I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a jail term (= period of time in jail )
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He served only half of his three-month jail term.
a prison sentence/term (= a period of time in prison as a punishment )
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He is serving a four-year prison sentence.
credit terms (= how much you must pay back and when )
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The credit terms were a deposit of £1,000 and two later instalments of £900.
employment terms ( also terms of employment ) (= the details about someone’s employment that are written in their employment contract, including rules that they must follow )
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It’s in the terms of their employment that they can’t go on strike.
favorable terms
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the favorable terms of the settlement
generic term/name (for sth)
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Fine Arts is a generic term for subjects such as painting, music, and sculpture.
in abstract terms
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By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms .
in concrete terms
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Let me explain what I mean in more concrete terms.
in general terms
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He spoke in general terms about greater competitiveness.
in layman’s terms (= in simple language )
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If you don’t understand what the doctor says, ask to have it explained in layman’s terms .
in percentage terms
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The quantity of carbon dioxide was, in percentage terms, extremely small.
in practical terms
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In practical terms, the experiment is going to be difficult.
in real terms (= calculated in this way )
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The average value of salaries has fallen in real terms .
medium term
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The company’s prospects look good in the medium term.
on intimate terms with
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She’s on intimate terms with people in government.
on the best of terms
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They didn’t part on the best of terms .
redundancy terms (= the conditions of a redundancy agreement, for example how much money someone will receive )
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Some staff had chosen to go because the voluntary redundancy terms were attractive.
serve out...term
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The Senator’s illness means he may not serve out his term .
slang word/expression/term
technical terms
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I didn’t understand all the technical terms .
term limit
term limits American English (= limits on how much time a politician can spend in office )
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Should Senators be subject to term limits?
term of office (= period of time working in an important job )
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a five-year term of office
term paper
terms and conditions (= what a contract says must be done )
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Before you buy online, make sure you read the terms and conditions.
terms of endearment
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nicknames and other terms of endearment
the end of year/term exam BrE:
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I knew I had to do well in the end of year exams.
the terms of a contract (= the conditions that are part of the contract )
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He explained the terms of the contract.
the terms of a deal (= the details or conditions in it )
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The hotel group refused to release the financial terms of the deal.
the terms of a lease (= the legal details of it )
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Under the terms of the lease, the tenants have to pay for any repairs.
the terms of a settlement
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Under the terms of the settlement, the company will pay an undisclosed sum as compensation.
the terms of an agreement (= the conditions that people agree on )
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Under the terms of the agreement, the debt would be repaid over a 20-year period.
the terms of an ultimatum
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The terms of the ultimatum required them to withdraw by noon.
the terms/provisions of a treaty
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Under the terms of the treaty, the two sides agreed to a ceasefire.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
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Despite the severe cuts imposed in late 1976, public spending continued to rise in absolute terms .
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Column 3 shows in both absolute and relative terms the portion of the national income originating in the various industries.
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Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission, in absolute terms it will gain power.
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By 1988, the United Kingdom had risen to top position in both absolute and relative terms .
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Negligence and duty are respectively relative, not absolute , terms .
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The ambitious goal of reducing real total public expenditure in absolute terms was never achieved.
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In absolute terms this may simply represent trends in a growing economy.
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The benefits sometimes received by strikers' families also rose in absolute terms .
broad
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They have been described only in the broadest terms as Caucasoid with some non-Caucasoid traits.
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In broader social terms the costs are fairly self-evident.
equal
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In that situation, the officer and the suspect are not on equal terms .
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Nature and the self must meet on equal terms .
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Golden Friend also meets him on equal terms today.
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I agree that such a consequence would have followed had the parties been on equal terms .
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He is entitled to assert his supposed right on reasonably equal terms .
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They want a floor price so they can compete on equal terms .
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To enable small businesses to compete on equal terms with large organisations.
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Unequal negotiating positions Where the parties to a restraint agreement are not on equal negotiating terms .
financial
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It did not reveal the financial terms of the transaction.
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Failure to do so is expensive, in financial and human terms .
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In financial terms , the value of any financial asset depends on the earning power of that asset.
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In financial terms , the income of the unemployed drops, usually by a significant amount.
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In financial terms , net parental profit has never been so negative.
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In financial terms , it wasn't a particularly large programme: by the mid-1980s it amounted to about £300 million.
