I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a short space of time
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They met and married within a short space of time .
ample room/space etc
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She found ample room for her things in the wardrobe.
breathing space
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This deal should give the company some extra breathing room before its loans are due.
cleared a space (= moved things so there was room )
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Dad cleared a space in the garage for Jim’s tools.
empty space
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an empty space behind the desk
evenly spaced
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rows of evenly spaced desks
exhibition space (= space where exhibitions can be held )
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The building provides 125,000 square metres of exhibition space in 12 halls.
fill...space
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Numerous pictures fill every available space .
floor space (= a measure of how big a room or building is, based on the size of the floor )
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The shop has 33,000 square feet of floor space.
gallery space (= area for displaying art )
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She exhibited her work in the gallery space of the Institute of Art and Technology.
gazing into space (= looking straight in front, not at any particular person or thing )
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Patrick sat gazing into space .
invasion of...personal space
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She objected to this invasion of her personal space .
leave a space/gap etc
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Leave the next two lines blank for the tutor’s comments.
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Drivers should always leave room for cyclists.
living space (= the areas of a house you live in )
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The house has 3,600 square feet of living space .
open spaces
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open spaces such as parks and gardens
outer space
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creatures from outer space from another planet
parking space/place/spot
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I couldn’t find a parking space near the shops.
personal space
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She objected to this invasion of her personal space .
shelf space
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the amount of shelf space available
space bar
space cadet
space capsule
space probe
space rocket
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a space rocket
space shuttle
space station
space tourist
space travel
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Large rockets are used for space travel and exploration.
spaced out
space/time is at a premium
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Foldaway furniture is the answer where space is at a premium.
stare into space (= look for a long time at nothing )
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Jo's always lying on the sofa staring into space.
storage space/capacity (= space etc for keeping things in )
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They moved to a house with lots of storage space.
take up space/room
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old books that were taking up space in the office
the space age (= since vehicles were able to travel in space )
the space programme (= for sending vehicles into space )
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He was involved in the Soviet space programme.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
breathing
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If an interim order is made, what happens during the breathing space ?
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At any rate, he now had a little breathing space .
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This creates a breathing space between inner clothes and the waterproof outer skin; important when only thermals are being worn underneath.
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This small breathing space had given her time to arrive at several important decisions.
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Fortunately the Tories have bought a breathing space in which to sort out their policies.
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Such a change can be positive, giving a breathing space and a chance not to become too fixed in outward images.
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Were they given this breathing space it would give them a chance to be less edgy about Olwyn.
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There is therefore plenty of breathing space for the teacher who wishes to use Streamline for a more personal approach.
empty
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People spill back across the empty space of moonlight, and the dancers' faces merge with the crowd.
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With downsizing and consolidation all the rage, owners are left with empty spaces and few choices in reusing them.
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She saw an empty space on the walls and demanded to know where the picture was.
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The air of empty spaces still lingered around her.
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It is a closely-packed map with hardly a straight line or an empty space in it.
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When he left, she stared at the empty space on the wall where his rosary beads had been.
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There was just an empty space where my hatred had been.
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In Masekela Langage, men and women sit vacantly, staring out into empty space .
extra
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Newsagents across the country had cleared extra floor space for the 60,000 additional copies of the paper.
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The extra space would be used for screenings and counseling services, and should be done by March.
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If there is no room to add any extra counter space try importing a free-standing butcher-block worktop or a trolley or cart.
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The extra space was to have been created when two floors of courtrooms were relocated to another new Civic Center building.
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Loft conversion Not all homes can be converted to make extra space - particularly modern homes with trussed rafters.
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Delete any extra spaces between the number and the comma. 11.
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Those who want extra space and luxury try our new seven berth Moody 346, joining flotilla or sailing independently.
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The tiny molecules of the salt fit into the spaces between the water molecules and do not take up extra space.
free
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Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow Obviously, companies don't make money by handing out free Web space .
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Admission is free , but space is limited.
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Above him the sky swam greyly, suffocating the moon; the edge of the roof sailed free in space .
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By so deftly invoking these and other contexts, Polanski opens up a free space .
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Safeway wants to build a £15m supermarket with 700 free parking spaces , an application rejected by Darlington Borough Council last year.
