme examines Saddam Hussein’s rise to power.
sb’s spirits rise/lift/soar (= they start feeling happier )
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Her spirits rose as they left the ugliness of London behind.
sb’s voice rises (= becomes louder or higher )
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Her voice rose in panic.
sb’s/sth’s rise to fame
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Her rise to fame has been astonishingly rapid.
shares rise/go up (= their value increases )
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The company’s shares rose 5.5p to 103p.
shoot/rise/zoom to stardom (= become famous very quickly )
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Ellen shot to stardom as a model last year.
smoke rises
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Smoke was rising from the top of the tower.
Steam rose
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Steam rose from the hot tub.
stem the growth/rise/decline etc
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an attempt to stem the decline in profits
the cost rises/goes up
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The cost of electricity has risen again.
the moon rises ( also the moon comes up )
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He watched the full moon come up over the trees.
the rising tide
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The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel.
the rising/setting sun (= the sun as it appears/disappears )
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The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.
the sun rises/comes up (= appears at the beginning of the day )
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As the sun rises, the birds take flight.
the temperature rises
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The temperature rose steadily throughout the morning.
the value of sth increases/rises
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The value of the land had increased by $2m.
turnover rose/fell
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Turnover rose 9%.
unemployment increases/rises
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During their term in office unemployment increased by 50 percent.
wild mushroom/garlic/rose etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
above
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We must endeavour to rise above , Wilson.
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But instead of climbing to a tolerable 30 or 35, the thermometer never rose above 20.
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Even in summer, the temperature rarely rises above freezing point.
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Last week, the dollar rose above 105 yen.
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A bitter wind scurried among the branches of the trees that rose above and behind the stark line of old-fashioned eagle cages.
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Temperatures inevitably will rise above zero, she said.
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The death toll could rise above 13 once heavy equipment is used to lift the carriages.
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Water sent downstream rose above 62 degrees and killed thousands of tiny salmon.
again
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The wind rose again , and again he tried to combine safety with dignity, thinking of the watchers below.
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He was always brought back to life; he died and rose again .
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It dipped after the Yom Kippur war, rising again to 51,000 in 1979.
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When the cheering rose again , Eddie Peace and his companions once more registered their anger and disappointment.
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Only then will he rise again to an entirely different life in the Reality which exists beyond thought.
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At that point new infections can begin to rise again .
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Como was defeated, but gradually rose again to prominence.
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Stuart ran to it, flushing it, and the bird rose again to repeat the display.
by
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But sales are now rising by about 50 percent a year as the idea loses its social taboo.
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During the past decade, state expenditure on prisons has risen by nearly a third.
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Cases of asthma and eczema are also rising by about 5 percent every year.
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If profits are to regain their levels of the mid-1990s, its revenues need to rise by twice as much.
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Currently wages are rising by about 7.5 p.c. perannum compared to price rises of about 4 p.c.
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Average temperatures in the region have risen by about one degree celsius in the last 30 years.
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Since February sterling has risen by over 5% against the D-mark.
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Computer maker Dell saw its sales rise by nearly a third in the first three months of this year.
dramatically
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In Oxford, although the numbers of infected heterosexuals are low, they're rising dramatically .
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The basic education level of the general population has risen dramatically in recent decades.
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The number of people openly acknowledging their faith has risen dramatically in the past 10 years.
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The incidence curve rose dramatically , and within just a few years this initial core quickly became saturated.
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That is information I am passing on having received no illuminated address from manufacturers for helping peppermint sales to rise dramatically .
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The number of charges and convictions for domestic violence rose dramatically .
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I think that most people are interested in the fact that living standards under this Government have risen dramatically .
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The 90 percent threshold was chosen because earlier censuses showed that per-person costs rose dramatically in tracking down the last 10 percent.
rapidly
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The revolution of 1905 saw Social Democracy become a truly mass movement, and Bolshevik influence rose rapidly .
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On their return, both rapidly rose to positions of decisive importance in Church and State.
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Both the assets and the liabilities of the personal sector have been rising rapidly over the past ten years.
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All were great successes and his popularity as a writer rose rapidly .
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From an initial 700 in the first season, bookings rose rapidly to 26,000 by 1931.
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They met originally at a company orientation program, and subsequently the latter executive rose rapidly in the company.
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Relative poverty, more markedly than absolute poverty, clearly rose rapidly throughout the 1970s.
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Bo rose rapidly in the movement.
sharply
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Along with Toyota, the securities, banking and communications sectors also rose sharply .
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Meanwhile, stock prices of several investment banking firms rose sharply Thursday.
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The scale of dental charges has risen sharply since the 1970s and now approaches the economic cost.
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Enrollment had risen sharply during the war years, and school traditions reflected a country at war.
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The numbers of people in mentally handicapped hospitals rose sharply from around 5,000 in 1918 to 50,000 by 1940.
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As we will discover in Chapter 15, in recent years large Federal deficits have caused the public debt to rise sharply .
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The share of total sterling lending to the private sector-households and businesses - has risen sharply .
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The frequency of talking politics rises sharply from the primary to the secondary to the university levels in all five countries.
steadily
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Between 1976 and 1983, he rose steadily through a series of promotions and posts in Air Force security.
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Shares of the vitamin and nutrition products company have risen steadily since Robertson, Stephens&038;.
