noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deserved win/victory/success etc
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Larsson’s goal gave Celtic a deserved victory.
a financial success (= something that makes a profit )
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It was a wonderful film, but not exactly a financial success .
a (huge) box office hit/success
a huge success/disappointment etc
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The play was a huge success.
an unqualified success
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The experiment had not been an unqualified success.
brilliant success
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The project was a brilliant success .
chart success
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It looks like they are set for chart success.
confident of success
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The company is confident of success .
critical success (= critics said it was good )
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Her first play was a critical success .
emulate...success
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He hoped to emulate the success of Wilder.
hailed a success
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The new service has been hailed a success .
judge sth a success/failure (= consider it to be a success/failure )
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The concert was judged a success.
limited success
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So far, the education reforms have had only limited success .
meet with success/failure (= succeed or fail )
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Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.
modest success
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The new service proved a modest success .
notable achievement/success/victory
phenomenal success
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the phenomenal success of computer games in recent years
repeat...success (= achieve the same good result )
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The team are hoping to repeat their success of last season.
runaway success
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The film was a runaway success .
scored...success
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Her new book has scored a spectacular success .
signal achievement/success/failure etc
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The university has done me the signal honour of making me an Honorary Fellow.
sweet smell of success
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the sweet smell of success
the success/failure rate
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The success rate is still extremely low.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Dallas was a big success in his debut season with the Warriors and was a frequent try-scorer.
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Don Rickles can find irony even in one of his biggest successes .
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Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.
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The ratings were extraordinary, and the show was a bigger success than even he had dreamed.
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The two biggest success stories in the biotech industry, Amgen and Genentech, both do most of their manufacturing in California.
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For example, television has probably been the biggest consumer electronics success of all time.
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Gump had integrity, always tried to do what was right, and was a big success in several endeavors.
commercial
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Images and photographs for both these magazines are the key to their commercial success .
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Constantly searching for commercial success , Harris has an unfortunate reputation as a jazzman who plays for applause.
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From its first operation in the 1920s, the computer only reached commercial feasibility and success in 1964.
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Traditional values and old-fashioned rules of journalism have been thrown overboard in the competitive race for audiences and commercial success .
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Share My Lettuce was much more of a commercial success than it was a critical triumph.
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Nor was the Macintosh a great commercial success initially.
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On these pages we review some of the recent commercial successes which combine to form the foundation of our new business.
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For a variety of reasons, Bob never found commercial success .
considerable
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Printed on thin single sheets, suitable for enclosing in an envelope, they were a considerable success .
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Recent studies of intermittent turbulence within chaotic systems are being applied to process control with considerable success .
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In the last three decades there has been considerable success for auctioneering, both in terms of money and also in prestige.
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I understand he has already been schooled over fences with considerable success .
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Unquestionably, the physical measures and publicity have resulted in considerable success in achieving this most crucial aim of environmental traffic management.
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Fully-digested sewage sludge is also used, with considerable success .
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From the party point of view, Law's leadership had been a considerable success .
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The sequence of what you say makes a considerable difference to success .
critical
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Merchant's companies do not seem to distinguish between key result areas and critical success factors.
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And, when the time for your evaluation arrives, make sure that these critical successes are documented in writing.
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Its management decided to start from first principles by developing critical success factors.
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And we believe passionately that increased equity is not only right and just, but critical to our success as a nation.
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Yet private investment, a critical test of success , is only trickling in.
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The River was an enormous and immediate popular and critical success .
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The information must be matched to the business's objectives and critical success factors.
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John and Bob developed a series of practices that were critical to their success .
early
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Molyneux built on Richmond's earlier successes and became a figure of public renown.
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It was to determine the most important characteristic that accounted for their early success .
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Fitzgerald and Hemingway craved early success , as if they knew time was short.
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The best qualities helped them soar and gain early success , but their worst qualities caused them to fail equally rapidly.
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Thus, Reagan's early successes can be variously accounted for.
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Then it was the event I had the earliest success in.
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This was on the strength of early successes in the property business.
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After his early success , teams began pitching him tougher.
economic
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In a country whose people so crave economic success , failure to produce it is bound to produce negativism.
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The link between education and economic success has grown more and more important over the past thirty years.
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Mr Museveni would have been unable to stay in power were it not for the economic success unfolding around him.
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In a society that valued upward mobility, formal education became a gateway to economic and social success .
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What is the point of economic success ifit is matched by growing unhappiness?
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This, indeed, was the dark side of an economic success which in other respects was undeniably energetic and spectacular.