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Johnnie seemed mesmerized by a frigate bird set free in endless space .
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Indeed, many of the ISPs will offer you a sizeable amount of free Web space .
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The other sources of free Web space are the many providers of free email services.
green
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Fewer still would argue that people did not need green spaces within their communities.
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Other goals that were achieved included a vast increase in green space and a major expansion of the community college system.
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I believe that total green belt space has doubled since 1979.
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Distant trucks coming at us looked slow until they got parallel to us across the green space .
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The purpose of the surveys is to expose consensus and conflicts about popular values for green spaces close to the city.
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I liked the green spaces of Nam, too.
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We will encourage more parks, gardens and green spaces .
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The refinery's 175 hectares will be replaced by areas of parks and green spaces .
large
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Take your surroundings into account so small pictures don't get lost in large spaces and large pints aren't too dominant.
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This had required large spaces and much time, sometimes as long as six months.
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The realistic novelist's world is a roomy one, large in space and time.
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Holtz took him upstairs to see one of the large second-floor spaces that had once been used for wedding receptions.
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Downing Square became a large open space , with the street reduced to a short approach road from Whitehall.
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He rented a large space and hired several assistants.
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He favours large spaces neutralised by white walls and is converting the gallery's ramp into a tunnel.
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Asteroids, on the other hand, spread their collisional debris over the incomparably larger space of their orbit about the Sun.
living
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Second, it may need to make itself distinct from other species with which it shares its living space .
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Their works tended to be small-scale, mostly because they worked in cramped living spaces with scarce materials.
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The living space is excellent with plenty of height and room inside.
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Our clothes, living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world.
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It was believed that this area offered more opportunities for conversion into convenient living space .
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The new maisonettes have turned out to be the most unusual and attractive living spaces .
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An island unit provides worksurface space and divides the cooking area from the living space.
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Tokyo residents have to commute huge distances because building restrictions limit the living space available in the capital.
open
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Alongside the Manchester Ship Canal there were open spaces suitable for large modern factories using imported raw materials.
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The Apache used to call this the land of open spaces , little water, and many deer.
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Expansion of population was often solved by sub-division of plots and infilling of open spaces , particularly markets.
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It looked a lot like Dayton, Ohio, more open spaces than Dayton has.
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Here there is a great deal of open space , no longer necessary for agriculture, and Cambridgeshire County Council was in favour.
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The National Park Service will retain control of open spaces .
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Conservationists believe that it will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of informal open space .
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He ducked and spun to his left and sought the wide open spaces all the way to the end zone.
public
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The streets and public spaces had to be seen to be safe, from both criminals and demonstrates.
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Auburn Street from the assertive Lampoon Building in Cambridge, is the very model of a modern minor public space .
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Must see it for myself in a public space .
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He switched on the light, opened the door, and went into the dim public space .
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In their opening up of public space , Baroque planners organized vast vistas in order to highlight central monumental features.
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But in so doing they in effect abandoned these public spaces to criminals.
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It is, for example, a public space and yet a private one too, as an extension of the adjacent buildings.
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Television converts the courts into public space .
short
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Life, for the short space of a few weeks, was better than she had ever known it.
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In such a short space of time, he had plunged from the pinnacle of success to the depths of defeat.
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It is of course an impossible task to examine the record of Marxism in such a short space as I have available.
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That was an extraordinarily fine achievement in such a short space of time.
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But dentists in the NorthEast said the delay had only given the profession a short breathing space .
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I had to find out a lot of things about you in a short space of time.
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The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
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The problem is getting the material under control in order to reach ambitious learning goals in a short space of time.
small
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The basement includes a 400-seat theatre, a smaller multi-use performance space and a conservation studio.
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Eventually that contest was supplanted by a wonderfully violent game played in the same small space , but with a beach ball.
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Despite the fact that it was October and cool in the mountains, the heat in the small space was stifling.
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She would hide in small spaces , such as cupboards or ovens.
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This small breathing space had given her time to arrive at several important decisions.
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When there was nowhere to go in that infernally small space , one could always swivel in the other direction.
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We will be living together in a very small space .
