adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the circumstances surrounding sth
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
the events surrounding sth (= the events that are closely related to a situation )
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The events surrounding her death remain a mystery.
the issues surrounding sth
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This chapter discusses the ethical issues surrounding genetically modified foods.
the mystery surrounding sth
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Research has unravelled much of the mystery surrounding the ageing process.
the myths surrounding sth (= relating to something )
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the myths surrounding rural life
the scandal surrounding sth
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They had tried to protect the prime minster from the scandal surrounding the arms sales.
the surrounding area (= the area around a place )
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The tourist office will have a map of the surrounding area.
the surrounding countryside
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Both the town and the surrounding countryside are worth exploring.
the surrounding districts (= in the area around or next to something )
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The market attracts farmers from the surrounding district.
the taboo surrounding sth (= relating to something )
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John's work did much to remove the taboo surrounding the disease.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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area
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After the explosion, about 500 consumers in the surrounding area were without power for an hour.
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The heat also produced up to a kilogram of lethal dioxin, some of which still contaminates the surrounding area .
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But there was resentment also at the lack of industrial development in the city and its surrounding areas .
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The development of the zones has had implications for surrounding areas .
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A lot of landscaping work is also done on the surrounding area to encourage walkers to follow the path.
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On the Tuesday our proper visits began to the surrounding area .
building
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The police searched surrounding buildings and then asked some staff to return to shops and begin their own search.
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It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level.
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I suddenly realized that the surrounding buildings were full of soldiers - and then the shooting began.
circumstances
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Collins L.J. also rejected the argument that surrounding circumstances qualified the primafacie meaning of the document.
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Because I knew all the surrounding circumstances .
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The jury should answer this by drawing inferences from the evidence in the case and from the surrounding circumstances .
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In short, everything depends upon the seriousness of the particular incident in question and upon the significance of the surrounding circumstances .
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Is there anything in the surrounding circumstances which would rebut the primafacie meaning of the agreement?
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It was a question of a different sort of climate, different surrounding circumstances .
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It must not be construed in isolation, but in context, including replies to enquiries before contract and the surrounding circumstances .
community
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The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.
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Teesside Operations has no data to indicate that Wilton operations is the cause of any ill health in the surrounding community .
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Such houses were well integrated into the surrounding community , and rested on a solid basis of craft-work, commerce and trade.
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The eleven staff, headed by principal advisor, Debbie Dean, also provide a service for the surrounding community .
country
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Today, these ancient tribal lands have been absorbed into the surrounding countries .
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At this time also the surrounding country was exposed to periglacial activity.
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From the top of the tower she could survey the whole of the surrounding country .
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The markets are well supplied with agricultural produce, and with linens and yarns from the surrounding country .
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A rock body emplaced in the surrounding country rock in this way is called an intrusion or, alternatively, a pluton.
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The CameraObscura at the top of the Tower provides fascinating table-top views of the city and surrounding country .
countryside
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The surrounding countryside offers plenty of creative scope, and so these trips are welcomed by the landscape enthusiasts in the group.
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This meant that the cities which ultimately grew up within this rural society were of a different character from the surrounding countryside .
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Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside .
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We enjoyed walking and playing in the surrounding countryside .
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After a while the Feldgendarmen left without searching the surrounding countryside .
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The surrounding countryside is very pretty, with the South Downs attracting many walkers.
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Thus the sphere of influence of Tyneside spreads far out into the surrounding countryside and along the coast.
county
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About 30 horses have been attacked over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties .
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But the Detroit metropolitan area, comprising various cities in three surrounding counties , already has regional governmental authorities.
district
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He found it difficult to reconcile the opulence he had just witnessed with the poverty of some of the surrounding districts .
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Residents of the surrounding district were warned to stay indoors.
field
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Although parts were scattered over the surrounding fields , the main body of the plane had landed in one piece.
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At the same time he set his troops to ravage the surrounding fields and vineyards.
