I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
copper/steel wire
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Electrical impulses are sent down the copper wire.
cotton/steel/paper etc mill
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an old Victorian cotton mill
iron and steel
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the iron and steel industry
metal/steel/iron plates
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The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels.
stainless steel
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stainless steel cutlery
steel band
steel drum
steel guitar
steel mill
steel wool
steel/iron/wooden etc rod
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The walls are reinforced with steel rods.
steel/oil/shipping etc magnate
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a powerful media magnate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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Five minutes later found me flinching and clenching. biting into the black vinyl of the couch as cold steel penetrated.
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Laughlin, based in Harvey, Illinois, is a maker of cold finished steel bars.
heavy
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Two Brothers had mounted those duelling blocks, stepping into those boots encased in heavy steel .
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A: Shiny, heavy aluminum or steel pans are best for baking.
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We also had with us an immensely heavy steel strongbox which contained enormous quantities of devalued lire.
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The recorders are the size of rural mailboxes and are encased in heavy steel .
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You can also buy really tough but heavy steel pegs which you can hammer into very hard ground with a rock.
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They reeled under the blows, but the heavy steel saved them and they recovered to push back unarmoured householders.
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The jury's only reservations concerned the heavy steel legs and their junctions with the surfaces.
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I descended and found myself facing a heavy steel door.
high
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The device incorporates a high tensile steel tube which clamps to the steering wheel and an integral alarm.
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The electric furnaces now used to produce high quality steel , depend almost entirely on scrap for furnace feed.
large
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Eventually, they came to a large set of steel doors, watched over by a single guard.
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Bouldry said the wooden awning was also weighted with snow and water draining from a larger steel roof overhead.
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While other larger steel producers had struggled and often failed against foreign competition, Nucor succeeded.
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Two border surveillance cameras, mounted on large steel poles, have been destroyed by gunfire.
mild
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Copings in aluminium and mild steel , designed for a lifetime of service.
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The style was different to ours: they'd used mild steel netting instead of high-tensile wires.
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Between the planting and the road is a mild-steel picket fence.
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There are two ancient mild steel peg belays here, but they are best ignored in favour of something a touch more modern.
stainless
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Once the acidity is right, huge, mechanical, stainless steel forks are switched on to cut the curd into large chunks.
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Occasionally, some one would use butcher block, solid wood, copper, stainless steel , marble or some other exotic surface.
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For Edward, the stainless steel containers, and the job, took on a deeper significance.
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Before making the welfare address, Dole toured a local plant that manufactures stainless steel tanks and employs several former welfare beneficiaries.
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Keep silver or chrome-plated cutlery away from stainless steel .
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Specialty metals such as stainless steel , silicon electric steel, alloys and tungsten still are produced in the area.
structural
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Rack structures are of structural steel or thin section steel construction.
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Some specialize-for example, in structural steel or reinforced concrete structures.
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Lateral stability to the structure is provided by a braced structural steel core.
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Public works inspectors may specialize in highways, structural steel , reinforced concrete, or ditches.
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This building also will be made of structural steel and concrete blocks.
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It also owns shipyards and structural steel plants that make highway guard rails.
tubular
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Construction was conventional, with a tubular steel fuselage covered in fabric.
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Unlike traditional playgrounds that are made of metal and wood, these are made of foam-padded tubular steel and plastic.
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All the competition uses simple, tubular steel chassis, but Aprilia is renowned for its alloy beam frames.
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Main support for the wing was provided by a large central pylon constructed from tubular steel and covered by Duralumin.
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The wing was braced by tubular steel struts located between the hull and underwing surfaces.
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It was all tubular steel and smoked glass.
■ NOUN
band
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Other facilities include two swimming pools and nightly entertainment featuring steel bands , limbo dancing and calypso music.
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His cell was eight by fifteen with a solid oak door supported by steel bands .
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Read in studio A group of schoolchildren have formed their own Carribean steel band .
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Beeton Rumford staff then transformed the ship's hold, with a steel band , palms and exotic flowers.
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These human beasts of burden also wore heavy leg-irons chained to thick steel bands clamped around their waists.
bar
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It's your job to provide an alternative to the steel bar by cutting a length of timber instead.
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Laughlin, based in Harvey, Illinois, is a maker of cold finished steel bars .
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From its rear chassis, two heavy chains were securely attached to the steel bars of the gates.
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For bogies and underframes the rolled steel bars were dealt with similarly to wagon components.
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A galvanised steel bar grill on the end will prevent access up the pipe.
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Pins were inserted into the breaks and steel bars attached to the bones.
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They attacked me with pickaxe handles and steel bars .
column
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This tiny hitch would be discovered only five weeks later, when the first steel columns arrived on site.
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One spring morning two anchor bolts were inserted in the footings that were to receive the first steel column .
company
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Unfortunately her building was delayed by the failure of the small specialised steel company that was constructing the hull.