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The number of divorcees remarrying in church has risen steadily since such weddings were sanctioned in 1981.
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Morale, along with combat efficiency, had risen steadily .
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Enrolments at both primary and secondary levels fell sharply in the early 1980s before beginning to rise steadily from 1984 onwards.
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He has risen steadily in the estimation of his peers, to a position very near the top of his profession.
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From that point on, the temperature inside the reactor began to rise steadily .
up
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Nessie rose up , her heart fluttering.
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There comes a time in every close game when a team has to rise up and make a stand.
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In my dreams, memories of dead People rise up .
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The people rise up , and dictators go down.
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She stood, staring out at the pond and the dark Grove rising up the mountain behind it.
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She was bloodless and the bones of her face had risen up against the fabric of her skin.
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Another time, a photographer had ventured on to the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner.
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How was I to know but what the audience would rise up in mass and resent it?
■ NOUN
chair
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Slowly and deliberately, he rose from his chair and picked up the piece of rope from the floor.
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Margarett turned, smiled at her young man, and rose from the chair .
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The slender figure rose from the chair , and flung back its veil.
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Not simply because he is so stuffed and drunk that he can't rise up from his chair .
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Emily rose from her chair and Eline knew that the meeting was over.
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She rose , the chair tipped with the man's weight.
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Suddenly, Holmes rose from his chair and emitted a ghastly cry.
challenge
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And Charles noted with relief how Alex was rising to the challenge .
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Rather than offer pure fantasy, the fashion gurus rose to the challenge of suggesting truly flattering, appropriate and stylish options.
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The academic community was slower in rising to the challenge .
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Of course, many princes rose to the challenge , but each lost his life in the quest.
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Who will rise to the challenge ?
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The flood was a second major story, and the staff rose to meet the challenge .
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None the less, as a recent television documentary showed, women still rise to this challenge .
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Whenever she could, she played with her brothers and rose to their challenges .
costs
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Since costs tend to rise inexorably, attempts to stabilize public spending have essentially meant cuts in actual services.
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The government also considered the drop in drilling costs -- and rising output from the average gas discovery.
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Budget costs would rise further, not fall.
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Without them production costs would rise because farmworkers would have to be employed and paid.
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It must negotiate a new steelworker contract this year and its benefit costs are expected to rise .
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Their raw material and energy costs would rise , while being deprived of their previous government subsidies.
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An Alcoa spokesman said costs generally rise when revenue increases.
earnings
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The top 5 percent of working women have seen their earnings rise by a third over the past couple of decades.
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Average earnings rose just 3 cents an hour.
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Profits and earnings per share rose 17 percent and dividends to shareholders were up 10 percent.
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Fourth-quarter earnings rose to 45 cents a share from 39 cents.
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By 1990 motor insurance had kept in line with average earnings and risen to £223.
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Bay Networks said fiscal second-quarter earnings rose because of strong sales of its computer-networking equipment.
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But Vallance said if the above items were excluded, then earnings would actually have risen slightly.
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Charlotte, North Carolina-based First Union earnings rose 21 percent, as higher fees offset sluggish lending profit.
fall
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She, of course, becomes agitated and it's so lovely to watch full ripe bosoms rise and fall !
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Tax rates rise and fall , but the individual and the business are always treated differently.
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Budget costs would rise further, not fall .
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The wind blows through the long grasses and the grass seems to rise and fall in waves.
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Whether it rises or falls will naturally affect taxation.
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In other words, does Y rise or fall consistently as X rises?
foot
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Antony rose to his feet and stood gazing intensely at her.
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In fact fans rose to their feet for his curtain call.
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The elderly couple sitting in chairs on either side of the fireplace rose to their feet as we entered.
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Inch said Wednesday as workers made last-minute preparations with the crane, which can rise 170 feet and lift 350 tons.
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Then he, too, rose to his feet .
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The cars turned toward the Alabama Hills, a small range of barren rises at the foot of the Sierra escarpment.
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The dark area to the south-east of the Colorado/San Juan confluence is Navajo Mountain, which rises to 10388 feet .
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Stiffly, reluctantly, she rose to her feet and began to sweep up the litter of broken china.
height
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At one point the road suddenly curves and rises to the height of an eight-storey building.
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At the head of the harbor the hills rose to a height of 120 feet.
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The par-or-better rounds on Friday rose to the new heights of 54 and the average was further improved to 71.69.
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One of the perennial streams that sometime rises to astonishing heights of activity is the Leonid shower.
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The patrons rose to new heights of glee.
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They are square in plan and rise sheer to varying heights without ornament, abutment and with few openings.
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But his power of decision-making improved, and his gift of calming, persuasive oratory rose to its heights .
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But that decline came hard on the heels of the mid-1980s, when prices rose to absurd heights .
income
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For example, the marginal propensity to make bequests out of lifetime income may rise with the level of income.
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Income from fees, or noninterest income, rose to $ 545. 3 million from $ 417 million.
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The number of homes sold to median-to-high income earners rose while neighbourhood representatives expressed concern over the concentration of substandard property.
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In an agricultural world, annual incomes rise and fall dramatically depending upon the weather.
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In both cases, the incomes have risen substantially.
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Noninterest income rose 14 % to $ 197. 3 million, excluding special items.
