I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a club/team record
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Irvin holds a team record with 111 catches this season.
a cricket team
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the Australian cricket team
a football team
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Which football team do you support?
a joint/team effort (= involving a group or team of people )
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We had many fine individual performances, but the win was a real team effort.
a rescue team
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He was still conscious when the rescue team arrived.
a research team
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The professor will head a research team working on the effects of climatic change on agriculture.
a rival team
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The rival team's fans were in the other part of the ground.
a sports team
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A lot of schools have their own sports teams.
a team game
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I wasn't very good at team games when I was at school.
a team sport
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I liked playing team sports such as football and rugby.
a team/group/project etc leader
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Ask your team leader for advice.
a team/panel of experts
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You can get advice from our panel of gardening experts.
an inspection team
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The inspection team described the 1,688 pupil school as ‘outstanding’.
award/give (a team) a penalty
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The referee awarded Bradford a penalty in the final minute.
bomb disposal experts/team/squad/unit
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The device, which contained 400lbs of explosive, was made safe by army bomb disposal experts.
class/team/work etc mate
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Dad’s office mates are throwing a party for him.
fielded...team
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We fielded a team of highly talented basketball players.
home team/game/crowd/club etc
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The home team took the lead after 25 minutes.
ladies’ team/champion/championship etc
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the ladies’ darts team
pick the team
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Who’s going to pick the team for the match on Saturday?
rapid-response forces/team/unit etc
staff/team morale
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Positive feedback is good for staff morale.
SWAT team
team captain
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The Blackhawks' team captain was the first to score.
team mascot
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Rocky the Raccoon, the team mascot
team player
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He was a good businessman, but never a team player.
team spirit
team...support
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Which team do you support ?
the team coach
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He’s the youth team coach.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
national
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Confidence is one of the key qualities you acquire from being on a national team .
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Several more emerging players joined the national team as the year progressed.
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That 10-year agreement is worth about $ 105m, and covers all the country's national teams , including junior and women.
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Coach Tara VanDerveer left to coach the national and Olympic teams .
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Only once since 1988 has the national team gone so long between matches.
olympic
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Britain's Olympic team returning from Los Angeles with five gold medals, 11 silver and 21 bronze.
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If we lose, people will say we lost to their Olympic team .
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They are among the national squad scullers competing who are seeking a place in the Olympic team .
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He was a kid of 18 when he made his first Olympic team in 1980.
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The delegation is essentially the San Francisco area Olympic team .
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Bailey, 24, still could only dream about making his first Olympic team .
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By making the Olympic team , Lewis is eligible for relay duty in the 4x100.
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Evans, 24, made the Olympic team with a second-place finish.
■ NOUN
basketball
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Oxford University also has a womens' basketball team .
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The junior girls' basketball team , with Amelia watching over them, came out first in their local contest.
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Is it possible the Cal basketball team is better when it starts less talented players?
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The men's basketball team is the Boomers, and the women are the Opals.
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One of my newspaper database searches turned up Jerry Tonelli, star player of the Toronto Spitfires, a wheelchair basketball team .
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This led to a full-time position as coach of the Girls' varsity basketball team .
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And a newspaper clip turned up a Tonelli who plays for the Toronto Spitfires, a wheelchair basketball team .
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Such a move could enhance the UMass image in academia much as its basketball team has done in the sports arena.
football
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It was like a football team on a losing streak.
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I think he knows more about running a football team than any other owner.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team reportedly is considering a move to one of several cities, including Orlando.
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The village elders wouldn't like it, said Monique, though the football team might.
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I think there is talent on this football team .
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But he also coaches a football team and his secret for teamwork is this.
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The people of Tampa are going to build a new stadium for their perennially-dismal pro football team .
home
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This was, after all, supposed to be a glorious day and a kickoff event that belonged to the home team .
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You have some one else on your home team .
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The home team was being booed off the court.
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The home team was not quite as productive.
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The home team has not beaten the Scarlets for some dozen matches and should still have their work cut out to win.
leader
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One moderator will be the team leader and will co-ordinate the work of the team.