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She moved in years ago, bumping her trunk and cursing softly as she struggled to fit everything into that small space .
wide
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An urban lad, such wide open spaces made him feel exposed and uncomfortable.
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One of his top front teeth is missing, and there are wide spaces between the others.
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Next came a wider central space with a single box on one side only.
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They were certainly the first means of crossing wide open spaces that are still vast and untamed, even today.
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The emptiness of the deep can become the deserts and wide open spaces .
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He ducked and spun to his left and sought the wide open spaces all the way to the end zone.
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It has a wide space between it and the tiny, second dorsal fin.
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Through a wide space in the planks he could see the ground below.
■ NOUN
agency
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Current pay levels are already below those offered by other space agencies .
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The space agency is using a phased approach.
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In early July, the space agency will select one of the companies as its industrial partner for the X-33.
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Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.
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The space agency would have preferred to talk instead about its plans to explore Mars.
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The space agency linked the problem to repairs made earlier that required the nozzles to be removed and replaced.
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The space agency has decided to delay start of construction of the controversial project for as much as 11 months.
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The space agency and its contractor switched supplies to comply with environmental regulations.
disk
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However, it may sometimes be necessary to move one or other to a different device due to disk space limitations.
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Because each film will take up a tremendous amount of computer disk space , only one will be available at a time.
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What's more, with email everything you send and receive can be filed in a relatively small amount of disk space .
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Additional disk space is a dollar or two per megabyte per month, depending on total amount.
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Hard disk space required: 318k Registration brings: peace of mind!
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Windows software is required, along with 12 megabytes of memory and 10 megabytes of disk space .
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System requirements Browsers consume a lot of disk space , especially the full installations of Internet Explorer with all the added accessories.
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Multimedia titles, digital photography and other things your kids get into will eat up hard disk space .
exploration
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The museum's collection is vast, for it covers everything from windmills to space exploration .
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Making that decision, alas, is an imperfect art, upon which the future of space exploration has long rested.
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The visits are intended to facilitate cooperation between the two former Cold War rivals in future space exploration activities.
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He became irregular in his sobriety and would launch into disconnected, hortatory speeches about such matters as space exploration .
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The air bag landing scheme, designed to save money, had never been used in space exploration .
floor
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By joining with Strawberries, Bloomberg said he gets four times the floor space for roughly the same occupancy costs.
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The firm is also doubling its floor space as of June 15 when it adds adjacent offices in Marlborough to its plot.
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How did mall stores battle back, saddled with higher rents, less floor space and lower volume than their competitors?
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Screen: Arranging furniture inside, altering shape of usable floor space .
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Dancers say tension between ballroom and line dancers who compete for dance floor space has existed for years.
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The algae tanks were stacked so they took less than 8 square metres floor space .
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Avoid monstrous gowns that take up more than your share of floor space .
office
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The opportunity has also been taken to add office space on the ground floor by converting the arcade.
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The company also plans to triple its office space next month in a move from Sunnyvale to Palo Alto.
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Two buildings have four storeys devoted to office space and one underground level for parking.
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In fact, this is one of the few markets in South Florida with plentiful contiguous office space available.
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So far, a third of the office space in the first phase of eight buildings has been booked.
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In October, Disney agreed to lease 140, 000 square feet of office space in the complex.
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This grid-like effect is echoed elsewhere in the scheme - for example the beech-wood frames surrounded the cellular office spaces .
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The majority of the Hughes assets are office space , Deering said.
parking
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Fights erupted outside supermarkets as shoppers battled for parking spaces in desperate efforts to stock up with canned goods.
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I pull briskly into our room parking space .
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In addition to a ramp for wheelchairs, more disabled parking spaces are being provided.
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Safeway wants to build a £15m supermarket with 700 free parking spaces , an application rejected by Darlington Borough Council last year.
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He backed her out of the parking space , then drove towards the automatic garage doors.
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I even found a legal parking space .
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In Stuart Street I had a choice of parking spaces outside No. 9.
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The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex.
shelf
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Not much compared with a redundant commercial package wasting shelf space .
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The spice war between Burns Philp and McCormick created a costly bidding war for shelf space that hurt both companies.
