adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sheltered upbringing (= one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences )
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I'd had a very sheltered upbringing, so going to college was a real eye-opener.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accommodation
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Twenty one pensioners had to be rescued by boat from their sheltered accommodation .
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Well, I live in sheltered accommodation and, believe me, I have to pay the full licence fee.
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Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
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Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security.
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Housing associations as well as local authorities are involved in the provision of sheltered accommodation .
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With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
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A recent development in the property market has been the creation of sheltered accommodation for the elderly - both rented and private.
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They had a warrant to arrest her grandson who'd been visiting the pensioner at her sheltered accommodation in Cheltenham.
corner
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Wallowing our way into a sheltered corner of the bay, we rode rather inelegantly in on the surf.
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In either case safety lies in finding either a windproof covering or a sheltered corner as soon as possible.
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Both naturalise well, and in a sheltered corner of the garden, the perfume can be quite strong.
housing
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The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing .
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The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
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For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
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We could have built many schools, sheltered housing schemes and sports centres with those millions of pounds.
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In sheltered housing the warden has a very important part to play.
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Kitchen fire: Firemen tackled a fire in the Albany Court old people's sheltered housing complex in Hartlepool.
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He is widowed and now lives alone in a ground floor fiat in a warden controlled sheltered housing scheme.
life
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What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
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It is only their sheltered lives which keep them from facing the same problem.
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Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life ?
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Even in Alexandra's sheltered life she knew that.
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The children lead sheltered lives , getting chauffeured to and from their prep schools.
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Neglected, unloved, slowly disintegrating, the house still sheltered life , thought Winnie.
spot
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Plunge the post, up to the rim, in a sheltered spot in the garden.
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I would grow it in a sheltered spot against a south or south-west facing wall or fence.
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In such conditions, all the sheltered spots get overcrowded, and there is usually too much colour in the water.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Let's find a nice sheltered spot for a picnic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Housing associations as well as local authorities are involved in the provision of sheltered accommodation.
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Increased competition and easier industrial collaboration in a less sheltered defence market will not save jobs.
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That night we slid into Tomb Bay, where Lycian rock tombs glare over a sheltered bight and cicadas yell from oleanders.
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The girls give the impression of children of a particularly sheltered family.
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We could have built many schools, sheltered housing schemes and sports centres with those millions of pounds.
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We sighted a fishing boat in the distance, a sure sign of more sheltered water.
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What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.