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Personnel wishing to discuss team placement should first consult their team leader .
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There needed to be a team leader and five other lawyers.
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He alone stood by his team leader .
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Like consultants, social services' team leaders run teams of frequently changing staff.
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But the top men, the team leaders , will be thinking of the coming team time trial at Libourne.
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The team leader and his fourth dealer went on to be stockbrokers.
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Sustaining commitment is a key task for the head, senior staff and team leaders .
management
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A paper suggested that, in keeping with the selection of the management team , Mickey Mouse should be adopted as the official mascot.
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Francis noted that strong profit margins and a committed, rock-solid management team were the key elements for a successful start-up.
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Its secret is quite simple - it has a clear strategy, effectively implemented by a quality management team .
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Manion and the rest of the management team were still gathering up their materials when Katherine reentered the boardroom.
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He will audit his management team .
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Viacom has named seven executives to the management team .
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Why can we not have achievement rises as management teams do.
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She reported sternly to a meeting of the management team that word-of-mouth recruitment might be taking place.
manager
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And when that didn't work, he had an animated discussion with team manager Maurizio Mancini before stamping off.
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A stronger team manager would have dealt quickly with what was obviously becoming an increasingly aggravating situation.
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The team manager was well aware of it, knew that it was coming to a head, but took no action.
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Bracknell reserve team manager Martin Benford has taken over first-team duties until the end of the season.
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What assistance and support in managerial and professional terms can you expect from your neighbourhood nursing team manager ?
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So Rudd was appointed team manager and chief engineer for the season.
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Glen Ball, the Neath coach and team manager , is to stand down at the end of the season.
mate
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Her team mate Karen Bleakley won the B event.
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Sinnott's Liverpool team mate Pat Taylor looked good when she won her heat of the under-15 sprint hurdles in 11.7 seconds.
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At eight o'clock he and his team mates were walking through Cheltenham.
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Better news of his team mate , Ari Vatanen.
member
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The rest continued, although unable to win with less than all five team members .
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She then opens the floor to any team members who would like to recognize some one.
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If any team member is at all suspect, the coach should put them into third position.
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The review team member usually reads it first to gain a perspective on the study.
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The team member on duty who had completed the initial referral form was also responsible for completing the pre-coded questionnaire.
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They were asking other news team members to try it and report how it tastes.
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Funding allows team members to attend training courses and to maintain appropriate stocks of equipment such as literally vital ropes and harnesses and so on.
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We were able to instill that same attitude in every team member , leading to pride and professionalism in that respect also.
spirit
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No doubt the team spirit was enhanced.
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Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round.
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They argue that a balance must be struck between team spirit and individual rewards.
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This creates a good working team spirit and everyone helps everyone else out.
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It's due to this team spirit and thoughtfulness that I would like to thank everyone.
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It stems from the top - every Manager needs to be prepared to wholeheartedly embrace this team spirit .
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It also promotes team spirit , raises thousands for well deserving causes and, above all, is fun!
■ VERB
join
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Alan Russell was the next partner to join the Balbirnie team .
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When the reply came it was to ask us to consider joining the team in September 1992!
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He is scheduled to join the team in Calgary late today if his back is feeling up to it.
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It was not until two years later, however, that Clark accepted Chapman's offer to join the team .
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Shortly after joining his or her team , our new employee will experience the first of many team meetings.
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He joined the team at Bury in 1982 as administration manager.
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Professor M. joined the team .
lead
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Joseph lead the team towards the children's section and as they were passing through a second explosion was felt.
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As a junior, she led her team to the state championships.
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Alec Stewart will lead the team in Hussain's absence.
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Davis led the team with 22 passes defended, and the heir apparent is third-year man Tyronne Drakeford.
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It was Schmerhom, however, who was despatched to lead a negotiating team to meet the Republican leaders.
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The underwriter led the team and was charged with full authority to approve or disapprove applications.
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Reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa led the team with 10 wins. 2B Adam Kennedy has to rebound from a.243 second half.
pick
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He was not attempting to pick the team for tonight's First Division match against Wimbledon.
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Within a month, the committee had picked eight teams to tackle the first round of breakthroughs.