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Like-for-like growth, which excludes the effects of new shelf space , hit 3.1 percent in the second half.
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The idea was to capture the shelf space , lower prices, gain customers and then slowly ratchet prices back up.
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His collected works, he said, probably fill four foot ten of shelf space .
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By 1993, it consisted of 202 volumes and 131, 803 pages, taking up nineteen linear feet of shelf space .
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Many obsolescence measures have been derived to assist librarians in calculating shelf space allocation for journals.
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The closings reduced shelf space , which hurt record labels.
storage
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K: There is no storage space anywhere.
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Her theory is that a proliferation of culinary gadgets is putting pressure on kitchen storage space .
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This will mean that the data requires more direct access storage space than a sequential file.
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The place metamorphosed into storage space .
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If storage space and seating are both at a premium, try building in boxes around the perimeter of the room.
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These frequently stand vacant but provide an anchorage and storage space .
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They effectively mark the bottom of the storage space for water in the Earth's crust.
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It would be lost in obscurity, perhaps still being used as unofficial storage space by its neighboring furniture gallery.
travel
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Many argue that the biological effects of lengthy space travel are the biggest imponderable.
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Large rockets are used for space travel and exploration.
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There is no doubt that the inhabitants once possessed space travel .
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This would be the ideal method of long-distance space travel mentioned earlier.
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At first, this form of space travel seemed possible.
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Who predicted space travel and submarines years before they became a reality!
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He says his new craft would revolutionise space travel .
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This obviously raises great possibilities for space travel .
■ VERB
allow
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This allows good use of space , but high winds compress the sides.
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Remember, the review of literature section allows plenty of space for discussing the many facets of the problem and related research.
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But she was allowed no space to think about it.
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New approaches and a change of mood have allowed public spaces to be reclaimed, even at night.
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The stairway was supported by four oak posts, allowing usable open space .
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They allow economy of space , creating air rights over a surface.
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In the past secret agreements allowed for breathing space , which by virtue of that very secrecy was only temporary.
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What would I become if I allowed them their space ?
clear
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Involuntarily she found herself going out on to the balcony for air, rather than clearing a space to sit.
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They used to clear out space next to the M System store and people would come from all around.
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Nanny Ogg had already cleared a space on the table for the green ball.
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He eats most of his meals in the room, clearing a space on the desk, reading as he eats.
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The first thing Louis did when he reached Aachen was to clear himself some political space .
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When he returned she had cleared a space in the kitchen, had coffee ready.
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Newsagents across the country had cleared extra floor space for the 60,000 additional copies of the paper.
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Megaliths were smashed to make gate-posts or road-stone, blown up or pushed aside to clear space for the plough.
create
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As you said, it's creating a space for discussing topics that really preoccupy people.
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Again and again I heard how hard it was to create sufficient private space and distance from the child.
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A special feature is a cantilevered bay window which is designed to create more space and to give plenty of natural light.
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By holding off on both at least until next year, Clerides has created some diplomatic breathing space .
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His remedy was to divide the garden with a wicker arch into two sections, to create an illusion of space .
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He tends to create images of empty spaces , of objects in isolation.
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But Horn had the sound, the remarkable ability to create epic spaces in ordinary songs.
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The anchors create an air space so the posts are not in contact with the footing.
fill
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Blood fills the space and clots, capillaries grow into the clot and form granulation tissue.
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But a columnist will do anything to fill the space , though not without company.
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Incidentally, direct a little light down behind the speaker: it fills the space behind him and makes him more three-dimensional.
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Life has filled a space in the grove with wood reaching higher than I can.
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The continents sit on shifting plates that form the outer crust of the Earth; and the oceans fill the spaces in between.
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If Virginia Street seemed to stretch the material to fill the space , this second play seems to cram it in.
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And there are, of course, numerous ideas and people able to fill that space .
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Why fill up the space any sooner than necessary?
give
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It gave an illusion of space and space meant freedom.
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What to do? Give them space and time.
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Imelda Marcos gave Christina Ford space in her tent.
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It was as if the small restaurant suddenly gave him all the space he needed.
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It is important for carers to give themselves some space , too.
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Some wanted campsites on the coast, but were given spaces inland instead.