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The first change was in the means test itself. Income levels rose , as did prices.
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Lastly, incomes rose and food consumption habits changed.
index
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The composite index rose 1.1 per cent to 411.98, with turnover significantly higher than Friday.
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The Nikkei 300 index rose 0. 16 point, or 0. 05 percent, to 300. 89.
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Zurich: The index rose 4.5 points to 1,194.3 on selective local and foreign buying.
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The Wilshire 5000 Index rose 22. 19 to 5944. 20.
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Group mean body mass index in hypertensive men rose from 28.4 to 29.4, and in controls from 26.4 to 27.4.
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The Bloomberg Indiana Index has risen almost 17 percent since it was started in September 1994 with a base value of 100.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index rose 62.14 points, or 0.7 %, to 8778.54.
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Altera Corp. was the second-biggest gainer on the index , rising 16 percent since Monday.
inflation
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On command, a wave of tube inflation rises up the tights from ankle to thigh, squeezing the vein-blood in front of it.
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Second, bonds, despite their fixed income status, lose value if inflation is expected to rise .
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But take away the effect of the new council tax and underlying inflation has risen slightly.
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Five years ago, for example, it was assumed that if unemployment fell below 6 percent, inflation would rise .
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But this is not what happened in the early seventies. Inflation rose steadily from the mid-1960s.
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By 1973 the average annual inflation rate had risen to 7.8 percent.
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Non-pay items such as drugs and equipment have been running above 7 percent as inflation generally has risen .
interest
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It may well be that there is a strong market view that interest rates will rise shortly.
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But then short-term interest rates rose unexpectedly, and customers shifted money from low-interest savings accounts to high-interest deposit accounts.
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When interest rates rise , the market value of zero coupon bonds fall more than regular bonds that pay interest periodically.
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A balance up to £999 earns 0.5 per cent interest , rising to 3.55 per cent on more than £10,000.
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Mr Ricchiuto predicts long-term interest rates will rise through the 7 % level this year.
level
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Wage levels have risen and the absorptive capacity of industry has decreased.
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If the general level of interest rates rises after issue, then the market price of the bond will fall.
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If the price level should rise , the real wage would fall, creating an excess demand for labour.
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The sea level will rise by about 14 inches instead of 39. -AP.
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It gave up when the audience level never rose .
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Nitrogen dioxide levels in central London rose by 40 percent between 1979 and 1989.
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People chattering, doors opening and closing, loud male greetings, the level of noise rising .
market
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By 1990 the cordless drill's market share had risen to 27 percent.
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With a minimal investment, investors can bet whether almost the entire market will rise or fall.
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When the property market was rising every day a slick operator could buy and sell again without much risk.
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Profits from developed markets rose to $ 214 million from $ 211 million in the 1994 quarter.
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These markets often rise and fall in line with the enthusiasm of foreign investors.
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The shares bucked the market trend, rising one penny to 491p.
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Profits from developed markets rose to $ $ 214 million from $ 211 million last year.
million
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Capacity of the corridor is initially put at 10 million tonnes a year, rising to 30 million in the future.
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Transaction processing profits rose to $ 23 million from $ 21 million.
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The department expects that total to rise to 16 million in the next five years.
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Volume rose to 596 million shares, up from a six-month average of 422 million shares a day.
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Retail banking profits rose to $ 137 million from $ 120 million.
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Noninterest revenue, led by securities trading and credit card fees, rose to $ 958 million from $ 815 million.
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Other operating revenue rose to $ 551 million from $ 492 million, led by a surge in trading.
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Trading revenue rose to $ 164 million from $ 77 million, on higher bond trading and underwriting fees.
occasion
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Which means that even the most delicate of dishes will rise to the occasion .
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Too many leaders, motivated by self-interest, had failed to rise to the occasion .
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As I say, it is the chorus which too often fails to rise to the occasion .
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Bench strength could be suspect, but it has risen to the occasion the past two playoff runs.
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Sunderland again rose to the occasion against better opposition and just about deserved to get the points to ease their relegation worries considerably.
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No doubt when money is required in the future Long Riston residents will rise to the occasion once more.
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Devastated by her husband's death, she was uncertain she could rise to the occasion .
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Yet they rose to the occasion .
percent
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The yield on the five-year 5. 875 percent note rose 7 basis points to 4. 64 percent.
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Five years ago, for example, it was assumed that if unemployment fell below 6 percent , inflation would rise .
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Not only are schools failing, but the national dropout rate is now over twenty percent and rising .
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The going rate for Edwards's 50 percent has risen rapidly since the affair began in August with Knighton's £10m offer.
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Lloyds reported fiscal 1995 sales of 1. 08 billion pounds, a 15. 1 percent rise over the year earlier.
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Discounts of up to 50 percent , rising as the sale progresses.
points
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The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.68 points to 3,514.69.
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The yield on the five-year 5. 875 percent note rose 7 basis points to 4. 64 percent.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index rose 62.14 points , or 0.7 %, to 8778.54.
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The Commodity Research Bureau index rose 1. 23 points to 240. 21.
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Dust and smoke could be seen rising from several points .
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The benchmark 5-year sterling swap spread rose 7 basis points to 42 basis points.
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The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.11 points to 3,511.65.
