verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
resolve/solve a dilemma
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People often need help with resolving their dilemmas.
solve a crime
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It took ten years for the police to solve the crime.
solve a murder (= find out who murdered someone )
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The murder has never been solved.
solve an equation
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For homework, solve the equations on page 56.
solved...puzzle
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He thought he had solved the puzzle .
solve/resolve a problem ( also fix a problem informal )
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He solved his financial problems by selling his car.
solve...riddle
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See if you can solve this riddle .
solve...riddle
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The police have been unable to solve the riddle of her disappearance.
solve/unravel a mystery (= find out what happened )
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The children were given the clues and had to try to solve the mystery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
approach
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Data Harvest has a differentiated approach to solving hardware problems.
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Together these two technologies could provide a whole brain approach to problem solving .
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McClellan's is the most sophisticated approach yet designed towards solving these logistic problems.
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This approach does not solve the problem of continuity that depends on more than the single preceding node.
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We therefore apply a finite-difference approach to solving the required equations.
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A better approach is to adopt a serial approach and solve them over a number of stages. 4.
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At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis.
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In an interesting approach to solving collaborative site management issues, you can add extra columns to the listings.
attempt
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It represents an attempt to solve the problem by logic-chopping.
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FoxTrax attempts to solve this problem with a puck stuffed with circuit boards and infrared emitters.
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A 14-point programme was debated in an attempt to solve the situation in the republic.
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The non-linearity of this equation introduces considerable difficulty into any attempt at solving the general problem.
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A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill.
case
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He just happened to be there after solving another case .
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He basically solved this case for the prosecution.
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Doug was sure that would be the major step in solving the case , one way or another.
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He praised protective agency investigators for doing a good job in trying to solve cases of abuse.
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But only after everything is solved , another case filed away.
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Smiffy Blue is competent enough to solve his cases .
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At a news conference today police confirmed that they were still no nearer to solving the case .
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It's more than two months since Jim Eggleton was murdered and police say they're still no closer to solving the case .
crime
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Will Robin solve the fiendish crimes ?
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The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.
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The role of the press is rarely condemnatory of the police and usually supportive of the official efforts to solve crime .
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Koch decides once again to solve the crime .
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Besides, he reasoned, he might even get closer to solving the crime this way.
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He made no headway, came not one step closer to solving the crime .
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Sometimes they are keen to have media help in solving a crime , other times they are more reluctant.
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He has vowed to solve the crime almost as often as he has vowed to resume the life he used to live.
crisis
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But I can not see it solving the crisis of the socialist left.
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I have solved the corn crisis by dedicating a single bed to growing sweet corn.
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A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill.
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I have some suggestions for helping to solve the water crisis felt in some places out west.
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At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis .
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Unexpectedly, the satellite radio helped to solve the cash crisis .
difficulty
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To do that there may be times when we need to put trust in a professional to help solve our difficulties .
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Rents did not, however, necessarily solve the difficulties of town finance.
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Some people suggest that the removal of tolls would help to solve the difficulties to a great extent.
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The subsection provides a simple method of solving the difficulty created if a licensing board is not timeously or fully elected.
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It's not bad to succeed, to excel, and it's always satisfying to solve a difficulty .
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Too many too easily turn to divorce to solve their difficulties of conflict.
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But so far as the confusions about to be examined are concerned, it does not solve the difficulty .
equation
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Given that an equilibrium exists, it can be found by solving these equations .
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Using the equilibrium condition Q, Qi solve the equations to determine equilibrium price.
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First, we can not solve the equations for the very large number of particles involved.
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One boy was solving a quadratic equation , another was engaged with Euclid.
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First, we can not solve the equations .
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We next go on to solve these equations of motion.
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But it is just too hard to solve the equations when there are more than a few particles involved.
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Even in the simpler Newtonian theory of gravity, one can solve the equations exactly only in the case of two particles.
issue
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Second, once identified, can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues ?
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This Summit meeting was supposed to solve critical issues facing the Lakers and Houston Rockets.
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In an interesting approach to solving collaborative site management issues , you can add extra columns to the listings.
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Guess how the Management Plan advises solving these issues ?
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Killing is not going to solve the issue .
murder
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It is Joan and Ted's hope that even now some one may know something that can solve Brian's murder .
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In Central News tonight: Find our son's killer: Ten thousand pounds to solve a murder .
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And proof at last: Genetic testing solves a murder , thirteen years on.
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No, Mr Holmes, we use the computer to solve the murder .
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Mr Muncie, now dead, solved 53 Lanarkshire murders , including those by Peter Manuel.
mystery
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Never fear, messieurs, we shall have this mystery solved in time of nothing at all.
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Even when all the falling in love and car chasing and mystery solving goes on among the white folks.
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At the end of every chapter there is always still a mystery to solve .
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The mystery has been solved , but the sense of implication has only spread.
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A little smile of triumph touched his mouth. Mystery solved .
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Naturally, I am grateful that this mystery has been solved .
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And, of course, the mystery was soon solved by the following utterance.
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When the mystery is solved , a quest with new clues can be started.
problem
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With commitment and amounts of cash that seemed paltry when compared with government defence budgets, that problem could be solved .
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Liquid problems are usually solved after age 7 or 8.