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The apparent social harmony of the mid-century could be attributed to Britain's economic success in these years.
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Murfreesboro has enjoyed economic success in recent years.
financial
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Independent survival is achieved in the financial markets through success in competitive markets.
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What we worship these days is financial success , as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.
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The aim of business strategies is competitive success for financial success.
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There is no quick or easy way to financial security or success .
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The editorial excellence of their newspaper is founded on its financial success - and this is not assured.
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He has already achieved a high measure of financial success .
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Perhaps the school was not the financial success that everyone seemed to think.
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She was obsessed with getting her barrel back; it was, she felt, the key to financial success .
great
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Comments: A most undemanding and very hardy plant, which can be grown by the absolute beginner with great success .
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He has done it badly and without great success .
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Many of the lords are jealous of your great success against Blefuscu, and Flimnap still hates you.
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In Camp Montgomery he had his first great success .
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The event was a great success and there were 120 entrants from throughout the Northern region.
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He attempted once or twice to speak, but with no great success .
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This is a small, chatty volume of the kind that White has turned out in recent years with great success .
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In all too many companies, reengineering has been not only a great success , but also a great failure.
huge
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The first transcontinental railroad, we were taught to believe, was a huge government success .
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She felt sure the campaign would be a huge success .
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The suppers became a huge success .
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No other hiccups were reported, however, and the promotion was voted a huge success .
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But to Loi the meal was a huge success .
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Most publishers will tell you that huge success can be ruinous to a writer's talents.
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At the dinner parties, however, he was a huge success .
key
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It is the key to the success of many effective organizations who have found that it is a sound long term investment.
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As purpose is instilled and progress achieved, that will build pride and professionalism, which also are key ingredients of success .
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All agreed that the tactical decision on whether to go east or west at Cape Finisterre had been the key to success .
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The key to success in heading abroad is getting these first planning basics right.
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As with all learning, motivation is the key to success .
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Only those who buy records hold the key to success .
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It's you who holds the key , literally, the key to success on the court.
major
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Is he also aware that human skills are the major determinant of success or failure?
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It takes too long to get to any major success ....
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The Magazine has makings of major success April 28 saw the spectacular arrival of Sainsbury's the Magazine.
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Their first major success came with Jerry Butler.
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They were celebrating, rightly as foreign observers believed, a major success story.
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At the Cosford Games I won the 60 metres, my first major senior success above county level.
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The tiny athlete believes her rare lapse in Tokyo was just a temporary blip in a career of major championship success .
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Having played his last major card without success , de Gaulle's strategy seemed to lose coherence.
modest
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This modest success was bought at the expense of mounting employee grievances.
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She had some modest successes behind her with short stories.
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But the second attempt was a modest success .
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These reflect a relatively late period of modest success for the town.
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However, there were also some modest but significant successes .
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I have had some modest success in this regard, and pass on here some tips I have used.
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Brian himself is modest about his success .
notable
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Two notable and deserving successes cited by her in no way disqualify the principle of special needs.
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Congress has tried to find a site to bury high-level nuclear wastes for decades, with a notable lack of success .
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However, Richard Williams and his team achieved notable success in survey support services to major pipeline construction work in the Gulf.
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Mourvedre, on the other hand, has been a notable success .
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Even President Obasanjo's critics acknowledge that in the past nine months he has achieved some notable successes .
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Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success .
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The lunches, which feature good food, wine and wit, have been a notable success since their inception in 1991.
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Inevitably this led to uncertainties and inconclusive results, with some notable successes and failures.
reproductive
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Biased estimates of variation in reproductive success may also cause the effects of particular phenotypic traits on reproductive success to be overestimated.
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Simply put, anything that increases reproductive success will spread at the expense of anything that does not-even if it threatens survival.
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There are several reasons why variation in daily reproductive success may not reflect variation in either seasonal or lifetime success.
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Altman focused on females in the troop, because it is easier to monitor their reproductive success reliably than that of males.
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Detailed life-history studies of this highly dimorphic animal reveal that the reproductive success of large males is much higher than small males.
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In real life, the criterion for selection is always short-term, either simple survival or, more generally, reproductive success .
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Differential reproductive success also occurs in other ways, however.
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This seasonal decline in reproductive success is yet another factor in the pied flycatcher's bigamous mating system.
■ NOUN
rate
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He was particularly pleased with the 25 percent success rate of the initial sessions at Coalport, which started in November.
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And, according to Smith, a success rate of more than 90 percent is attainable in simple, uncomplicated cases.
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This figure is comparable with the success rate in our peptic stricture patients as well as in several other reports.