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Executives at Inter.net confirmed the purchase but would not disclose financial terms .
full
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IFAs say that if you are within five years of maturity, you should probably hang on until full term .
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Trent Lott, R-Miss., who was elected to his first full term as majority leader last month.
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Until quite recently, most music publishing agreements assigned all rights in a song to the publisher for this full copyright term .
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Only Ronald Reagan,. a professional actor, has served two full terms .
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So, the selected conception was implanted, and the pregnancy went to full term .
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Only one president served a full term before turning over the office to another military dictator.
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And it stands a better chance than most of lasting for something like a full five-year term .
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Three of them developed into full-term lambs.
general
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In very general terms , the Renegade Jacket takes this principle to its logical conclusion.
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This would restrict a general term , applicable to many objects, to one of its significations.
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In general terms , the distinction between education and training can be formulated in the following way.
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In more general terms , it seems to have an intense, warm, distinctively sweet fragrance.
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They never mentioned Ulster, except in general terms .
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In the most general terms , evolution is a tight web and ecology a loose one.
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Weathering is a general term for all the processes that can break up rocks.
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Mudstone is a general term for rocks composed of more than 50 % clay and silt.
human
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In human terms the reasoning which had been presented to him was filled with flaws and false assumptions.
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They may have characterized their Gods in very human terms , but they also described them as pure energy.
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This sounds all very sensible until you realize what it means in human terms .
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The consequences of such a change in minimum job requirements are enormous, both in human and economic terms .
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But, in political and human terms , he clearly represents everything Ayckbourn most dislikes: a serene detachment and emotionless cool.
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In human terms , this would be somewhere in the teens.
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Failure to do so is expensive, in financial and human terms .
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His love of stories was connected to this same tendency to see everything in human terms .
long
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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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Like all those whose needs are not being met over the long term , postmodern children and adolescents are feeling victimized.
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Most undersold transfer We've had loads but over the long term Seaman has to be the one 245 7.
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I also tried to incorporate a strong element of freedom so that a long term eating habit could be created.
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Punitive methods persistently used against a background of rejecting, hostile parental attitudes lead, in the long term , to trouble.
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Will the Treasury guarantee the long term investment programme and not require an eight percent return from Railtrack on such investment?
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Net proceeds will be used to repay short and long-term debt, refinance long term debt and for working capital.
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Company capital may be viewed as being of three types, short term , medium term and long term.
medium
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The market believes strong growth prospects are limited in the medium term and the stock fell 11p to 456p.
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Politically, however, this is the least likely in the near to medium term .
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For the medium term , telecommunications is the key.
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The growth target for M3 will remain at 5 percent a year in the medium-term , Trichet said.
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They could expect to receive a given level of real resources and plan accordingly for the medium term .
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This would require political will at the top, informed popular support and preparedness for the short to medium term consequences.
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Implementing them means we have to resort to some tough measures in the short and medium term .
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This means groups can not plan in the medium and long term , creating uncertainty and apathy amongst staff on limited contracts.
practical
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Yet in intellectual and to some extent in practical terms her attitudes were overwhelmingly conservative.
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Shop at more than one market if it is practical in terms of time and energy inputs. 5.
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I can understand why the whole phlogiston business would have been thought less than important in practical terms .
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In practical terms , one does not need to consider winds of less than Force 5.
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In practical terms , there are some patients in whom pain is severe and continues on as the skin inflammation improves.
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In practical terms this required a duration that recorded the most recent 25 hours of flying.
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In practical terms , the Airbus decision means little to USAir.
real
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However low nominal rates of interest go, they still remain positive in real terms .
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Salaries, eroded by inflation, are still well below 1994 levels in real terms .
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Nevertheless, the government admitted that most people would be around 30 percent worse off in real terms .
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In his first three years in office, Reagan increased defense spending, in real terms , by 40 percent.
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My Department's spending on training and enterprise has increased two and a half times in real terms since 1979.
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After 10 years, as the children grow up, family income must double in real terms .
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Exports fell by 0.5 percent while domestic demand, fuelled by annual tax rebates, grew by 0.8 percent in real terms .
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The Government's Expenditure Plans acknowledge that there will be further small reductions in real terms in capital spending.
short
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Having a strategy which is both long and short term is at the heart of the Society's activities.
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That sort of honour may not be possible, at least in the short term .