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In the surrounding fields , men and women harvest maize, sorghum and groundnuts.
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But established towns too were advancing over the surrounding fields .
forest
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Yet in the course of logging over half the surrounding forest is severely damaged.
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But fears abound that the dams will actually increase floods or at least their effects, by destroying the protective surrounding forests .
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Being on the top floor with its breathtaking view of the surrounding forest was one of the job's many perks.
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Middenheim stands atop a sheer-sided pinnacle of rock that rises out of the surrounding forest .
hill
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The spacious, airy rooms have exhilarating views of the surrounding hills and dales.
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Most bedrooms also have gorgeous views of the surrounding hills .
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The surrounding hills are reflected in the position of the figurative elements; the geometric parts mirror the life of the building.
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It stretched over several hectares of land, its one-storied buildings lying bland and soulless under the surrounding hills .
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Away in the distance, tucked between a fold in the surrounding hills , was home.
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The refugees have stripped the surrounding hills almost bare, and spend much of their time collecting branches.
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I thought we might take a tour round the surrounding hills and make sure there were no hidden surprises.
land
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Alongside the villages with their surrounding lands there were small hamlets and isolated farmsteads.
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The family also owned surrounding land that, up to the mid-1960s, supplied the barley used.
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A large amount of the surrounding land has recently been made into a golf course.
region
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The village has good and inexpensive road and rail connections, making it easy to explore the surrounding region .
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He believes that the jets come from areas where material is evaporating from the surface more slowly than in surrounding regions .
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The literary sources for contact between Francia and surrounding regions do not allow more detailed understanding than archaeological sources.
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Much of this income is from the surrounding region or other parts of the same country.
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Some people would like to see load-shedding trigger a sweeping change in New York's whole relationship with the surrounding region .
tissue
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These lie in the surrounding tissues .
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During an ectopic pregnancy, the foetus damages or ruptures surrounding tissue as it grows, which causes abdominal pain.
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This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed.
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During this migration they receive signals from the surrounding tissues which directs them along the appropriate developmental pathway.
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This fibrous layer stops any chemical or biological bonding between the implant and the surrounding tissue .
town
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Parents in the surrounding towns have been targeted.
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Their work-force was then drawn from surrounding towns , villages and farms up to a radius of 30 miles.
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So, many of the migrant mechanics and artisans found housing in surrounding towns and villages.
village
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At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole.
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Of these about 40 lived in hutted accommodation adjacent to the works, whilst the remainder lived in lodgings in the surrounding villages .
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More than £3,500 worth of bikes have been taken from garages in Darlington and surrounding villages .
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Today's tourists naturally make for Dorchester and its surrounding villages .
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She did quite a wholesale trade with pedlars who used to retail the goods door to door in the surrounding villages .
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Upstairs, the loft houses a museum of the Manor and surrounding village of Sulgrave.
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Here they met processions from surrounding villages for a joint service with all the local denominations represented.
wood
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With all reputable glues the joint, when properly made, is stronger than the surrounding wood .
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If you find pegged tenons, the next stage is to drill out the pegs without damaging the surrounding wood .
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Winding paths lead into the surrounding woods , which in autumn are a riot of russet and gold.
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He also planted trees in the surrounding woods and countryside, so there is nothing new in tree planting schemes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Anders spent the afternoon hiking in the surrounding hills.
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the surrounding villages
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amplification of this energy promotes fertilization of the surrounding area via underground water-courses.
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At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole.
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Collins L.J. also rejected the argument that surrounding circumstances qualified the primafacie meaning of the document.
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More than enough, one would have thought, to cater for the surrounding levels.
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Most of them simply release their eggs and sperm and rely on the surrounding water to bring them together.
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Parents in the surrounding towns have been targeted.
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Teesside Operations has no data to indicate that Wilton operations is the cause of any ill health in the surrounding community.
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The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.