noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
local
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The ruling has been attacked by local shopkeepers and by a member of the town council.
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She said she believed in letting her children learn from life experiences such a interacting with local shopkeepers .
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The piazza itself was filled with the stalls of local merchants and shopkeepers .
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Never tell local shopkeepers that you are going on holiday, or announce the fact in a public place.
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The station had been cleared just minutes before. Local shopkeepers said they were unable to hear any explosion.
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Obviously, it will be a great bonus if you can win the support of local shopkeepers .
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If not, a local shopkeeper may be willing to help.
small
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These visitors provide a new source of income for the small shopkeepers of the villages.
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If you had been a small shopkeeper with some money why might you have done the same?
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First, there always has been and always will be room for a small shopkeeper with a bright idea.
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Prominent campaigners are invariably selected, but the trawl also includes scientists and journalists, small shopkeepers and major supermarkets.
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Using these films as the main teaching aid, the company initiated a programme of management training for small shopkeepers .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
England is a nation of shopkeepers
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lot of the smaller shopkeepers didn't have any insurance at all.
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Many immigrants have been highly successful as shopkeepers.
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The shopkeeper chased the boys out of his shop, accusing them of stealing.
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The money for the Christmas lights was raised by a group of local shopkeepers, who want to attract shoppers to the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the bad news for shopkeepers is good news for security specialists.
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He had failed miserably in an attempt to persuade a Goan shopkeeper to buy a shipment of canned milk.
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More than 70,000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters in the past year.
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One side kidnaps women over bungled drug deals, rapes other women, attacks shopkeepers and, occasionally, shoots the police.
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To such scenes his narrator is introduced by the shopkeeper Gedali, believer in a peaceful Revolution.