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And in the long term , as Keynes might also have said, we will keep on worrying about the short term.
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As for this year's event the fruits of its endeavours may not be fairly assessed in the short term .
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They are used to finance trade in the short term .
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The Bank has decided to capitalise on short term difficulties by attempting to diminish staff terms and conditions.
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In the short term , the depression brought deepening unemployment among both men and women.
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In the short term the effect of the new seat belt legislation will be closely monitored.
simple
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This would be quite acceptable if the discipline of expressing their message in simple terms were followed through.
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In simplest terms , extra lines mean extra revenue.
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In simple terms , the self is how I see me.
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In simple terms , behaviour that is rewarded recurs.
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In simple terms the fleet has to start through an imaginary line usually drawn between a mast and buoy.
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Fast, inexpensive and reliable, C-Stat is capable of reducing statistics to simple terms without sacrificing power or range features.
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Mr. Tony Lloyd I shall put the matter in simple terms .
standard
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In many cases a business's standard terms may be so long and complicated that that would be impracticable.
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Moreover, difficulties may arise if both parties have such a provision in their standard terms .
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Suppliers of goods and services have used standard terms for some time.
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It will generally be impracticable to send a copy of standard terms by telex.
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However, standard terms have their drawbacks.
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It is intended that the hearing should be informal, and this is indicated by the following standard terms of reference.
technical
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Do not confuse your reader with technical terms or jargon.
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Written on the boxes is all manner of strange titles, fantastic claims and arcane technical terms .
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The credibility of your work will suffer severely if key words, such as technical terms or people's names, are misspelled.
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I have purposely avoided the use of technical terms .
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The first is that of ensuring that your reader knows which words are the technical terms .
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Discusses feasibility in economic, technical and political terms , discussing urban decentralisation and the re-development of brownfield sites.
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Avoid technical terms or phrases which, although familiar to you, may be unknown to your listener.
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Scholars in every field use their technical terms all the time, just to get through the day.
■ NOUN
jail
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When the suit collapsed Aitken was charged with perjury, for which he served a seven-month jail term .
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Conviction can bring a 10-year jail term and fine of up to $ 250, 000.
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The man, who pleaded guilty, received an 18-month suspended jail term at Truro crown court in July.
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Lockyer advocates less expensive alternatives to prison, such as longer county jail terms and carefully screened and monitored parole.
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Mr Kulov was accused of abuse of power while in office, and sentenced to a jail term of seven years.
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Muhammad Ali was banned from boxing and faced a jail term for standing up for his principles.
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Seven received lesser jail terms and three defendants, all intelligence operatives, were acquitted.
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Some will risk a fine and a jail term and refuse to register.
prison
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The government responded to these incidents with considerable brutality, sentencing those involved to long prison terms .
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They were sentenced to short prison terms and assessed fines.
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Martyn Lilley was sickened by the three month reduction in Gooch's prison term .
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He will now start serving a nine-year prison term .
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The four policemen were convicted and given prison terms of between 10 and 15 years.
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They received prison terms and were ordered to pay restitution.
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Both the defence and the prosecution said that they would appeal against the sentence; prosecutors had sought a 10-year prison term .
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He later pleaded guilty to defrauding the firm and its clients and served an 18-month prison term .
summer
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The summer term options include Cricket, Athletic and minor field games.
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During the summer term the man had consumed about twenty pints of Young's Special a week.
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The students attend the school for four sessions at the beginning of the summer term , to carry out their assignment.
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Spring term: teaching practice: Summer term: preparation for the probationary year.
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However, schools plan their staffing levels at least three months earlier and the timetable is usually worked on throughout the summer term .
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The project consists of several months' fieldwork carried out during the summer term and long vacation of the Junior Honours year.
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Yet his closest school-friend, that previous summer term , he found to be an agnostic.
■ VERB
agree
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A customer who wanted to raise more than ten pounds had first to agree terms and interest with the pawnshop-owner.
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Allen aimed to purchase his freedom, so he agreed on terms with Stokely.
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Once Royle had turned City down, Swales and his board had little option but to agree to Kendall's terms .
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Arthur and Melwas, they said, were brought by some mediator in the Council to agree on terms .
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If you agree to the above terms , please sign the enclosed copy of this letter and return it to us.
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The announcements about Princess Margaret's divorce and Anne's break-up came only after solicitors had agreed terms .
coin
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It has had to be coined because no other term adequately describes its function.
