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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Nor indeed were many unmodified humans nearly as robust as the cadets had long since become.
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Britten paints the sea in colors as robust as the authentic sets and costumes are gray and stony sepulchral.
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Asquith made a speech of forty minutes which Benson described to himself as robust but dull, and which reads dully.
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Credit derivatives are only as robust as the counterparty in the trade.
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Mr Browning, she saw, was as robust as his wife was pitifully weak.
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Is it possible, they asked, that nuclei from two-cell embryo are simply less robust than nuclei from zygotes?
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Jet-age airliners are also less robust in the field.
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Mozart's heroic brand of oratory is very different from Beethoven's much more robust variety.
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Some of the more robust products offer specialized services for businesses, such as direct payroll deposit and cash concentration.
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The new monument is more robust than the original and also far larger.
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It differs from the preceding varieties by having a more robust growth.
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Remember as well that a hardwood frame is much more robust than a softwood equivalent.
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Her brother Alex, two years older and much more robust in temperament, was her bulwark against the world.
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Although of very traditional design and similar in appearance to Nos. 1-35, they were of rather more robust construction.
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It is more robust in form than many faces, which will help it withstand facsimile transmission.
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This will flatten the stomach, not to mention all but the most robust of deckchairs.
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It is the most robust variety, but readily grows above the water surface even in the aquarium.
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At this time and prior to the fatal evening, Amy Robsart had enjoyed the most robust of health.
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Yet the one to one correspondence between countries and currencies is one of the most robust regularities of monetary economics.
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Compact Flash memory is about the most robust digital film.
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It's easy to spawn and usually very robust .
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The human race is also very robust .
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These protectors are compatible with most cylinder mounting kits, very robust and economic in service.
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The wider tape gives better quality reproduction and the machines are very robust - an important consideration for the classroom.
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The shell is very robust , and inside there are very few, powerful hinge teeth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I plead not guilty," Zhivkov stated in a robust voice.
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He was a robust little boy, with curly dark hair.
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Less robust persons might need a siesta, but Eva worked right through from dawn till dusk.
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Mrs. Lutu is a robust , energetic mother of four.
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Paul travelled north to visit his parents, who he found less robust than before.
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Retail sales have been robust this year.
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The chair was more robust than it looked.
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Though he was over seventy, he was still robust and active.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Commendable to see such robust energy at work.
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Compact Flash memory is about the most robust digital film.
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He wore a tweed jacket over a dark blue turtle-necked jersey and he had a robust mod mustache.
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In contrast this very basic technique is robust and computationally simple.
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Life on Earth is enormously robust .
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Liz had a more robust notion of the self, and took another line on the individual's place in the structure.
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On the night the estimation within the political class was that Gore had consolidated a robust if narrow lead.
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Use robust plants, rocks and bogwood, and include some floating plants for this surface swimmer.