I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a select committee (= one of politicians and advisers who look at a particular subject )
select/choose a candidate
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Taylor was selected as Tory candidate.
selected individuals (= ones who are specially chosen for something )
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Selected individuals were invited to the dinner.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
carefully
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Those to whom the questionnaire is sent have already been carefully selected as representative of the population to be studied.
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But there he was, already hunkered down, six carefully selected marbles from the others' collection, at his side.
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Material should also be selected carefully as the quality of the resource is more important than the quantity.
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It essentially involved asking individual children carefully selected questions and noting their responses and their reasoning for those responses.
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All the instructors are carefully selected by myself and they offer a very special service.
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This was Mark Rhoads, a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps who had been carefully selected for the assignment.
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Much of the time pupils will work on sources that have been carefully selected by the teacher.
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The date is carefully selected in consultation with merchant and consumer associations, he said.
randomly
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In the other two authorities the schools were selected randomly from school lists.
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Therefore, the advice of the efficient-market believers to select randomly becomes itself obsolete if everyone takes the advice!
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Recently, in one supermarket, oranges were selected randomly , some juice extracted and analysed.
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The accepted procedure is to randomly select the initial values for the weights.
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From the remainder, patients representing 12 times the number of participating general practitioners in the practice were selected randomly .
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Could it be that we just select randomly , in free variation, perhaps to add a little variety for its own sake?
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A total of 1, 206 randomly selected adults were interviewed Jan. 13-15 for this survey.
■ NOUN
area
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States select areas for program operation.
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For their lending they can select the areas with very little risk.
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A key point of the plan, the president said, is to allow growth in selected areas .
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When you have selected an area , keep the map in front of you.
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That system selects the cortical areas appropriate to the task at hand.
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He selected the relevant area and magnified it.
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The ad was airing in only selected areas , although the campaign would not say where.
basis
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Patients were selected consecutively on the basis of primary site of tumour.
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The teams were selected on the basis of the experience and expertise of their members.
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In this study, all subjects were selected on the basis of standard criteria of normality.
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There was also a senior executive who gave the appearance of selecting successors on the basis of competency.
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These groups were selected on the basis of their annual sales and total assets.
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After discussions with the client, a neutral viewpoint is selected as the basis for a root definition and conceptual model.
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Rather a home appeared to be selected upon the basis of availability rather than any other obvious criteria.
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In the simulation of a corporate plan, for example, the probabilistic elements are selected on a random basis .
candidate
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He'd gone down to Atlanta to watch the Democratic Party select its presidential candidate , and at night he went dancing.
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Another goal in picking a running mate is to avoid selecting a candidate who might add trouble to the ticket.
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Application forms Sometimes you will be required to fill in an application form which will be used to select candidates for interview.
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A search committee will be formed shortly to select candidates to replace Tien, but a decision is months away.
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He might have been selected as a Conservative candidate .
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In these systems, the electorate selects legislative candidates from a party committed to support a particular prime minister.
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The arrangements for selecting presidential candidates that produced Ronald Reagan in 1980 have been the subject of much criticism.
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Failure to select a suitable candidate because of age is often a covert form of racial and gender discrimination.
city
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By spring, the re-election campaign will be ready to respond, touting Clinton with television spots in selected cities .
committee
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Is not the question more one of how we select and appoint committees in the first place?
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A randomly selected redistricting committee would leave the real power, again, with unelected staff.
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Projects to be funded are selected by committees of scientists, occasionally joined by politicians and civil servants.
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Pinay Cuevas selected a committee of six men as financial advisers.
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Celia Weetman, 63, was selected by a national committee headed by Jack Jones.
event
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That is to say we can select any event in space time and always be able to find some frame for which.
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Becker is playing only selected events as he winds up his career and has retired from Grand Slam tournament play.
group
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Here the facilitator and originator jointly select a group of experts within the organization to review the idea.
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Self-Selection Another problem in selecting a comparison group is self-selection.
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If not, you should select them from group 2.
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In selecting this special group of children, it seemed to-me that Edward deserved the extra help as much as anyone.
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The panellists were selected from a group of 111 people who had responded to newspaper advertisements.
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It was decided, therefore, to select action and control groups on the basis of geographical area.
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When the list appears, select a group , click Subscribe, and then Goto to commence downloading the message headers.
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Assessment for selection Within school, pupils may be selected for a teaching group according to particular aspects of their school performance.
member
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They have committees selected by the members which report to councils elected by the member councils.
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Traditionally, the cabinet that had legislative support could select one of its members to serve as prime minister.
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It can not arbitrarily select the member state in which the parties to the merger have their highest market share.
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The Secretary of State for the Environment also selects board members , chairs and deputy chairs.
number
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In conference each week with them, he selects the musical numbers and their order on the programme.
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The important issue regarding sample size is not the number of cases included, but how the sample cases were selected .
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Don't worry if you haven't as our Tarot computer will select a number for you.
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We then select the number of nodes in the first hidden layer.
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One approach could be to select a number of different types of evidence on a related theme.
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Charges vary considerably according to the type of plan you select and the number of different investments you hold within it.
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Full records were selected by line number from a brief display screen.
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Each vertex in the coverage was perturbed by selecting random numbers from a uniform distribution, with ranges defined in Table 6.2.
option
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To view another set of packages, select the option again.
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To select without sorting, first define the selection condition, then press 5 to select the Action option .
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Press 3 to select the Select Printers option .
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You should either continue with further mail transactions or select another option .
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If you select the Timed Backup option , WordPerfect will save your document at whatever interval you specify.
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Used to input a value to select an option , specify a parameter, terminate a pause etc.