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Intel coined the term back in 1993 when it introduced its fifth-generation processor.
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Finally, again as predicted, children coin new terms to fill gaps in their vocabularies.
define
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The consultants working on the Fastlink plan will define the terms of a competition to encourage interest among private companies.
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Markets define things in terms of their exchange value.
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A StructuralFunctional Definition A state can be defined in terms of its essential structures and functions rather than by its legal standing.
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So before we examine the debate in more detail let us define our terms .
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Glossaries in each kit define pertinent medical terms .
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What methods can be used to eliminate or reduce noise? 5. Define the term thematic map, giving examples.
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This is a work construct defined in terms of activities and physically identifiable consequences rather than mental states.
serve
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Ageing, inadequate labs and equipment serving too many short term researchers.
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Heber is serving his three-year term in a federal prison in Bastrop, Texas.
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Reagan became the first incumbent to serve two terms in the presidency since Dwight D.. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
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Two of the most notorious, Angelo Paccione and Anthony Vulpis, are serving 12-year terms for illegal dumping.
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But he promised to serve for only one term , and refuses to go back on his word.
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Only Ronald Reagan,. a professional actor, has served two full terms .
speak
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Their leaders, who were once close personal friends, are no longer on speaking terms .
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Around them the trees were silent: the day was windless, and the birds weren't on speaking terms with one another.
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No program in existence on a national or statewide scale has ever dared to speak in terms like these.
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Strictly speaking , the term Fair Isle should be limited to patterns originating from Fair Isle.
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The two spoke in starkly dramatic terms , escalating the cultural war between them to new and uncomfortably personal heights.
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Generally speaking the term covers actions such as comforting, helping, sharing, reassuring and defending.
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He said that he was barely on speaking terms with his older brother and sister, though they lived at home.
use
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A chemical sprout inhibitor should be used for long term storage.
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These terms do not carry negative connotations; however, for convenience we will continue to use the popular term slang.
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No attempt is made to use legally precise terms or statements in the summaries.
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Continental Protestants who did not use the terms of revival and were generally more passive reworked their Pietism to fit the moment.
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But for convenience we all use and will continue to use the term .
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Marxists use the term in this way when they talk about the ideology of the ruling class.
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All I did was to use a term to convey a meaning.
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Employers may be reluctant to admit using them because the terms of their employment are embarrassing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a contradiction in terms
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In our business, the phrase "harmless error" is a contradiction in terms.
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Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms.
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Indeed the idea of civil service leadership is a contradiction in terms within a democracy.
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It is just too easy to dismiss the idea of ethical business as a contradiction in terms.
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It is sometimes argued that a science of religion is a contradiction in terms.
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Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
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One may say that socialist market economy is a contradiction in terms.
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The most important instrument of dirigisme is subsidy, even though subsidy in a free market in a contradiction in terms.
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The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms.
be not speaking/not be on speaking terms
be on familiar terms with sb
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He's on familiar terms with all the teachers.
be on first name terms (with sb)
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Voice over Even the governor is on first name terms with the inmates, although the staff still keep a respectful distance.
in absolute terms
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In absolute terms, the experiment wasn't a complete failure.
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Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission, in absolute terms it will gain power.
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City rents are falling in absolute terms for the first time in 25 years.
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Despite the severe cuts imposed in late 1976, public spending continued to rise in absolute terms.
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Relative savings of only a few percent in this area can therefore mean sizeable savings in absolute terms.
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Sometimes priorities can be expressed in absolute terms but at other times absolutes are impossible.
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The ambitious goal of reducing real total public expenditure in absolute terms was never achieved.
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The benefits sometimes received by strikers' families also rose in absolute terms.
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Their brains are larger in absolute terms than those of chimps but relative to body size, they are considerably smaller.
in crude terms
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Eliot deliberately presents his South Sea life in crude terms.
in glowing terms
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The two men speak in glowing terms of their friendship.
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The two men speak of their friendship in glowing terms.
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Friends and relatives speak of him in glowing terms.
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We were not surprised to find women speaking in glowing terms about their relationship with their present partners.
in no uncertain terms
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But DuPonceau does venture to contradict, and in no uncertain terms.
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He had found them scruffy, and had said so in no uncertain terms.
