noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
niche/specialist market
professional/expert/specialist advice
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It’s advisable to get professional advice before starting any building work.
specialist/expert knowledge
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Making profitable investments requires specialist knowledge.
special/specialist expertise (= a lot of knowledge about a particular subject )
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Our haulage company has specialist expertise in transporting hi-tech products.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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medical
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These services could include prescribing certain medications and the referral of patients to medical specialists .
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Such assistance may come from, for example, speech therapists, occupational therapists, medical specialists or psychologists.
other
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On the other hand specialists could thrive.
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It would be unjust if we did not mention other specialists and their particular techniques.
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Seven other specialists were available for consultation.
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Many other groups of specialists have also withered away in the face of data processing.
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A psychiatrist is paid more than any other specialist .
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His choice of modellers, chasers, and other specialists was the key to his commercial success.
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Costs are borne in employing lawyers and other specialists to ensure that trades are within the law.
public
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The conflict within public bureaucracies between specialists and generalists is familiar to all students of modern government.
soviet
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In the 1960s Soviet specialists reinterpreted international law to bolster Moscow's declared opposition to foreign military bases.
subject
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This development work has led to regular inter-college meetings of subject specialists .
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Within each team will be subject specialists to deal with each of the five areas of study of the certificate programme.
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Many subject specialists have voiced concern about teaching bilingual students.
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The E2L teacher has a great deal to offer subject specialists about the language approaches and assessment of the subject.
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In order to carry out these tasks he may need to consult with subject specialist consult with teachers consult with computer specialists.
technical
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The company managed to retain 50 percent of the key managers and technical specialists .
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Even the technical specialists later were to become some of the strongest proponents of the new approach.
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While the staff running some are technical specialists , this is far from universal.
■ NOUN
cancer
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For cancer specialists , developing this knowledge is still a long way off, but would be vital.
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The National Cancer Alliance publishes a directory of cancer specialists .
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Read in studio A team of cancer specialists has developed a new treatment that reduces the need for major surgery.
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The drug's being tested by cancer specialists ... although it could be some years before it's generally available.
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The reality is that cancer specialists are unable to treat patients because of a shortage of beds.
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Read in studio Cancer specialists have joined forces to improve the treatment of sick children.
computer
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Many scientists, engineers, and computer specialists want to be promoted but actually prefer doing technical work.
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It provides a forum for the sharing of ideas among archaeologists, computer specialists and mathematicians.
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In order to carry out these tasks he may need to consult with subject specialist consult with teachers consult with computer specialists.
development
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To what extent is this a threat to the management development specialist ?
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Y., office of Lee Hecht Harrison, career development specialists .
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Its team of scientists grew from 30 to 100 and development specialists , marketing experts and number crunchers were brought in.
information
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In this interpretation, information specialists were functionaries who merely implemented the decisions of top management.
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In this case study, managers deferred to information specialists as valued resources possessing the arcane knowledge upon which corporate survival depended.
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System-based rationality as constructed by information specialists , however, functioned within parameters established by command authority.
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Lacking an orientation toward structure change, the information specialists did not appear to fit the notion of a vanguard group.
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The latest set of figures from construction information specialist Glenigan on the state of construction will do little to cheer.
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Introduction 1.1 Attention to the privileged role of information specialists in organizational and stratification research is not new.
software
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Ironically, it is the small educational software specialists rather than the big battalions who saw this trend developing.
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Then there were software specialists: programmers, systems engineers, knowledge engineers, and now, neural network architects.
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It was to be brewed in Bangalore, then more famous for its beer than its software specialists .
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At present there are just 1000 software specialists in the country.
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include
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This team will include specialists in each of the areas of study of the diploma programme.
lead
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The physicians who wrote these statements were the leading specialists of the time.
train
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Provided that they have been well trained the specialists are far less likely to be caught out by a clever interviewer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cancer specialist
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Professor Holloway, an eye specialist , organized a national survey of eye diseases in children.
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Professor Williams is one of the world's leading specialists in radiotherapy.
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Professor Williams teaches English Literature and is a specialist in the novels of George Orwell.
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The doctor arranged for Marcel to see a top specialist in Paris.
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The Health Department is seeking the advice of a team of tropical disease specialists.
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You really need a specialist for this job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to his analysis distrust of authority and scepticism concerning the competence of specialists is a function of the breakdown of value consensus.
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Currently, specialists have caseloads of up to 120.
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Holographic edge filters for Raman spectroscopy are now available from Optilas, the laser and optical specialist .
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It will be used by members to obtain referrals to specialists.
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Previously many historians perceived crime as abnormal and peripheral, fit only for study by specialists in deviance.
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The physicians were perplexed, as were the specialists to whom they referred their patients for treatment.
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They are made very dependent on a variety of specialists for information and advice ... and in fact so are the parents.