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Swift himself gives some space to describing wedding festivities, though the bitter revelation is expected shortly.
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Saville was given a lot of space and had a field day.
leave
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If no additions are expected, ii is not necessary to leave space for that purpose.
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This moves both the right and left margins in five spaces at a time.
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It's hard to see how to begin with enough reality to generate action while leaving space for genuine doubt.
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That leaves a wide-open space for new filmmakers to make more personal, humanistic cinema.
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Pressure of time, leaving no space for relaxation and contemplation.
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That means you have to leave space .
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Since most tables are also used for dumping, leave space so that the arrangements aren't continually being disturbed.
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With downsizing and consolidation all the rage, owners are left with empty spaces and few choices in reusing them.
need
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You will need a pleat and space at each end of the heading for balance.
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People do need solution space in which to learn new ways of doing things.
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This juvenile Emperor Angel needs growing space and perfect water conditions.
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We needed the added space for the contract work we do.
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Active fish need more space , and produce more waste for your filter to deal with.
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Just as men need space too.
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Hornbills are big and demanding birds that need plenty of space , which is something most zoos don't have.
occupy
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Women are not only the embodiment of heavenly qualities but can also aspire t find and occupy a heavenly space .
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These files not only occupy space , but also may wind up causing conflicts with other programs down the line.
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Although it occupies much space , it is very tiny.
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Formerly, it occupied a smaller space a few blocks south on Spring Street.
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Inside there were some long wooden huts which occupied almost all the space .
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He also will begin work on the unit he plans to occupy and on ground-floor spaces .
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Four semi-roundels occupy the spaces between the arms of the saltire.
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As we used to say, and sometimes still do, she occupied her space .
park
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You need permission to build parking space for a commercial vehicle.
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Traffic was fine through the tunnel, but it still took me a while to get a parking space .
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Meanwhile residents of Judenplatz complained that the construction would reduce parking space and affect business.
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The idea is to reserve the precious parking spaces that car owners spend hours digging out of the snow.
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The town centre is closed to traffic, but there is plenty of parking space just outside the walls.
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Strassner said that could be considered if the overall number of parking spaces were reduced and no public money used.
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There are plans for over 2,750 free parking spaces , whilst the prospects for public transport look less promising.
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I informed Withers I would be needing my old parking space .
provide
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Or you could line the walls with bookshelves from waist-level, with cupboards underneath to provide storage and serving space .
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You have to find creative ways of providing the illusion of space in a price tag that more people can afford.
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Local education authorities will contribute through staffing and clerical costs they may also provide office space and equipment, etc.
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Osaka has already set the example, to provide space for the heavy industries attracted there by the huge reservoir of labour.
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The institutional wards provided much more space than houses, but this space was often shared with large numbers of people.
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Some provide space for respondents to write in their specific races.
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Parks provide space for a whole range of events, from steam rallies to horse shows.
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Brownie albums were provided , with spaces ready prepared for slotting in a sequence of the snapshots.
stare
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Instead of tracing the pages with his finger as he usually did, he was staring vacantly into space .
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Mrs James caught me staring into space twice even though the girl sitting next to me had nudged me in time.
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In his study, Bernard Quex stared into space , pen motionless over his notepad.
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When he left, she stared at the empty space on the wall where his rosary beads had been.
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Chopra stared at the space station, trying to pick up the memories of a past age.
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Robyn sat staring into space , her mind numb with shock and disbelief, total agonising disbelief.
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Sometimes she sits in a lounge chair on the back porch and stares off into space .
watch
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But will she be second on goal difference above Masham Reserves? Watch this space .
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Seven-year-old Amy Collard captured the spirit of many who watched the space shuttle Challenger disintegrate in the Florida sky.
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Currently undergoing a major expansion - watch this space for developments.
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So watch this space , as they say.
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Row defused? Watch this space .
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Only time will tell, but it's looking good - watch this space for further details!
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We very much hope to have the new materials ready before the end of 1991 - watch this space !
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Coming up in the next issue - details of our latest recruit - Watch this space !
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a waste of space
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Biological media is totally unnecessary and a waste of space.