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She wanted nothing at all from her father and she was about to tell Alain Lemarchand so in no uncertain terms.
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That night they told her, in no uncertain terms, to go for it.
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This means that we are going to lock you up, in no uncertain terms.
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Those coming into leadership are told in no uncertain terms what their task is to be.
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Well, there was nothing for it, I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms.
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What is more, she said so - in no uncertain terms.
in the long run/term
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Arguably, however, the implications of the Manchester North-West result were to become more apparent in the long term.
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But in the long run, it has proved impossible to continue down this path.
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However limited its immediate effects, the ideology of Enlightened Despotism was important in the long term.
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I don't know what good it did David in the long run because what it did was cost a lot of money.
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It invites us to reflect on history with a slower pulse-rate, history in the longer term.
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The consequences of violating this rule had always been unhappy in the long run and not infrequently in the short.
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The funding to do anything, however, must in the long run derive from national resources.
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Yet the saving of money, in the long run, was more important to Mowat than the saving of scenery.
in the short term/run
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These measures may save some money in the short term, but we'll just end up spending more later.
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Although those measures would cost money in the short term, Rep.
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Even marriage into the royal family only assured such support in the short term.
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Evidently not, in the short term, but in the long term Fangorn knows his race and story are sterile.
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Giving sanctuary to political asylum-seekers is seldom rewarded on earth, at least in the short term.
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He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run.
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The vocabulary of every language is so vast that there is no way to eliminate all such hazards in the short run.
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Which are the campaign promises that you believe you can deliver on in the short term?
on easy terms
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Harvey maintains a continual easy-reading knowingness for his audience, an intimacy on easy terms with everything he talks about.
on equal terms/on an equal footing
umbrella term/word/title etc
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This is an umbrella term, used widely and well understood in an educational context.
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We use mime as an umbrella term for all the art forms.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Limited English Proficient" is a term used for students who can speak some English.
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As a graduate student, he spent a term at Wichita State University.
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Elected members of the House of Assembly serve a six-year term .
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General Herrera was elected to a third term of office as President.
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Harris used the term "crisis" to describe the company's financial situation.
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He hopes to visit China during his second term in office.
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He is halfway into his term of office.
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He recently completed a two-year term as chairman.
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It's very difficult to give a definition of a term like 'cyberspace'.
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Malik is now serving a three-year term in prison.
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Mr Hicks used the term 'neighbourhood schools' for what in effect were segregated black schools.
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Mr Toplak had just started his term as vice-president of the company.
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Officials now are trying to extend the term of the loan by two years.
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Political dissidents are sentenced to long terms of imprisonment.
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She had her jail term cut for good behaviour.
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The bank says that they can extend the term of our mortgage.
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The Democrats are hoping to deny him a third term in office.
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The main exams are at the end of the summer term .
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The managers were all hired for a fixed term .
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The medical term for losing your hair is 'alopecia'.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any outstanding debt repayment requirements and / or restrictive covenants on long term debt agreements are additional important. considerations.
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How can the terms and conditions of every carrier and each transaction be made readily available to all the holders?
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Its terms and implications are unmistakably authoritarian.
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Members are nationals of and nominated by the Parties and serve for four-year terms.
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Now I had to start thinking in world terms, for those Championships were coming in 1987.
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The term is used to describe grace periods that often go into effect when new geographic area codes are set up.
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The terms of the disposition agreement with the committee are still being negotiated, they said.
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These are terms used in digital electronics to designate the basic logical operations on which digital systems are founded.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
loosely
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A major pattern of disagreement centres on the distribution of what were loosely termed the descriptive and actional frames of the story.
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Lewis came to the faith by means of what one could loosely term Neo-Platonism.
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They are loosely termed I-Control, I-Pursue, I-Explore and I-Preserve.
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No environment has proved so fertile a ground for such phenomena as what is loosely termed commercial women's fiction.
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A significant feature of this narrative as a whole is the division between what might be loosely termed descriptive and actional frames.
often
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Indeed, qualitative forecasting is often termed environmental forecasting.
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What, then, are the conditions for accountable or, as it is often termed , responsible government?
usually
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Firstly there are what are usually termed onomatopoeic phonetic sequences: with these it is often difficult to define their exact limits.
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In its extreme form, the domain of appropriate state action is reduced to almost nothing, a perspective usually termed libertarianism.