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Stocks were also higher as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32. 16 points to close at 5065. 10.
price
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However, over the period of the relocation programme, house prices rose considerably.
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In Brussels, prices rose , after late buying of baskets of shares overcame profit-taking.
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The price of bread rose steeply.
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Consumer prices rose 2. 15 percent in the second half of December from the previous two weeks.
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House prices in Britain rose by 2.6 % in December-an annualised rate of more than 30 %.
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Not only is production expanding rapidly as foreign mining outfits plunge in, world coal prices have been rising .
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As wages declined, less money was available for purchasing inessential goods, so the prices of these would rise less steeply.
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The logic with margin is that you can leverage your assets to buy additional securities and increase your profits if prices rise .
production
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Owing to reclamation, technological improvements and urbanization, agricultural productivity and the level of production rose during the period.
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Total copper production rose 5 percent because of higher ore grades at and increased output at Escondida.
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Without them production costs would rise because farmworkers would have to be employed and paid.
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Last month, reports showed industrial production rose 1. 3 percent in November from the month before.
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But both the production and Fiennes rise superbly to the spectacle of Edward's decline.
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Declining global production and rising demand drove prices higher.
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The neutron production rate appeared to rise after about an hour of electrolysis and then dropped dramatically after eight hours.
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Copper production is expected to rise amid expansions at mines owned by Codelco, Phelps Dodge and other large producers.
profit
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In the year to 30 September, profit before tax rose by 65% to £54.5m at Securicor.
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Pre-tax profits rose 236.3% to £1.2m, although turnover fell 14.6% to £24m due to the disposal of non-profitable activities.
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Transaction processing profits rose to $ 23 million from $ 21 million.
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East Midlands Electricity added 1p to 408p after generating a 23% profits rise to £30.3m.
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Then, around 1900, when profits rose but wages fell, the period was called the Belle Epoque.
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Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight percent.
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Operating profit rose as a percentage of sales to 17. 0 percent from 16. 5 percent.
prominence
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Como was defeated, but gradually rose again to prominence .
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Aside from its ascendency as an ecumenical center, Hanover was also rising to political prominence .
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Though their long history from the early Cambrian to the present different groups of articulate brachiopods rose to prominence only to decline.
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Together, they showcase his combustible bop chops and sublime ballad skills, as well as his meteoric rise to prominence .
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Wei first rose to prominence during the brief 1978-79 interlude of free speech known as the Democracy Wall movement.
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Born into poverty, Jimenez never forgot his origins as he rose to prominence in the church.
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But it was as a leader of the unemployed that Hannington rose to national prominence .
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She married Jose in 1963 and played an important supporting role as he rose to prominence in the business world.
rate
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The Bank does not provide assistance and interest rates could rise very high indeed.
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The mortality rate then rises , so that few will survive to L3.
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But then short-term interest rates rose unexpectedly, and customers shifted money from low-interest savings accounts to high-interest deposit accounts.
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High school graduation rates rose from around 13 percent in 1913 to almost 50 percent by 1940.
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However, at constant exchange rates , sales rose only 4%.
revenue
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However analysts note that revenue from commission rose to 537.4m euros.
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For the full year, the company expects revenue to have risen about 16 %.
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Exhibition revenue rose 7 % and continued to benefit from the medium's effectiveness in bringing buyers and sellers together.
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Annual revenue rose 9. 1 percent to $ 9. 085 billion from $ 8. 325 billion.
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The projected deficit reduction depended on government revenue rising 22 percent in 1989, and on spending increasing by only 15 percent.
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Services revenue rose to $ 4. 09 billion from $ 3. 28 billion.
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Trading revenue rose to $ 164 million from $ 77 million.
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He believes revenue rose 42 % to $ 2. 1 billion from $ 1. 48 billion.
sale
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But sales are now rising by about 50 percent a year as the idea loses its social taboo.
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Without Gerber, nutrition sales rose 7 percent, Sandoz said.
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Diesel sales continued to rise with more than 41 % of all Mercedes-Benz cars now equipped with diesel engines.
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Neupogen sales rose 13 percent to $ 936 million from $ 829 million.
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Woolworth's sales rose 5.7 percent and operating profits, by 9 percent to £77.8 million.
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Excluding acquisitions, sales would have risen 6 percent in local currencies, Breu said.
share
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Earnings per share rose from 1.4p to 2p, though turnover dropped from £209.7 million to £174 million.
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The Class A shares rose 3 / 4 to 40 5 / 8.
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Turnover climbed from £187.2 million to £204.5 million, while earnings per share rose from 5.8p to 6.5p.
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Sallie Mae shares rose 5 1 / 4 to 70 1 / 4, the highest since Dec. 5.
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Earnings per share rose by 23.1% to 4.8 pence.
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Emerson Electric Co. shares rose 7 / 8, or 1. 1 percent, to 79 3 / 4.
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The stock market has no inkling a big stake is being amassed, so the target's share price need not rise .
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Gentex Corp. shares rose 1 1 / 2, or 6. 6 percent, to 24 1 / 8.
stock
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The price of bellwether stocks has risen 50-80 percent in the past two months.
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This news sent stock markets rising after serious losses over recent days due to fears that the President could face impeachment proceedings.
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The stock rose just 15 percent in the nine months before the announcement.