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It is a waste of space.
acres of space/room
money/time/space etc to play with
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He had time for his garden, time to talk to his Stratford friends, time to play with his granddaughter Elizabeth.
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Lennie knows he hasn't any time to play with if Boro are to stay in the big time.
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Then it's time to play with the topper dinghies!
watch this space
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As they say elsewhere ... watch this space.
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Currently undergoing a major expansion - watch this space for developments.
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Only time will tell, but it's looking good - watch this space for further details!
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So watch this space, as they say.
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Thanks for comin' everyone - and for the next big event watch this space!!.
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We very much hope to have the new materials ready before the end of 1991 - watch this space!
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We will indeed be publishing a picture of Goran in our Sweetspot section in a future issue so ... watch this space.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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space exploration
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a parking space
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Be sure to put two spaces between sentences.
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Could you find me a space to store these boxes in?
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Do you want me to go home and give you some space ?
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I couldn't find an empty space in the car park.
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I wish we had more space in our office.
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In Judaism, God is not restricted by time and space .
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London's parks and open spaces
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Now calculate the exact position in space where the two lines meet.
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Our apartment is small, and doesn't have much storage space .
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Plant cells contain liquid in spaces called vacuoles.
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Tens of thousands of acres of farmland are swallowed up each year by developers seeking living space for the city's fast-growing population.
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The space between the old building and the Morgan mansion has been converted into a marble-paved court, with plantings and a fountain.
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The cat was in the space between the refrigerator and the wall.
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The children hid in the space between the wall and the sofa.
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The city would be unbearable in the summer without its green spaces.
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The story got very little space in the major newspapers.
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The students were told to fill in the empty spaces with suitable adjectives.
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the wide open spaces of the American West
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because each film will take up a tremendous amount of computer disk space , only one will be available at a time.
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Circulation space for vehicles should be reduced in favour of pedestrians and cyclists, with public transport benefiting from this and other favourable measures.
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For this, it had to be given lungs, in the shape of open spaces, squares, parks and gardens.
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Inspectors may have to climb ladders or many flights of stairs, or may have to crawl around in tight spaces.
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It's a good idea if you can organise a space for each cat to call its own.
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Most strikingly, the Daily Mirror almost halved its public-affairs coverage as a proportion of space in 1937 compared with 1927.
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The air of empty spaces still lingered around her.
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The new Computer Desk looks like a big, traditional desk yet features concealing spaces for electronic components.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
equally
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The remaining half circle is then divided up by marking 180 equally spaced dashes along the circumference of the semicircle.
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Make sure all four struts are equally spaced around circle.
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For the anharmonic oscillator, then, the vibrational energy levels associated with a particular vibration are not equally spaced .
evenly
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Such regular joint patterns appear to develop when the centres of contraction are evenly spaced .
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The windows were clean, the bed was neatly made and his four chairs were set evenly spaced around the table.
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It has 13 rounds evenly spaced , with two races in most months from April to September.
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Press Y to select evenly spaced columns.
out
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Now it is giving those of us on earth that spaced out feeling.
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Others appeared to be more spaced out on the page.
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Paperhouse are pretty spaced out too!
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You know-we had Bilbo Baggins's parking space out here for years, until recently.
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Horowitz had spoken quietly, the words spaced out .
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But I was too spaced out .
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Instead, males tend to be spaced out in territories, and they attract females to them by calling.
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The pleats can be spaced out if preferred, needing approximately two and a half times fullness.
■ VERB
give
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But it also gives them space to express themselves.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a waste of space
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Biological media is totally unnecessary and a waste of space.
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It is a waste of space.
acres of space/room
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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evenly spaced bulbs on the tunnel's inside walls
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The three injections are spaced several months apart.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He saw no fire suppression, but scant brush and ample spacing of pines where wildfires regularly moved through the forests.
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Particularly suitable for a woman who is spacing her pregnancies or who has completed her family, and for older women.
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Several low rise hotels, backed by quiet citrus groves, are spaced around the half mile bay.
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The pleats can be spaced out if preferred, needing approximately two and a half times fullness.
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The pockets in the perfect grey limestone became smaller and more spaced, the footholds doubtful, sloping smears.
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These ideal launch times are naturally spaced about 25. 6 months apart in time.