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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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chief
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The role of defending the Church was assumed by the lower clergy, their chief spokesman being Francis Atterbury.
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The chief spokesman for the men pushes papers around irritably and kicks at a chair.
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Mr. Waldegrave I am sorry that the Labour party's chief spokesman on health did not rise to respond to these matters.
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Mr Kaufman, Labour's chief foreign affairs spokesman , sat at his bench shaking his head.
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The chief spokesman of the strikers was Costica Dobre.
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I hope that the Opposition chief spokesman on health matters will withdraw this similar threat today.
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Joan Waters was included in it and acted as chief spokesman .
labour
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Successive Labour spokesmen tried to establish that the Thatcher Government did not have its heart in the health service.
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Ministry of Labour spokesman Avar Arpad said evaluation would take two weeks and that no information would be given in the interim.
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That is why we enjoy higher inward investment compared with those two countries. Labour Front-Bench spokesmen think that that is amusing.
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The dark suits of the Labour Front-Bench spokesmen betray those who have turned their coats.
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John Reid, a Labour defence spokesman , denounced it as disgusting.
soviet
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It was the official estimate from the Soviet spokesman at the international conference at Vienna this year.
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By mid 1972 Soviet spokesmen adopted a more conciliatory tone.
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A Soviet presidential spokesman said on Nov. 6 that the decision could have no legal force as it was a unilateral measure.
white
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Mike McCurry, the White House spokesman , said the first planeload of detection equipment already was on its way.
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Mike McCurry, the White House spokesman , confirmed the campaign will air its first commercial beginning Friday.
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A White House spokesman said Herman mistakenly thought the coffee was an official, nonpolitical meeting.
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company
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A company spokesman said yesterday it was not yet clear how many workers could be redeployed elsewhere in the group.
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About 1, 000 people were hired in November, a company spokesman said.
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A company spokesman said last night that Salomon had acted in response to payments being made by other institutions.
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That's about a third larger than the 25,000 square feet at the average Office Depot, according to a company spokesman .
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Drug company spokesmen called this a repudiation of the critics, or at least a failure to agree with them.
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As with Alcatel Alsthom, the company faces new realities in a changing market, the company spokesman said.
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He succeeds Ray Nakano, 49, who left the company several months ago for personal reasons, a company spokesman said.
department
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But the department spokesman said the money should come from a community care grant to local authorities for the mentally ill.
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Insurance Department spokesman John Calagna said the Hancock violations occurred between 1983 and 1994.
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A Justice Department spokesman said Tuesday he could not discuss the subject.
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Justice Department spokesman Charles Miller said the government is reviewing the ruling and hasn't decided whether to appeal.
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A State Department spokesman , also displaying a talent for diplomacy, declined to characterize the appointment as a promotion.
house
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White House spokesman Mike McCurry said the two men talked for about five minutes.
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A White House spokesman said Herman mistakenly thought the coffee was an official, nonpolitical meeting.
industry
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No other trade association is subject to such stringent rules, a tobacco industry spokesman said.
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It had been thought that Mr Prescott would replace Bryan Gould, the trade and industry spokesman .
office
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A Foreign Office spokesman said: We always do as much as we can in such circumstances.
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A Crown Office spokesman said last night it would be premature to do so at this stage.
■ VERB
accord
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He was in his office and did not watch the proceedings on television, according to spokesman Lauren Maddox.
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An internal investigation last year failed to turn up the culprit, according to Disneyland spokesman Tom Brocato.
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Clinton opposes homosexual marriage, according to White House spokesman Mike McCurry.
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That's about a third larger than the 25,000 square feet at the average Office Depot, according to a company spokesman .
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Most of those tickets, according to a committee spokesman , were sold for $ 150 each.
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Last year, BankAmerica casual dressers raised $ 1. 25 million for charity, according to BankAmerica spokesman Russ Yarrow.
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He says the country is not facing a shortage of farm workers, according to his spokesman Allen Kay.
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The speaker does not plan to address the House, according to spokesman Lauren Maddox.
say
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Wage restraint, say Conservative Treasury spokesmen , is important to company viability and to controlling inflation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A spokesman for Limited declined to comment, noting that the company had just been served with a copy of the suit.
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A company spokesman was not able to say whether or not the two were connected.
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An Alcoa spokesman said costs generally rise when revenue increases.
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An investigation of the incidents was opened earlier last month but so far no one has been punished, Marine spokesmen said.
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Ask for a copy of the original information so that any spokesman you provide will not have it sprung upon him.
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I was glad to meet Alan Savory, the opposition spokesman - a young, cool customer, dark and striking.
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This is where Mr Pozsgay's training as the people's spokesman became useful.