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Initially, leading world stock markets rose strongly following the rate cut.
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Its stock rose 2 3 / 8, or 12 percent, to 22 1 / 8.
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Preferred stock in Telebras rose 1. 9 reais to 52. 9.
sun
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As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon, when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark.
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On came Achilles, glorious as the sun when he rises .
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The sun had risen above a bank of puffy blue clouds that lay along the horizon.
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The sun has half risen in that time and it lights up the fabric of the yellow shirt like stained glass.
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Each day the sun rose later and weaker and with it her strength too seemed to ebb.
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Sales rose 55 percent to $ 96 million. Sun rose 3 to 44 7 / 8.
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When the sun rose we did all the necessary and then noticed this cat only had one eye.
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The sun would not rise for five hours yet.
surface
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At about a kilometre's range the whales' blow looked like small globular puffs of steam rising off the sea surface .
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Hot magma from the mantle would rise to the surface to fill in the crack.
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The police kept up their enquiries and one or two likely candidates rose to the surface , but nothing was clearly actionable.
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Simmer slowly for 30 minutes, skimming any fat that rises to surface .
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Dense tufts of pea-green underwater foliage, rising to the surface during the summer and affording shelter for fish and their fry.
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Now they were bloated bodies rising to the surface just in time to give the serial killer away.
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BSigns of withdrawal have risen to the surface .
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Meanwhile the nation's uneasy racial past continues to rise noisily to the surface .
table
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He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table , leaving his brandy untouched.
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My father rose and left the table .
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At one point, Joan rose from the table and went to the ladies' room.
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The preacher pushed his plate away and Lottie rose to clear the table .
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Thin layers rise on tables and shelves.
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Romanov rose from the table and without bothering to offer an explanation strode out of the room and headed straight for the lift.
temperature
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During the brief period of open water in summer temperatures rise 2-3°C in the upper 10 m layer.
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The water temperature had risen slightly, and for a few days we even saw an occasional flying fish.
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But as the temperature of the material rises thermal vibrations cause the pairs to break apart and superconducting ceases.
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Pass the sriracha, please, and maybe a couple of those heartburn pills. Temperature rising .
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By six-thirty it was hot, with the temperature still rising .
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All you had to do was wait for the temperature to rise about 20 degrees.
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The scientists also believe that temperatures could rise far higher and faster than previously predicted if emissions are not curtailed.
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Remember that the temperature continues to rise after the bird is removed from the oven.
top
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These curious drum-shaped clay objects characteristically have two perforations on one side and two or three stalks rising from the top .
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All have risen to the top because leaders are made, and made by themselves.
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The wax melted, and rose to the top .
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Dole rose to the top of the Republican Party by unusual means: He repeatedly failed to win national office.
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I followed the road as it rose up towards the top of the wolds.
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Spaced evenly from the bottom up, concentric rings of black crow feathers rise to the top of the cairn.
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Spread the top level and bake for 30-40 mins or until well risen and the top is golden brown.
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It sort of migrated upward, like cream rising to the top .
turnover
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The group's turnover rose from £8.1 million to £9.66 million and a final dividend of 9p a share was declared.
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Tay's earnings per share slumped from 5.5p to 3.04p, though turnover rose from almost £25.5 million to £27.2 million.
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It made £818,000 before tax in 1992 on turnover which rose from £12.3 million to £13 million.
unemployment
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Long-term unemployment rose in all regions compared with a year ago.
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But they have been reawakened by a pummeled currency and stock market, business collapses, soaring unemployment and rising consumer prices.
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Open unemployment rose from 7 percent to 11.5 percent between 1980 and 1984.
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At the same time unemployment has risen to new levels for the post-war years and continues to remain high.
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Economic experts predicted that the unemployment rate would rise to over 1,000,000 by 1991.
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As we have seen, unemployment has risen steeply in Britain in recent years.
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Immediately after the war the government mismanaged the discharge of servicemen back into civilian life, and unemployment rose rapidly.
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How can he believe that the fear of unemployment will go away while unemployment has continued to rise ?
voice
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Their voices rose , pure and distinct in the clear air as they laughed and shouted to each other.
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You may even have sung in a church choir, helping voices rise in spiritual exultation before trading in your satiny robe.
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Their voices were rising in a strong chorus in his ears.
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Their voices rise high in anger and pain.
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Children's voices rose sharp and distant from the dark winter garden.
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Mavis said, her voice rising , the rain suddenly louder as the back door opened and closed.
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When she saw Goldman, her voice rose above Helen's.
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Another voice , another man's voice rose louder in agony from the dreadful screaming and echoed plainly in the reception area.
■ VERB
begin
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As the pace began to quicken and the complicated threads of the chant began to rise Rincewind found himself watching fascinated.
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Daytime begins when the sun rises .
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Unemployment began to rise in the autumn of 1973.
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It's the ultimate summer dish that's perfect for when the thermometer begins to rise .
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The content of standing order lists should be regularly reviewed, especially when their percentage of the total expenditure begins to rise .
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At that point new infections can begin to rise again.
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Once, however, the child population began to rise , a new population question arose.
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In most healthy individuals body temperature begins to rise during the last few hours of sleep just before they awaken.
continue
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But the company insists that property profits will probably continue to rise as it buys and sells assets to reshape its business.