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The superintendent in the steel company needed power to get a more efficient delivery schedule of slabs.
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Certain private steel companies sought injunctions to prevent this.
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They would have done by instinct everything the critics say the steel companies did not do.
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Nor was Harvester the only steel company in the 1980s to have this problem.
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The steel companies automated, but then did nothing eLse.
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It is a banal memory, for her father, the owner of a steel company , is a complicated man.
door
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I descended and found myself facing a heavy steel door .
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Miguel felt sad as Firebug disappeared into the vestibule, the ugly steel door closing behind him with a clank.
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Herr Bischoff then turned the second lock and together they pushed open the massive steel door .
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At the end of the corridor, they found Herr Bischoff's son waiting in front of a vast circular steel door .
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I repaired the steel door years ago, loosening the rusted hinges and straightening the guides for the bolt.
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Eventually, they came to a large set of steel doors , watched over by a single guard.
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An agent punched the buzzer next to the embassy's rear steel door .
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With a rusty squeak, a pair of steel doors slid inward, locking in the middle with a solid clang.
frame
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A few days later, Lisa was fitted with her steel frame .
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The names of 934 journalists, dating back to 1812, are printed on tinted-glass panels affixed to a spiral steel frame .
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The firm says its buildings cost no more than modern steel frame houses.
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The steel frame and simple suspension are identical to the current bike.
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The heavy chains lifted, straightened and drew taut, and the stout steel frames of the gates began to buckle outwards.
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You could tell it was heavier than normal, probably wooden, clad on a solid steel frame surrounded by high-ratio sound-proofing.
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The 45 m superstructure is a nine-storey steel frame stabilised by a reinforced concrete core.
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Phase one is now complete with steel frame welding being carried out at the new site.
framework
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The fibreglass sections were bolted around a built-up steel framework and Beech C-45 outer wing panels were attached.
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There are various ways of designing a steel framework to stand up to the vertical and lateral forces.
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Sakhnovski, a team started erecting a replica of the steel framework of part of the thirty-fifth floor of the building.
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The evolution of the curtain wall went hand in hand with the invention of the steel framework .
guitar
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They should get themselves a steel guitar .
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Herron rounded out the band with some fiddle and steel guitar .
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Cook, who tears up the steel guitar and trombone.
industry
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Will the Hon. Gentleman pledge himself to renationalise the steel industry ?
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What if they had run the steel industry ?
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For another industry that followed the same path one has to look no further than the world's steel industry.
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They know about the collapse of the steel industry , the massive layoffs at auto plants.
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The same has been happening in the steel industry with the advent of the mini-mills.
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Typical end-uses include fire screens and welding blankets in potentially hazardous environments such as oil platforms, shipyards and the steel industry .
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As a cradle of the coal, iron and steel industries many of its age-old traditions still continue to this day.
maker
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Nucor, a steel maker , maintains double-digit growth in an industry that has been shrinking.
mill
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I began to work in steel mills when I was seventeen to support my education.
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He told me to go over to the steel mill .
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We would cut those areas of production, such as mines and steel mills , where there is no comparative advantage for us.
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But new steel mills are starting up, which will boost supply.
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People all have jobs now, at the steel mill and the auto plant.
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S., new steel mills are setting up shop.
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The company makes giant machinery for industry: steel mills and iron foundries; oil-drilling equipment and massive bulldozers.
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But new steel mills are starting up, which some analysts expect will boost supply and depress prices over the next year.
plant
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The brownfields range widely in size, from half-acre former gas stations to 700-acre shuttered steel plants .
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Sir Berkeley runs round his train during a tour of the Frodingham steel plant in May.
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It also owns shipyards and structural steel plants that make highway guard rails.
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During the late 1970s and early 1980s, 25 steel plants closed in the Youngstown region.
plate
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Both Mccullin and Page were badly wounded, the latter was left with a steel plate in his brain.
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The spire is made of stainless steel plate , rolled into a seamless cone.
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As for the ships, steel plates meant to repair them have found their way into the homes of Vladivostok's elite.
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Up on the roof Balberith drove his fists at the steel plate and howled obscenities, the way some of them do.
production
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This is a factory, more than 100 years old, which produces silicone for steel production and computer chips.
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Part of our A-level chemistry looks at steel production and another at protein chemistry.
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From 1951 to 1955 manufacturing output rose 14 percent, car production 87 percent and steel production 21.5 percent.
rod
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Now it was raining hard outside, great heavy unmerciful rain slanting out of the sky like steel rods .
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The following day, the doctors pin together her bone with three tiny steel rods that will stay in her hand for ever.
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They have been removed from the bridge because many similar ones have broken apart as the steel rods have corroded.
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The Phantom looks simple: A thimble is attached to a jointed arm made of black steel rods .