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Besides, the message will seem like criticism, and therefore your success rate will probably be low.
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The procedure can be done under local anaesthetic and has a success rate of over 90 percent.
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That is an astounding success rate .
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So far the success rate was encouraging.
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A 50-percent success rate would be wonderful.
story
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As he said, inward investment is one of the great success stories of the last decade.
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Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.
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However, success stories in themselves are not unusual and most certainly part of any teaching environment.
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The success stories I will provide contain the proof of that.
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Hailed as a success story for the planners, for some this new town will remain an old joke.
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Or consider that some of the nations long heralded as family planning success stories have faltered on the road to re-placement fertility.
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What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories .
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Despite the challenges, the nonprofit center and its staff have logged numerous success stories , said Glasser.
■ VERB
achieve
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Despite our analysis, most of our engineers felt that they were achieving professional success and personal satisfaction.
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You will feel more confident at the interview because you have already achieved success .
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This is another attractive species, but extra care is needed to achieve success .
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To achieve electoral success , pragmatic parties might shift their position or expand the range of viewpoints they encompass.
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Unlike many others, he achieved success in that respect as well through his work as a writer.
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You are thus delegating the right to achieve failure as well as success .
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Today, you need a coordinated effort to help you achieve success .
depend
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Its success depends largely on its proportions to the accompanying curtains and surroundings.
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It was a risk for Invisible Theatre to choose a work whose success depends on the skill of teenaged actors.
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Upon its success might depend the entire future of the company.
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The success of these programs depends on a reliable handpump.
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The success of such programmes depends heavily on how much part their recipients have in their design and execution.
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Women have rarely had an incentive to seek success of that kind, for their reproductive success depended on other things.
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A reputation for being exclusive is not very useful in a market where success depends on recruiting large numbers.
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Saving and investing success depend on time.
enjoy
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In between Kylie had enjoyed success in a few other minor television roles.
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It scared off other pianists until the late 1920s, when Horowitz began to enjoy great success with it.
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This again, though enjoying some success , could not be rated foolproof.
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It seemed remarkable that two men who enjoyed so much success and influence would make such a decision.
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Commitment to quality has enabled Guinness to enjoy success for over 230 years.
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In the spring of 1949, Truman enjoyed success after success.
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In the past Ferrari have enjoyed short-lived success .
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Workers that have developed unique skills that they parlay into jobs or their own businesses have enjoyed more success .
ensure
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It was the reason he had poured so much effort, care and attention into ensuring the joke's success .
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Planning for quality assurance needs and making appropriate changes will ensure the success of the profession and quality care for consumers.
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For the first time, schools must ensure the educational success of all students.
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You also must give them resources and reinforcement just in time to ensure their success .
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The weight of the church of Canterbury was behind Wihtred and it may have been this which ensured his success .
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It helps ensure success for novice users.
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As a general rule, the archbishop had sufficient political leverage to ensure success for his own monks in these disputes.
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Where the team process excels is in ensuring the candidates' success through the entire work group entry process.
follow
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Just as failure often follows failure, success breeds success.
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The night prevented them from following up their success .
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The North-East Railside Revival project follows the success of a £6m upgrading of the Darlington line which won several environmental awards.
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As success follows on success, the beliefs and fears at the core of high performance are continually validated.
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A new band's first album ideally follows some success with a single.
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Interest in plant derived antiulcer drugs declined following the success of synthetic antihistamine drugs in the 1970s.
judge
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Regardless of technical hitches Pathfinders in Space was judged a great success , leading to a second series being commissioned in 1960.
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Watch the changes in their management philosophies to judge their future success .
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The scheme was judged to be a success and extended to all secondary schools in April 1986.
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He judges success by how effectively human needs are reconciled with the needs of the ecosystem.
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Local Management of Schools will be judged a success if it has been up and running reasonably well since 1 April 1990.
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We judge the success of a contract by the volume of trades conducted in it.
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If the New Deal is judged by its economic success alone, then the verdict must be a mixed one.
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They may also be of limited use when trying to judge the success of many plans.
limit
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Other attempts to restrict preferences of voters seem equally to have had limited success .
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Raju had been valiantly trying to translate what was said with limited success .
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However, Mosley only had limited success in this endeavour.
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Some paradigms have achieved limited success in some areas; others do better in yet other areas.
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Plain abdominal films have limited success in identifying drug packages, with false negative rates of 1.2% to 33%.
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But their success in this venture was limited by their success in another.
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Black and Hispanic leaders will recognize the limited success to be achieved by registration of potential voters.