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For zoos, evolution is a problem harder to solve than is the diet of the gorilla.
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Working together, the union, consultant, and management representatives proposed a series of Saturday training sessions on problem solving .
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There are, in fact, at least two separate problems to be solved , both of them enormously difficult.
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He wants to know about specifics, about problems and how I solve them.
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The problem of sterility is solved when seen through the eyes of kinship.
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They thought problems existed to be solved .
puzzle
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As I walked around that charming town, I undertook the task of solving the puzzle she had set for me.
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Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.
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He needed to solve the puzzle that was Harold Piper.
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Results of tests on two more carcasses may solve the puzzle , she added.
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There were two ways of solving a scientific puzzle , they said.
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It solves some of the puzzles mentioned for proper names.
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One way of solving the puzzle would be to use the second law.
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He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.
question
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Often the problem can be solved at once; other questions have shown up problems with the data or with the SASPAC91 software.
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She was more interested in having them describe and demonstrate how they went about solving the question at hand.
riddle
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Yet we have been programmed to be curious, to question, to probe and to seek to solve riddles .
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As if a degree could solve the riddle of Comrade Cancer.
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How could he make sense of it all unless he could first solve the riddle of himself?
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On his wanderings Oedipus came to Thebes, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and thus delivered the city.
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Vechey probably carried the vases around trying to solve the riddle .
way
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Increasingly, researchers have attempted to conceptualize speaker variables in such a way as to solve a widening range of substantive problems.
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The emphasis is less on getting the correct answer and more on being resourceful in finding ways of solving problems.
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The Community is now on the way to solving these problems on the following lines.
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It says that as a society, we believe violence is one way to solve certain problems.
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It needs an exceptional way to solve exceptional problems.
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One way to solve this problem would be to involve all preschool children in the assessment and counseling session. 6.
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He also put in much of his own time and appeared to have a way of solving most problems.
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He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.
ways
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There were two ways of solving a scientific puzzle, they said.
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The emphasis is less on getting the correct answer and more on being resourceful in finding ways of solving problems.
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This book clearly indicates the problems, and some of the ways they might be solved .
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There were various ways of solving the problem.
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There are a number of ways of solving this such as ....
■ VERB
fail
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Unfortunately, Howard Reich, a Chicago music critic, fails to solve the mystery of the pianist's rise and disappearance.
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Public officials should be ashamed they failed to solve the problem before this.
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But it failed to solve , or even adequately address, the problems of the small-business people in the area.
help
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Market research is the first place you go to help solve this initial problem.
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Congress could help solve this problem later this year when it begins reforming the 600-page Higher Education Act of 1965.
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In 1996, Internet service providers will help solve the problem, giving users number-free addresses based on their real names.&038;.
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The conflict and anxiety approach has worrying implications when it comes to trying to help people solve their problems.
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For instance, I bet it can't help us solve the problem of waiting lists?
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I have some suggestions for helping to solve the water crisis felt in some places out west.
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It will also construct computer simulations of skill to help solve the design problems.
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And it has helped solve the two major parties' identity crises.
need
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He needed to solve the puzzle that was Harold Piper.
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Now we needed to solve the second biggest problem in our lives, paying off the credit-card and installment debt.
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But we do not need to solve this conundrum, for the picture painted is unreal.
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Something was needed to solve all the interface, translation, transformation, and interpretation problems that were driving application developers crazy.
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What is needed to solve today's maintenance problems?
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However, he said it needs a freeway to solve the problem.
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Pupils experienced difficulties in applying skills in new contexts, and in understanding what skills were needed to solve new problems.
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Often, we have to research to secure some of the data we need in order to solve a problem.
try
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Instead of trying to solve the problem all at once there is an attempt to create sub-problems.
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Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.
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But on a more fundamental level the fiasco illustrates the futility of trying to solve political decisions by mathematical models.
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We are going forward step by step, and trying to solve problems peacefully.
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Vechey probably carried the vases around trying to solve the riddle.
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How would you try to solve the problem?
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Ministry of Defence engineers have tried to solve the problem of the leaking oil without resorting to drilling into the wreck.
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The conflict and anxiety approach has worrying implications when it comes to trying to help people solve their problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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According to Greek legend, it was Oedipus who solved the riddle of the Sphinx.
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At last astronomers have solved the mystery of the rings encircling the planet Saturn.
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Casey is very good at solving crossword puzzles.
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Detectives are trying to solve the murder of a young girl.
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I'm never going to solve this puzzle - it's impossible.
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Officials hope the Navy will solve the mystery of four bombs that are missing from the wreckage of a military jet.
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Simply making drugs legal will not solve our nation's drug problem.
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The government is to launch a new building programme in an attempt to solve the housing crisis.
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The role of the press is to sell newspapers, not to solve crime.
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The roof used to leak but last week I fitted some new tiles and that seems to have solved the problem.
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These games encourage children's ability to solve puzzles using their mathematical skills.
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They thought money would solve all their problems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away.
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The second world war had solved the problems of the 1930s depression.
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There is now considerable interest in the assessment of processes, problem solving strategies, and creativity in mathematics.
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There were a number of problems to be faced, but one by one he managed to solve them.
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To solve these problems takes vision as well.
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Well, that solves that problem, she thinks to herself.
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You chaps usually bring as much trouble with you as you solve .