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Such a personal dialect or variety is usually termed an idiolect.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a contradiction in terms
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In our business, the phrase "harmless error" is a contradiction in terms.
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Clearly, an unreflective or uncritical citizenry would be highly undesirable as well as, strictly speaking, a contradiction in terms.
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Indeed the idea of civil service leadership is a contradiction in terms within a democracy.
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It is just too easy to dismiss the idea of ethical business as a contradiction in terms.
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It is sometimes argued that a science of religion is a contradiction in terms.
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Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
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One may say that socialist market economy is a contradiction in terms.
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The most important instrument of dirigisme is subsidy, even though subsidy in a free market in a contradiction in terms.
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The problem is that there's little to offer in between; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms.
be on familiar terms with sb
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He's on familiar terms with all the teachers.
be on first name terms (with sb)
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Voice over Even the governor is on first name terms with the inmates, although the staff still keep a respectful distance.
in absolute terms
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In absolute terms, the experiment wasn't a complete failure.
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Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission, in absolute terms it will gain power.
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City rents are falling in absolute terms for the first time in 25 years.
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Despite the severe cuts imposed in late 1976, public spending continued to rise in absolute terms.
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Relative savings of only a few percent in this area can therefore mean sizeable savings in absolute terms.
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Sometimes priorities can be expressed in absolute terms but at other times absolutes are impossible.
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The ambitious goal of reducing real total public expenditure in absolute terms was never achieved.
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The benefits sometimes received by strikers' families also rose in absolute terms.
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Their brains are larger in absolute terms than those of chimps but relative to body size, they are considerably smaller.
in crude terms
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Eliot deliberately presents his South Sea life in crude terms.
in glowing terms
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The two men speak in glowing terms of their friendship.
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The two men speak of their friendship in glowing terms.
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Friends and relatives speak of him in glowing terms.
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We were not surprised to find women speaking in glowing terms about their relationship with their present partners.
in no uncertain terms
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But DuPonceau does venture to contradict, and in no uncertain terms.
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He had found them scruffy, and had said so in no uncertain terms.
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She wanted nothing at all from her father and she was about to tell Alain Lemarchand so in no uncertain terms.
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That night they told her, in no uncertain terms, to go for it.
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This means that we are going to lock you up, in no uncertain terms.
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Those coming into leadership are told in no uncertain terms what their task is to be.
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Well, there was nothing for it, I had to lay down the law in no uncertain terms.
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What is more, she said so - in no uncertain terms.
in the long run/term
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Arguably, however, the implications of the Manchester North-West result were to become more apparent in the long term.
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But in the long run, it has proved impossible to continue down this path.
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However limited its immediate effects, the ideology of Enlightened Despotism was important in the long term.
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I don't know what good it did David in the long run because what it did was cost a lot of money.
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It invites us to reflect on history with a slower pulse-rate, history in the longer term.
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The consequences of violating this rule had always been unhappy in the long run and not infrequently in the short.
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The funding to do anything, however, must in the long run derive from national resources.
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Yet the saving of money, in the long run, was more important to Mowat than the saving of scenery.
in the short term/run
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These measures may save some money in the short term, but we'll just end up spending more later.
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Although those measures would cost money in the short term, Rep.
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Even marriage into the royal family only assured such support in the short term.
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Evidently not, in the short term, but in the long term Fangorn knows his race and story are sterile.
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Giving sanctuary to political asylum-seekers is seldom rewarded on earth, at least in the short term.
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He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run.
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The vocabulary of every language is so vast that there is no way to eliminate all such hazards in the short run.
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Which are the campaign promises that you believe you can deliver on in the short term?
on easy terms
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Harvey maintains a continual easy-reading knowingness for his audience, an intimacy on easy terms with everything he talks about.
on equal terms/on an equal footing
umbrella term/word/title etc
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This is an umbrella term, used widely and well understood in an educational context.
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We use mime as an umbrella term for all the art forms.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lukens apologized for what he termed "a dumb mistake."
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Seifert termed his relationship with Walsh as "good."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If a network can pass outputs only to the next layer, it is termed a feedforward network.
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In 1989 Nixon and Koch described a manometric pattern they termed recurrent autonomous oesophageal peristalsis.
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This process is termed nectar robbery and has been shown in Corydalis, a spurred flower.
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We termed it thus because the depression arose from role performance and not from their psychopathology.