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It is a right-wing movement from Alberta that is having only very limited success catching on east of the prairies.
meet
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Much thought is required to smooth the path if this scheme hopes to meet with success .
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But he met with little success .
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Trapping is a method which meets with limited success and involves feeding within a specialised wire cage for a period of time.
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I was involved, and I was meeting with success .
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Neither half of that balancing act has yet met with success .
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So far, his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success .
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Meanwhile, Jeffries and black leaders met with no success when they tried to subdue the rioters.
prove
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The scheme, which also includes £60 per goal, was only introduced this season and it certainly has proved a success .
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At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success .
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In the course of a long lifetime, his bold concept was proved an amazing success .
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Their experimental ironclad had proved a great success .
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It is proving an amazing success .
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There was no doubt that Harry's twenty-first celebration was proving a phenomenal success .
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By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success .
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All of which explains why the Domaine has proved such a success .
repeat
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It serves them right for playing a game in which even the winners become losers if they try to repeat their success .
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Their goal is to repeat the success of last year, when Kennedy joined then-Sen.
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He had hoped to repeat his successes of 1985 and 1987, but could not contain the accurate drawing skills of King.
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Most of his additions, however, repeated the success of breakthroughs.
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Brace, can he repeat the success he enjoyed in Berlin?
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He is unable to repeat his success . all possible combinations are not tried in a controlled manner.
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Unfortunately he hadn't repeated that success and Inspector he had remained, and would do so until he left the force.
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This week, she spoke about her plans to repeat her successes at Boston-based Houghton.
score
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It is good therefore to be able to record that at least one such effort scored a stunning success .
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But restoration ecology is pointless if it merely leads to a relapse into high-risk behavior the moment it scores some initial success .
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Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.
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Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success .
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Extreme right-wing parties scored more pronounced successes .
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In November 1991, the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power.
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A year or so later his professional technique scored another success .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a patina of wealth/success etc
be a howling success
be a roaring success
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As this is the framework, the issue will be a roaring success.
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The final week of Hamlet was a roaring success.
be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc
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By the 1860's, when he was at the height of his fame, tragedy struck as he took increasingly to drink.
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However, in 1985 he was at the height of his fame as a novelist.
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Outwardly, the Cowboys appear to be at the height of their powers.
be cheated of victory/success etc
be/become a victim of its own success
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The helpline is a victim of its own success with so many people calling that no one can get through.
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Moreover, to a great extent the health service is a victim of its own success.
flushed with success/excitement/pleasure etc
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His face was flushed with excitement when they came.
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She is gesturing and smiling, her cheeks flushed with pleasure that there is so much to offer.
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The two women flanking her were flushed with pleasure and excitement.
nothing succeeds like success
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Initially nothing succeeds like success: but eventually success exceeds itself, and decline and despondency set in.
passport to success/health/romance etc
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Early on he learned - the hard way - that it was the passport to success.
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Finally, don't assume winning a talent contest is a passport to success.
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The Union Jack will be our passport to romance.
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We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success.
resounding success/victory/defeat etc
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At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
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His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
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It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
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On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
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On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
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That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
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The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
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The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
taste success/freedom/victory etc
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And Long has yet to taste victory in this tournament, unlike his half-back partner Martyn.
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Others decided to taste freedom in other fields of social activity: speculation on the black market, opening businesses etc.
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They just wanted to taste victory after all that losing.
ticket to success/fame/stardom etc
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All too often large advances can seem like a ticket to stardom.
vote sth a success/the best etc
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But they will be in costume, and all party goers will have a chance to vote on the best disguise.
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They also voted the Cappuccino the best sub-£20,000 sports car in the show.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Success in business depends on hard work, determination, and good ideas.
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After her recent successes in Tokyo and New York, Bjork has returned to perform in England.
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Auster was surprised at the success of his latest novel.
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Critics have been astonished at the film's success .
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Many first-class students go on to have even greater success .
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The concert was a great success .
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The president believed that his approach was the only one with any chance of success .
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The unprecedented success of Mitchell's work inspired a generation of writers.
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their fourth success in a row
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With a such a strong team, France are heading for certain success .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even after Food and Drug Administration approval, success is far from certain.
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In his diaries he looks forward to future success , but it was his artistic success that he sought before financial security.
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It was the reason he had poured so much effort, care and attention into ensuring the joke's success .
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Of course, I knew my success would cause resentment.
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The book was an immediate success .
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These approaches produced successes, and the subfield of expert systems became commercially viable.
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This year's children's party - to which parents were also invited - was a great success .