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Changes made through selecting this option are recorded on the disk and will remain in effect until unchanged.
sample
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The Sample Initially it was intended to select a sample of 800 teachers, 400 from primary and 400 from secondary schools.
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This step begins with selecting an appropriate sample of records to review.
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These criteria were used in selecting the sample .
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The data were gathered for a carefully selected national sample of voters in a survey designed by academic researchers.
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It is individuals who, in one capacity or another, appear on lists used by surveyors to select as their samples .
school
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And how will children be selected for those schools ?
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How would I select a law school class?
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In the other two authorities the schools were selected randomly from school lists.
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The state Board of Education selected 56 tests that schools could use, receiving $ 5 per student from the state.
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Education authorities should select those schools which will benefit from participation in a Compact.
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Parents used them to select schools .
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If there was to be selection then some would inevitably be selected out of the grammar school class.
site
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He added the group is now trying to select the site for the 660, 000 square meter plant.
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After selecting a suitable site , the mite will use its mouth parts and its four front legs.
student
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In addition to the core course in Theory and Methods of Literary Study, students would normally select two one-term options.
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For example, what if a student committee selects the clergy and provides directions for the emphasis of the invocation?
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To write a computer program, the student selects appropriate labels and puts them in a tray.
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High school students can select from a variety of applied academic courses in addition to a more traditional college-preparatory curriculum.
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Scientific and Theoretical Studies - from which, subject to certain constraints, students select subjects of their choice.
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In the final year students are free to select their units, subject to the guidance of a member of staff.
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Because students select these programs themselves, they are more likely to commit to the learning that occurs there.
team
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It was discovered that all the other 9 offices has selected all male teams .
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After an initial round of proposals, the Navy selected three teams of contractors to develop the concept to a preliminary design.
word
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This allowed me to select words from a series of menus on the screen by pressing a switch in my hand.
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I learned very quickly that it was not necessary, and it was not helpful, to select only the simplest words .
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But I did select my own peg words and you will have to do this too.
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Press 1 to select the first word in the field. 11.
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TypeI to select the first word on the right side of the field. 13.
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Higueras speaks calmly, softly, selecting only the necessary words to help his pupils.
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However, a knowledge of pair-wise transitional probability is often insufficient to select the target word string.
■ VERB
allow
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Yesterday's semi-finalists were allowed to select their own set of stones.
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A key point of the plan, the president said, is to allow growth in selected areas.
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The direct-manipulation interface allows users to select a link object and be shown a paragraph or conversely.
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He had been offered a taste of it from a can he had been allowed to select himself.
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So I allow for this when selecting which club to play.
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The Insert / Typeover setting allows you to select which mode is the default.
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The automatic transmission also allows the driver to select either of two sets of shifting points to emphasize power or economy.
press
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Select the player you wish to drop, press fire, select his replacement, press fire again.
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Press F7 to return to the bottom prompt line. 12. Press 1 to select Perform Action.
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To select without sorting, first define the selection condition, then press 5 to select the Action option.
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Press Shift-F7 to display the prompt line 4. Press 4 to select the Printer Control option.
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Press 2. the regular sorting prompt line reappears. 7. Press 1 to select Perform Action.
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Press Enter twice to reach the second key. 10. Press N to select a numeric field. 11.
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Highlight the desired file using the arrow keys, then press Return to select 6, the default Look option.
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Press N for a numeric field. 8. Press 2 to select the second field as the first key. 9.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ernst had been selected to play in the game against Belgium.
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I selected four postcards.
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It's very important that parents select the right school for a child with learning difficulties.
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Our wines have been carefully selected from vineyards throughout Europe.
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The college selects only twelve students a year from the thousands who apply.
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The team's name was selected from more than 1,700 suggestions.
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To create parallel columns, press Alt-F7 and select option 4.
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We selected four applicants for interview.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Avoid the temptation to select too much.
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Beginning salaries were slightly higher in selected areas where the prevailing local pay level was higher.
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Candidates for the union are supposed to be selected in 1998, based on 1997 performance.
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Most begin with a simple picture that will help you select and set up the demonstration.
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The ad was airing in only selected areas, although the campaign would not say where.
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The fund manager can, therefore, select the mix of bonds which offers the most attractive yield and capital growth potential.
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This feature should clearly be borne in mind whilst selecting a shortlist.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
band
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They are reclusive and idiosyncratic, dwelling in exquisite mansions far from each other with their families and a select band of retainers.
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Safeway supermarket group Argyll was also one of the select band to enjoy share price rises.
committee
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In 1838 he had made an important statement of evidence before the select committee on workmen's combinations.
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It is not uncommon for a government backbencher to support his select committee as opposed to a ministerial view.
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The government argued that select committees could examine the actions of civil servants but not their conduct.
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A total of 93 select committee meetings were televised.
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Initially, the post had been envisaged at a lower level, but the Lords select committee pushed for this power.
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However, a select committee can ask that ministers review the conduct of a particular official.
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This function is now discharged by departmental select committees .
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But the select committee seems to be technically ill-informed.
group
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They number just 11, and are undoubtedly the most select group of women in the world.
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These eight are the select group of veteran revolutionaries who remain powerful, despite their average age of 84 years.
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Sugarpuss remained the mascot of the brothers and the select group of friends they allowed up the rope.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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select golfing vacations
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DiTucci tested the formula on a select number of patients.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the time Cook was concentrating on smaller, more select parties which left a gap in the market for larger tours.
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It opens in select theaters nationwide today.
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She tests it only on a select number of patients and makes sure that she is the only one who applies it.
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Still, the Carolingian Renaissance in the mid-ninth century touched far more than just a select clerical few.
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Yet they fought allowing women to compete for opportunity in the select academies from which the leadership is so heavily drawn.