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They spend ever more on police and prisons, yet crime rates continue to rise .
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Diesel sales continued to rise with more than 41 % of all Mercedes-Benz cars now equipped with diesel engines.
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Meanwhile, the Labor report also said that the number of payroll jobs continued to rise strongly last month.
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The continued widespread rise of urban obesity.
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It is then put in a walk-in cooler set at 40 F., where at first it continues to rise .
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Subsidence claims showed marked decline, but theft claims continue to rise .
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This means that spending continues to rise , but at a slower pace than had been previously planned.
expect
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Certainly prices can be expected to rise somewhat.
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For the full year, the company expects revenue to have risen about 16 %.
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But sterling's recent weakness has disappointed those who expected it to rise sharply against the D-mark this year.
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With Income and hence the transactions demand for money rising less than wealth, one would expect time deposits to rise.
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The Hindu of May 20 reported that the death toll in the coastal districts had reached 817 and was expected to rise .
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Analysts had expected hardware sales to rise as much as 18 percent to $ 12. 5 billion.
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Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight percent.
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Chief Executive Dietrich Karner said he expects premium income to rise nearly 2 percent this year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feel your gorge rise
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Wendy and I felt our gorge rise, and simply could not eat.
get/jump/rise etc to your feet
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Antony rose to his feet and stood gazing intensely at her.
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He got to his feet , did a 365-degree scan, and moved on.
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Kay McGovern rose to his feet , cheering appreciatively when the performance ended.
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The three men turned, facing it, Kao Chen getting to his feet .
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They got to their feet and consulted; then they disappeared.
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Zeinab rose to her feet and swept out of the box.
rise like a phoenix from the ashes
rise to the bait
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But she clamped her lips together and didn't rise to the bait .
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But she never rose to the bait .
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Do you rise to the bait ?
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He was a real showman, and however he was feeling, he always rose to the bait of a captive audience!
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I felt I was arguing on behalf of myself and the other two, who never rose to the bait .
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She could rage till she fell down in a fit, but he wouldn't rise to the bait .
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She was concentrating too intently to rise to the bait .
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They rose to the bait and decided they needed to prove a point, putting together their nine-piece Bootsy Collins-featuring live band.
rise/come back/return from the dead
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A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune.
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Friends don't come back from the dead , Leila thought, rampaging through the corridor from the canteen.
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The single engine airplane business came back from the dead after the General Aviation Revitalization Act made it harder to sue.
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When Cardiff had come back from the dead , he had shrunk away back down the hessian-screen corridor towards Rohmer.
sb's hackles rise
the rising generation
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A full moon rose over the valley.
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A slim crescent of moon rose in the sky.
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A stream of water rose into the air, arched smoothly, and fell back into the pool.
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A strong wind rose off the coast of Florida.
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Audience members rose to their feet, cheering and clapping.
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Beat the mixture until large bubbles rise to the surface.
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Borland rose to the top of the computer software industry by a mixture of innovation and good marketing.
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By midday the sun had risen high in the sky and was burning down on us.
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Clouds of smoke rose up into the air.
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early to bed, early to rise
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Everyone rose and followed him into the dining room.
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Flood waters are still rising in parts of Missouri.
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Floodwaters continue to rise as the rain continues to fall.
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Her voice rose with an anger that had built up over months.
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Hobson's novel has risen steadily up the bestseller list since it's release last August.
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Hot air rises.
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In 1956 the river rose to a height of more than 6 metres.
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Our newest ride rises 320 feet into the air.
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Public anxiety about the economy was rising.
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She touched the cup and felt steam rise up from it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A barrier had risen where no barrier had been before.
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A tiny, half-formed thought rose at the back of Marion's mind.
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New applications and new accounts rose just as dramatically.
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The Agriculture Minister, Nick Brown, said the number waiting to be culled had risen to 478,000.
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The man who had risen from political mediocrity by identifying with Adlai Stevenson, Sen.
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Thus, we could forecast that the prevalence curve was rising less steeply and would peak around 1988-9.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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But overall the biggest rise in working wives has been towards the top end of the income scale.
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Stocks then rebounded Tuesday, with a 337-point gain, its biggest one-day rise in history.
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But again the biggest percentage rises hit the south east, London, the south west and East Anglia.
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It was the biggest rise since an identical 3. 8 percent jump in 1990.
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As a result, a small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax.
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The latest official figures show a big rise in the amount of money in the economy.
dramatic
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There's been a dramatic rise in share prices.
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Private agencies that supply nurse's aides report a dramatic rise in requests from patients in hospital in the past few years.
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Record surge A DRAMATIC rise in sales helped the crushing and screening equipment producer Powerscreen International to record profits.
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However, other demutualisation shares, such as Alliance &038; Leicester and Northern Rock, have not shown a particularly dramatic rise .
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This has meant a dramatic rise in food prices which have resulted in families being forced into debt.
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The increased use of computers has led to a dramatic rise in the production of paper records.
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And the dramatic rise in popularity of some makes is sensational - such as Nissan, whose sales increase is more than 3,000 percent.
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But sales of mopeds for the year to date show the most dramatic rise .
high
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But the high-rises were never as good as they should have been.
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Traditional housing authorities still offer an identical apartment in a cluster of identical high rises .