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So nobody's singled out - I don't pick out one team .
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The bus driver was late picking up the team from the hotel.
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Once again, Gould's ability to pick his team was to prove invaluable.
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So we picked quality for the teams to work on.
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But again they picked a team of boys, as they did in the last two World Cups.
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There are extremely simple ones: Pick a team out of a hat.
play
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I am doing what I love and I am playing for a team I always dreamed about.
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Hopefully, mine will turn out like hers, although just playing on another championship team and contributing would be enough.
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Only Sidey had ever played in the first team .
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No idea how to play as a team or to think of other people.
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The fact that he has played for three teams might indicate his problem.
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By an unfortunate twist of fate, Sunderland were to experience the full might of the cousins playing in the same team .
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Now, we play like a crazy team .
support
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Young people are placed in open employment and trained and supported by social service teams .
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Lanier said he thought he had Adams' support to attract a team .
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Oxford United's fans, more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team .
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For the most part, that community supported that team when it was fairly competitive.
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They're supported by teams of physiologists and laboratory researchers.
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They support their local baseball team , the Hanshin Tigers.
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General practitioners work mainly as individuals supported by primary care teams .
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Twelve staff, working in six shifts are supported by a team of engineers and administrative personnel.
win
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Ironically, his father was a member of St Helens' 1956 Cup winning team at Wembley.
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She had been associated with winning teams eight out of the twelve years she played or coached.
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A former captain of a winning Blues polo team , he still retains some of the rivalry with Oxford.
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I really want us to win as a team .
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It is the third time in four weeks that Colchester ladies have won team medals.
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When was the last winning 49er team that you would hang that label on?
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Graham knows his defender should be learning his trade by the occasional appearance in a winning team to breed confidence.
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One reason for the 49ers' success, as with any winning team , is that they play as a team.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advance party/team
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Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.
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Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.
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Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.
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I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.
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In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.
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One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.
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Our advance party had done a big job.
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Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.
counter-terrorist operation/team/unit etc
team/community/public etc spirit
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Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round.
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No doubt the team spirit was enhanced.
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The specials certainly show the kind of public spirit and professionalism of the Territorials.
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These accomplishments, and their new-found team spirit , were celebrated with social play in the evening.
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This community spirit even extends beyond Silver Lake proper.
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This creates a good working team spirit and everyone helps everyone else out.
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This obviated the problem of building team spirit or involvement among the area staff.
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Workers' distress can be reduced by adequate and effective reward systems and attention to maintaining a cooperative team spirit .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a football team .
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Both teams are looking tired now.
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Dr Gaultier and his medical team worked in the refugee camps for over a year.
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I think the Yankees are one of the coolest baseball teams around.
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If you want to be on the team , you have to turn up for regular training.
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Nasser Hussain, the England team captain, was injured in the game against the West Indies.
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Peterson earned a place on the U.S. Olympic speedskating team .
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Pub quiz teams often have really silly names.
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The coins were discovered by a team of archaeologists.
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The Prime Minister works closely with a team of unelected advisers.
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The women's team were beaten 6-2.
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There will be a meeting for all members of the team next Wednesday.
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They wouldn't let me play in the village under-12 team because I'm a girl.
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Tim played for the national youth team but never became a professional.
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Walsh coached the team to two Super Bowl championships.
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Which football team do you support?
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You're the best person on the team .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And that will have a huge impact on this team .
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But the pre admission briefing means the medical team can get an early look at her ... and she at them!
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He had a hand-picked team whose sole function was to do just that.
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Once you signed with a major league team , you were theirs in perpetuity to do with as they saw fit.
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Over the past season, six teams have been knocked out of the No. 1 spot, North Carolina repeatedly.
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Some of the team also had to play a couple of games up on stage.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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Fancy teaming up to shoot a few goals in a dynamic, fast growing team sport?
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Compaq and Fisher-Price announced last summer they were teaming up on products aimed at three-to seven-year olds.
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Dwina's next effort is a joint effort teaming up with Robin.
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What capacity do you and they have for teaming up ?
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After teaming up with Phillips, he never would be the same again.