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To give it strength in compression and tension, steel rods were embedded in the concrete.
tube
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The device incorporates a high tensile steel tube which clamps to the steering wheel and an integral alarm.
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The fuselage was of welded steel tube , faired to an oval section, with spruce formers, and fabric covered.
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Or you might want to think of a steel tube .
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The tall surfaces were of steel tube , fabric covered.
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The trees are anchored by 20 metre polyurethane roots, formed by injecting liquid chemicals down a steel tube .
wool
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Applied with fine steel wool , the wax can darken faded wood and provide a resistant finish.
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After the second with grade 0000 steel wool 8 Any finish can then be applied.
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For a natural worn look, lightly rub down the varnish when hard with fine steel wool .
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Then sand lightly with fine steel wool , and dust off thoroughly, finishing with a tacky rag.
worker
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Earlier, they had promised to raise wages on April 1st by 26% for engineers and 21% for steel workers .
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Also patron of farriers, jewelers, and steel workers .
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A witness had seen the retired steel worker in the middle of the road.
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Abortion may be a deciding factor for Fred Chiorra, a 71-year old retired steel worker and Democrat from Allentown.
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So, we weep for both lambs and foxes, but not for steel workers .
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Also patron of farriers, garage workers , and steel workers.
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It is neither a romantic comedy in the vein of Four Weddings nor a warm-hearted tale about Sheffield steel workers .
■ VERB
build
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The new screen is built on to a steel frame so it should survive considerably longer.
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The colossal church in southern Charlotte is built of glass and steel spires, rising above its stone front.
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A composite building of steel plus concrete is extremely difficult to achieve in New York City.
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At each level of the building , the steel members can experience different forces from higher up or lower down.
make
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Bethlehem Steel, for instance, no longer makes steel at the huge plant around its Pennsylvania headquarters.
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Fishnets are not made of wood, steel , or concrete.
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Portakabins are made of steel and do not burn.
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Thus, a car builder will not try to make its own steel as Ford once did.
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Those clamps are made of high-tensile steel fitted with a locking device.
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S blocked steel imports, which drove up the cost of automobiles and everything else made from steel.
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The spire is made of stainless steel plate, rolled into a seamless cone.
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We backed off making steel because we backed off making everything.
use
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The style was different to ours: they'd used mild steel netting instead of high-tensile wires.
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At first, I used steel , which weighed too much and cost $ 1, 100 apiece to make.
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Rainwater only should be used with steel tanks as bore water is corrosive on account of its iron content.
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Then another gendarme ran up and joined the attack, using a steel golf club.
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They used additional steel straps to re-secure the roof.
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In the west, shipbuilding was done at Barrow-in-Furness, again using local steel .
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All the competition uses simple, tubular steel chassis, but Aprilia is renowned for its alloy beam frames.
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They used either aluminium or steel foil, contained in a stainless steel cassette, as a recording medium.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cold steel
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Five minutes later found me flinching and clenching. biting into the black vinyl of the couch as cold steel penetrated.
gold-tipped/steel-tipped/rubber-tipped etc
nerves of steel
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You need nerves of steel to be a race-car driver.
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He had either nerves of steel or brains of custard, because he had fallen asleep during the last flight.
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It calls for consummate timing and nerves of steel.
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Raccoons these days, they have nerves of steel.
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The man had nerves of steel and didn't need anyone's good wishes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The concrete is reinforced with steel .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to Gardner, she has the steel to succeed.
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Edelstein challenges any preconceptions one might have of what a New Jersey steel dispatcher should look like.
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In the west, shipbuilding was done at Barrow-in-Furness, again using local steel .
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Plate steel is used in the construction and machinery markets.
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The best type of lock to use is one made from a loop of solid steel .
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Two other bodies are still in the ship, lodged in twisted steel .
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When people do read longer works, they primarily favor high-drama novels that get a steel grip on their attention.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
s
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Domestic U. S . steel got fat and sassy.
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Would the U. S . steel industry survive in any form?
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Witness the entire U. S . steel industry.
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Nippon Steel, for example, spends more on research and development than all U. S . steel companies combined.
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For some reason, maybe just an existential weariness, U. S . steel companies stopped doing these things.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cold steel
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Five minutes later found me flinching and clenching. biting into the black vinyl of the couch as cold steel penetrated.
nerves of steel
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You need nerves of steel to be a race-car driver.
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He had either nerves of steel or brains of custard, because he had fallen asleep during the last flight.
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It calls for consummate timing and nerves of steel.
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Raccoons these days, they have nerves of steel.
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The man had nerves of steel and didn't need anyone's good wishes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I meowed a couple of times and steeled myself as she came over.
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Only then would ministers steel themselves to introduce the unpleasant but indispensable reform measures.
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Ruth steeled every nerve-ending in her body.
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She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them.