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In the rest of Seoul it's often high-rises and nasty modern buildings that have taken over.
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They design wonderful housing schemes for us to live in. High rise .
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How about life in the Westway high rises .
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The cane furniture, silver framed pictures, and extravagant, wall-mounted lighting seemed out of place in this shoddy high rise .
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People in the south are suffering the highest rise in unemployment, biggest rise in repossessions, and highest levels of debt.
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You had lots of slides of the high-rises in Glasgow and that.
meteoric
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This is not a meteoric rise and fall.
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With that performance, her meteoric rise from ballet dancer to actress was complete.
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Officer remuneration has enjoyed an even more meteoric rise .
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The meteoric rise in the popularity of Modern Art left my position at Sotheby's much undermined.
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But then injury cut short his meteoric rise .
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Equally though, nobody could possibly visualise the meteoric rise that lay ahead.
rapid
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If there is surprise among outsiders at his rapid rise , within the bank it is seen as totally predictable.
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He had speculated, with good reason, on the rapid rise of the shares.
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Her rapid rise to the top is well deserved and she does not suffer from having political labels stuck on her.
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Underscoring the rapid rise of the group, Internet stocks are not yet measured by the Dow Jones industry groups.
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The iceberg is the result of a rapid rise in vehicle theft by young persons which goes back some time.
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This would explain the rapid rise to maturity of the likes of Marshall, Patterson and Ambrose.
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Her rapid rise from sweatshop worker to society portraitist is miraculous, not to say incredible.
recent
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Asbestosis takes at least 30 years to develop and Chester Street has faced a significant recent rise in the number of claims.
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Brokers said the recent rise in those three stocks has prompted foreign investors to look for cheaper stocks with robust earnings prospects.
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This inpart reflects the recent very rapid rise in interest-bearing sterling deposits, due to high real interest rates.
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You may also be able to refer back to a recent rise in merit pay or bonus in your response.
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The recent sharp rise in the number of unemployed people is also taken into account.
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Mr. Patten I agree with the hon. Gentleman about the recent rise in the number of crimes involving firearms.
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Dissatisfaction will worsen as the full effects of recent massive price rises are felt.
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The Windscale site had begun to achieve a bad reputation well before its recent rise to national prominence under a new title.
sharp
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The shock statistics reveal a sharp rise in drug abuse of all kinds among teenagers over the past two years.
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Several forces have also seen very sharp rises in attempted murders.
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A sharp rise in tension was reported in the city.
▪
However, its wholesale introduction would mean a sharp rise in prices.
▪
The immediate effect was a sharp rise in prices, but inflation then came under control.
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The sharp rise last spring led to the average price of diesel fuel rising by 14 % between 1999 and 2000.
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There, a sharp rise in interest rates popped the market's speculative bubble.
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Rise in long-term unemployment There's been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work for more than a year.
steep
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He has already triggered a steep rise in transfer market prices by proving such a bargain at £2.5 million.
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Set back from the road on quite a steep rise was a new ranch-style house.
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Ratios should be spaced so on changing up, the engine operates in the area of steep torque rise .
■ NOUN
pay
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And who wants spotty people deciding anyone's pay rise ?
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Directors gave themselves an average five percent pay rise in the past year, according to a survey yesterday.
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At 13 she took a weekend job with a local paper and promptly demanded a pay rise .
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Funding the pay rise will be more difficult and we fear that hard-pressed services will suffer further.
▪
On March 17, a further decree announced improved material provision for servicemen, including pay rises and housing.
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This was just a little added bonus - Alan also received a 27 percent pay rise .
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I hope that the people who have awarded themselves excessive pay rises will hear that from me and the hon. Gentleman.
price
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However, the fall was due more to commodity price rises and the strength of the dollar than any concerted national effort.
▪
Adjusting for quality improvements or consumer substitutions when prices rise is no doubt technically challenging.
▪
The devaluation and the cuts in subsidies resulted in price rises of between 100 and 120 percent.
▪
The oil price rise worsened profitability and reduced demand.
▪
The above account of the effects of the oil price rise applies to the system as a whole.
▪
Currently wages are rising by about 7.5 p.c. perannum compared to price rises of about 4 p.c.
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After the oil price rise , this dropped to 13 percent in 1975-76.
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Market specialists said yesterday's price rises were exacerbated by a shortage of stock in many leading companies.
rate
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Those who doubt that might remember the rate rise of Labour-controlled Ealing council of 57 percent. in 1987.
▪
It followed two huge interest rate rises of first two percent, then another three.
▪
But if tensions mount and interest rates rise , the cost of non-interest-bearing deposits would rise in parallel.
▪
And the new interest rate rise could wipe out retail businesses who have cut profit margins to the bone to survive.
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Labour moderates propose a 56% rate rise , with £5.6m of cuts.
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Money markets fear a half point base rate rise on a Tory defeat.
▪
You are protected against rate rises but will be entitled to take advantage of any decreases in rates.
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If mortgage rates rise , homeowners should look to blame Lisbon rather than Halifax.
temperature
▪
Since the temperature rise is usually small the temperature must be measured accurately.
▪
The enzyme is active between 130-F and 160-F and is inactivated as temperature rises during cooking.
▪
Some of this increase can be attributed to the evaporation of remaining nitric acid from the condensed phase as temperatures rise .
