I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
solvent abuse
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Companies need to know that those with whom they are trading are solvent and can pay for goods and services supplied to them
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Now the question is how to keep the business solvent .
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We've been financially solvent for the last 5 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It has to be emphasised that Equitable is still solvent with very substantial assets irrespective of some recent withdrawals.
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They are happy merely to be solvent .
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
industrial
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Trichloroethylene is a toxic industrial solvent .
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The effluent includes acids, alkalis and industrial solvents , many of them byproducts of making printed circuit boards.
organic
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The nitric acid solution is then mixed with an organic solvent and the uranium and plutonium are separated from the waste products.
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Similarly, the reference to reactions in organic solvents merited further discussion.
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The Gyrovap can cope with 240 samples at a time and is appropriate for water as well as organic solvents .
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Second, there is growing environmental pressure, particularly on organic solvents .
other
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The compounds are found in petrol, paints, glues, inks and other solvents .
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Each layer is then subjected to a number of extractions with the other solvent .
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She says that there are other nasty solvent type chemicals which are dangerous.
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Some young people have died as a direct or indirect result of sniffing glue or other solvents .
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The other solvent is then passed over the mixture in the opposite direction.
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In general, with the exception of the inorganic soils one or other solvent will affect any soil found in food industries.
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In other methods, ethanoic acid or other solvents are used.
■ VERB
use
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In the latter case the experiment is repeated using the same solvent but a solute of known molar mass.
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The majority have simply been using it as a solvent .
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A few sniffers may use solvents in an attempt to blot out problems that they already have.
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Repeated extractions using small portions of solvent are more efficient than using a single but larger volume of solvent.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any surplus glue can be easily wiped off with a rag and then with solvent .
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But a few may become heavy and frequent solvent misusers.
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Each layer is then subjected to a number of extractions with the other solvent .
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His torturers poured a solvent down his nose that burned his throat.
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Last year 15 year old Joanna Hughes died from burns, after fumes from the solvent she was sniffing caught fire.
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The sensitivity can be improved and interference from other ions diminished by extracting the red colour with a solvent .
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Their wastes include solvents, fuels, mine tailings, radioactive wastes, and unexploded bombs and shells.