I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a construction site (= an area where something is being built )
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Safety is very important on a construction site.
a crash site/scene (= place where a crash happens )
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The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.
a disposal site (= place to put waste and rubbish )
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The waste was sent by rail to a disposal site in Utah.
a grave site (= the place where a grave is )
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The President visited the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings.
a picnic area/site (= a special area with tables where people can have picnics )
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There is a picnic area next to the car park.
a test site (= a place where something can be tested )
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A nuclear device was detonated at the Trinity test site in New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
archaeological site
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an archaeological site
bomb site
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They’ve pulled down so many buildings around here it looks like a bomb site.
brownfield site
building site
caravan site/park (= area of land where people can park their caravans )
greenfield site
hard site
mirror site
social networking site
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
archaeological
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Many reasons were given, from Health and Safety Regulations, destroying the environment, to trespassing on to archaeological sites .
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Edgewater and Oak Hill have ordinances to protect possible archaeological sites from souvenir hunters.
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Drawings and paintings are mainly used to portray an archaeological site at a particular point in time.
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The slopes of Four Peaks are scattered with archaeological sites , but none is considered major.
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One branch of agriculture is particularly destructive of archaeological sites: forestry.
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It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site .
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Discovery of archaeological sites should be dealt with in much the same way.
■ NOUN
building
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This seems to them more like a building site than a City office.
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On farms, building sites , in factories and hospitals there are dangers to be understood and avoided.
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All over the city are huge building sites where the sun pours into vast craters.
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The defendant employer was in breach of statutory duty in removing safety belts from a building site .
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But employment in the building trade is notoriously irregular, and such artisans alternate self-employment with wage-paid work on the building sites .
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Most building sites pay ghost gangs, to get protection.
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He had, meantime, managed to get himself a job on a building site .
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As part of his job he is required to visit building sites .
caravan
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The quarries on the skyline are now used as caravan sites .
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The owners have built a gift shop and a tastefully laid out caravan site on the actual station area.
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Sand-le-Mere now gives its name to a large caravan site which is nearby.
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Turn left through the caravan site to stile leading to abandoned railway track, on which turn right.
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This route is often used by visitors to the caravan site at Six Arches.
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Guns at dawn: Police raid caravan site after post office robbery.
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He was Dad's kid brother and he lived outside Hull on a caravan site .
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She ran a caravan site and rented out grazing and stables at the lowest rate in the neighbourhood - naturally!
construction
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The opening of a nuclear construction site is a major event in the economic and social life of a region.
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Also, construction sites , mines, farms and landfills will be required to boost their efforts to reduce dust.
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Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites .
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The men worked hard in the stockyards, nearby factories, breweries, and construction sites .
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All 110 Bryant construction sites had been visited, he said.
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I know that, as a teenager, he was caught stealing copper pipe from a construction site and put in jail.
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Wando is a baker by trade, but is working on construction sites .
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Moreover, the company establishes mobile child-care units to assist workers in its construction sites .
test
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In many ways the Settlement movement of the 1880s and 1890s provided test sites for these initiatives.
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As a favor, the masons at the test site had said they would do the caulking of the mockup.
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Sailing to within a few miles of the test site , he successfully delayed the detonation.
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And much of the liquid used to simulate nerve gas at the test site was contained by the wooden crates.
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Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals.
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Different versions of the individually labeled tests are given at different test sites .
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Ideally, an open area test site should be situated in a position with low levels of ambient radio activity.
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The firm claims its sold 390 licences since March and has another 250 in test sites .
web
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So, step one is to sit down and ask yourself what return you expect from a Web site .
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Cohen said she subsidizes the cost of the newspaper with money she makes writing for Web sites and trade publications.
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The design of the Web site is what your user will see first, and what will define their experience.
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The next time you visit a Shockwave-equipped web site , the animation will begin playing automatically.
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And I have recently started using my web site for posting brief responses to papers that discuss my work.
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A visit to the Punxsutawney Phil Web site provides answers to these questions, and much more.
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Hi-Verify also enables you to batch verify your pages so you can edit your whole Web site in one go.
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A group of cartoonists got fed up when the Web site where they were posting their work PigPanda.com -- kept going down.
■ VERB
build
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It will cost a hundred and forty million pounds and be built on a green-field site .
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The Murrah building site is now leveled and planted with grass.
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You say you have looked high and low for new building sites but let me tell you there are some.
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She might inspect a building as a possible site for a new house.
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Where possible we use derelict land first - for instance this estate here was built on the site of a factory.
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You might have no interest in building a fancy themed site or even learning anything about creating Web pages.
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He took me from the station to one of the new building sites at Ruchill.
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Both were built at its Winfrith site in Dorset.
find
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Many will also help you find the site and get planning permission.
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I found the site but only the snails were visible in the sandy dunes at the edge of the golf course.
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We will need to use all the clues at hand if we are to find the site in our allotted two dives.
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But many authorities have either not been able to find suitable sites or have not complied with the ruling.
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Now our first effort to find the site with Alvin is less than twenty-four hours away.
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You will find the sites and you will discover the right ways to approach them as well.
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Prints from his shoes were found at the site of the murders.
visit
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They are visiting 6 sites , including Bishop's Castle, on their itinerary.
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Inspectors visit the work site before the foundation is poured to inspect the soil condition and positioning and depth of the footings.
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Some of them have been visiting inappropriate Web sites , as was evidenced by the History folder.
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They can track how often you visit their site and what features you like best.
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Make the experience of those visiting your site a pleasant one.
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Academy teachers visit the work sites once a week.
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The inspector will also visit the site .
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The president will also visit the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a construction site
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a historical site
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A home for the elderly will be built on the site of the old hospital.
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Green fences were put up around the construction site .
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The town has purchased a site on Villa Avenue for the new library.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All were suggested as possible sites for travellers.
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And there are costs with running the site .
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As I mentioned in my recent phone call the best site for it is the Mill Yard, as last year.
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Mobile phone calls have to be routed through a cell site , and telephones search for the nearest site with available capacity.
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Most of our rubbish goes to sites like this one at Sutton Courtenay in Oxfordshire.
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The first chapel of the Independents was built on the site in 1705.
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The looms were used in local cottages, and warehouses occupied much of this site .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
where
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The supplementary motor area is the only site where animal and human vocalization can be closely related.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do check on wind direction when siting your barbecue.
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First, the space available for siting the greenhouse.