▪
The liquid is burnt in a plentiful supply of air and the temperature rise in the surrounding water bath is measured.
▪
Eventually the internal pressure and temperature rise sufficiently for thermonuclear fusion to begin.
▪
The average temperature rise over all areas was 0.59 degrees.
▪
As this temperature rise occurs after ovulation has already taken place, it can not predict ovulation in advance.
wage
▪
So faster wage rises were needed if the system was to function smoothly.
▪
Economic unrest Workers at coal and copper mines went on strike during late July, demanding wage rises and improved conditions.
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A 50 percent wage rise was also decreed for most civil servants.
▪
Keynesianism seemed to have banished mass unemployment for ever and wage rises seemed as natural and regular as the tides.
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The return to work settlement included a bonus of 15 percent on top of a wage rise of 59 percent.
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The total wage rise of 6.25% built into the 1990-91 accord looks too high.
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Also obtain details of any wage rises awarded during the third party's absence from work.
■ VERB
cause
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This would cause a rise in the money wage and so restore full employment.
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The blackouts also disrupted gasoline and diesel supplies, causing a rise in wholesale prices.
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This will cause a rise in demand for exports and a fall in demand for imports. 4.
▪
Cold weather caused temporary rise in energy prices.
▪
This will cause a multiplied rise in national income.
▪
Addition of solute causes a rise in tonicity with stimulation of both thirst and antidiuretic hormone release.
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Sugar is positively detrimental to bodybuilding due to the fact that it causes a rise in insulin levels.
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Manufacturers had complained that the new regulation would cause a substantial rise in their costs.
expect
▪
The brief seizures described by During and Spencer would not, however, be expected to give rise to nerve cell death.
▪
Most forecasters expect only a small rise in profits this year, which could limit any further rise in stock prices.
▪
Medium-sized practices of six to 10 staff are the least optimistic with only six percent expecting a rise .
▪
As a consequence, the expected rise in capital-labor ratios did not occur.
▪
He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 percent rise in the dividend.
▪
Analysts had expected a rise of about 1. 5 percent.
▪
House broker County NatWest expects a 36 p.c. rise to £14.4m pre-tax for 1991 and sees £19.3m as attainable this year.
give
▪
Since then those lines have been undergoing separate evolution, giving rise to yet further, more recent branches.
▪
The six neighbors give rise to a new measure, the coordination number.
▪
Scientific breakthroughs made this seem possible and gave rise to the Green Revolution.
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This gave rise to War Communism.
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This can give rise to some difficult problems.
▪
They would also give rise to a smaller Schwarzschild mass parameter, and hence greater curvature on the horizon.
▪
This condition normally gives rise to severe swelling, known as oedema, in various parts of the body.
lead
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Moreover, the resulting decline in council housing has begun to lead to the rise of the ghetto.
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Circulating glucose remains in the blood, leading to a rise in blood sugar.
▪
So why has it not led to a rise in conviction rates?
▪
Here again, dilution is impaired, but reduction of water intake below output will lead to a rise in serum tonicity.
▪
All studies assume that unchanged policies will lead to a rise in carbon-dioxide output.
▪
The increased use of computers has led to a dramatic rise in the production of paper records.
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Indeed, it does not lead to a rise in output at all, but to a fall.
▪
In January 1990 delays in Soviet grain deliveries had led to price rises and the tighter rationing of basic foodstuffs.
show
▪
Inland Revenue figures show a rise of nearly 10% a year in the post-tax value of bequests in the 1980s.
▪
Calculated in the currencies where Sandoz generates its revenue, sales showed a 14 percent rise .
▪
As recent history has shown , a sudden rise in orders does not necessarily herald an immediate and sharp rise in output.
▪
A report published earlier today showed an unexpected rise in retail sales in November.
▪
The filings also show a rise in the sale of shares by executives shortly before their departure.
▪
Although figures show a clear rise in the number of people using mediation, the overall take-up remains relatively low.
▪
Invisible receipts from tourism have shown a steady rise over recent years from 2.97 billion in 1981.
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Both the 1997 Glenigan and government figures for contract awards and orders show a significant rise in work won.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Global warming is responsible for a rise of 7 degrees Celsius in just over 50 years.
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IT specialists rang up an average pay rise of 312% last year.
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Tenants face a 60% rent rise .
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The committee will investigate the rise in the number of hospital admissions.
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The pension will increase in line with the rise in prices.
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The prime minister is considering substantial tax rises.
▪
This year a disappointingly small rise in pass rates.
▪
We topped the rise and saw the spread of land below us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite his wonderfully unattractive and humourless appearance, his exotic origins none the less gave rise to an extraordinary rumour.
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Jealous because Mellor, just 43, has enjoyed a remarkable rise - and not just because of that friendship.
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State-owned enterprises are believed to face pressures to select profit-reducing choices where, for example, price rises are politically sensitive.
▪
The rise of credit derivatives makes it difficult to determine which banks are exposed to a particular risk.
▪
The charges for prescriptions have seen the sharpest rise - an increase of no less than 1,425 percent between 1979 and 1990.
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The mineworkers had been on strike since Nov. 30, demanding pay rises of 300-600 percent.
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The spectacular rise to power throughout the 1920s suddenly came to a halt, betrayed by the leaders who had inspired it.