noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a championship title (= the position of being the champion in a sports competition )
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He's trying to hold onto his world championship title.
a title fight (= a fight between two boxers to decide who will win a competition )
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a heavyweight title fight
an essay title
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You will find a list of essay titles on the notice board.
defending...title
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The world champion was defending his title .
the title role (= the role of the character whose name is the title of the film or play )
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She will play the title role in ‘Emma’ later this year.
title bar
title deed
title holder
title page
title role
title track
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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The pledgee was immunized against the freight claim because of his failure to acquire full title to the goods.
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At every one of these bars Professor Ito is careful to introduce me with my full , formal title .
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The full title was' Roads to Ruin?
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In twenty years they would have full title to the property.
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A full investigation of title is time consuming and should be started as early in the negotiation process as possible.
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That somewhere was Carmens Nightspot, to give it its full title .
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I will remember to address your father by his full title in future.
good
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Thus good title is conferred upon the purchaser but at a date later than it should have been.
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A purchaser at an established market does, therefore, obtain good title .
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If A then sells and delivers them to an innocent purchaser, the latter will acquire good title .
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Julia Eccleshare's monthly Children's Book News and preview of the best of forthcoming titles .
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Wills, leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title .
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Laymon's star, on the other hand, is rising, and he seems to perform better with each title .
national
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Two weeks later I won my first national title at the Indoor Championships, taking the 200 metres.
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And possibly lead you to a national title .
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Wainwright is no stranger to national titles .
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With its victory, Nebraska became the first team since Oklahoma in 1955-56 to win back-to-back unanimous national titles .
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Many of the national titles were up for grabs ... it doesn't pay to be faint-hearted in this game.
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Or go right for tournament mode and jump into March Madness for a shot at the national title .
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He holds four national titles , three with Baxter.
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Sending Galindo off with the national title might weaken the case for the United States.
new
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Any future reference to this Client must be made by either the existing Client identifier or this new title .
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Both authors detect a slowing-down ill the creation of offices and the grant of new titles by about 1670.
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The new title gave equal weight to both nationalities in the republic.
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The other three -- Highlander, Baldies and FlipOut! -- are new titles .
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Be that as it may, plenty of new titles are due out in the next six months.
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Movies acquire new titles in one of two ways.
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Book publishing had soared to more than 55,000 new titles and reprints.
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In an effort to install management control, Gutfreund created a wealth of new titles .
■ NOUN
deed
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For example, if the title deeds are left with the company, an equitable mortgagee by deposit will take priority.
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Shares or title deeds tucked away anywhere?
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A man's verses were his title deeds to territory.
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There is no time limit for claims, and accordingly, the certificate of insurance should be kept with the title deeds .
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The most radical new idea would allow resettled farmers to purchase title deeds , payable over 20 years.
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Then I get a look at the title deeds .
fight
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Why, they asked, should these associations collect such large fees for sanctioning a title fight ?
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Sugar Ray Leonard won his world middle-weight title fight with Roberto Duran.
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The parade of the athletes to these press conferences was like the opening of a Marvin Hagler title fight .
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When he collapsed with brain damage during the world super-middleweight title fight he could so easily have died.
heavyweight
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Lennox shouldn't worry that the world heavyweight title is no longer unified.
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An Olympic gold medallist in 1960, Ali came to prominence shortly before his assumption of the world heavyweight title in 1964.
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They met in Northampton for the first time ever before Saturday's offical world heavyweight title eliminator.
holder
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Initially Karpov was to suffer from the stigma of achieving world championship status without combat against the title holder .
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Milano, sponsored by media magnate Berlusconi, are coached by Mark Ella and are the current title holders .
job
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When I meet a prospective new employee they often seem more concerned with their job title than they do with their salary.
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Others claim to hold job titles that have changed or been stripped away.
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That is, they have an impressive job title .
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You will also gain a perspective of the work that goes beyond job titles to the skills that are used.
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I even have a job title - Special Projects Officer - but I have no work.
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Some one is always trying to outmaneuver me for more money or to steal my people, or even my job title .
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At the Russell Foundation I have the job title of publications manager.
league
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I believe that one day Manchester United will again win the league title .
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Harvard in the thick of the Ivy League title chase?
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Ferguson can not afford to wait if United are to end their long wait for the League title this season.
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The Bulls are a tribe on a sacred journey, which is their fourth league title in six years.
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Ironically when Randalstown first won the league title two seasons Victorians again held the key to their title victory.
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Ray's five League title medals with Liverpool are rated at £3,000 apiece.
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Yesterday, both sides displayed sufficient quality for them both to believe the Premier League title is not beyond them.
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During next five years leads Ibrox club to three League titles and four Skol Cup wins.
page
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Opposite the title page was a picture of the kneeling King exchanging his royal crown for a crown of thorns.
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I hated his books, which I could not understand and on whose title pages his name had been stamped.
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The Select Songs were printed very early: their title page states that they were sold in the theatre as well as in shops.
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Our librarian passed me the disk ready for review, I ran it and nervously waited for the title page .
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Main line: 1 title page , 5 sheets of plans, 5 sheets sections, 1 sheet cross-sections.
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On the back of the title page you will find reference to the publishing history of the book.
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Usually found on the back of the title page .
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There was a title page decorated with red, green and blue Biro.
role
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Once again Gwyne Howell was masterly in the title role .
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It was made and first broadcast 25 years ago starring Patrick McGoohan in the title role and as Executive Producer.
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Ian McKellen brilliantly seized the opportunity to display his camp humour in the title role .
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To win: Tell us who played the title roles in the films Alfie and Shirley Valentine.
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She progressed eventually to the title role , playing it 500 times.
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The title role went to school pupil who left earlier this year.
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I also announced that Robert Lindsay would soon be appearing on the London stage in the title role of a classic story.
track
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Tina Wilkinson's striking vocals dart over the aggressive and exuberant title track with charismatic panache.
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The title track highlights a good keyboard backdrop and Time is Running Out is an agreeable accompaniment.
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The standout title track features Cassandra Wilson plus soprano commentary by Greg Osby.
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And the title track sounds like nowt less than Prince kicking a passing pauper's head in.
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The title track is a sunny romp about gawd knows what.
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The singer was chuffed when her album title track Proud was chosen as Labour's election theme song.
world
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Let's face it, the only reason Bowe won the world title was because Evander Holyfield simply wasn't big enough.
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The experience of seven previous world title bids and amazing courage kept Benichou upright.
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Kasparov's recent performance had been lacklustre and many experts were predicting that Karpov was about to regain the world title .
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For this he was relieved of his world title and, like Johnson, was involuntarily immobilized.
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Even a world title at the first attempt.
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When no title is vacant or shared, 68 boxers have a world title belt in their care.
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Yes, Bruno has fought for two world titles .
■ VERB
acquire
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The pledgee was immunized against the freight claim because of his failure to acquire full title to the goods.
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He went on to acquire titles and estates, becoming conte di Buttigliera and seigneur of Saint-Thomas-de-Coeur.
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If A then sells and delivers them to an innocent purchaser, the latter will acquire good title .
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Movies acquire new titles in one of two ways.
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However, it is always possible that the person who sold him the goods, later acquires the title to them.
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These attitudes have acquired their own shorthand titles .
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It didn't last, but at least she acquired a title .
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Thus some one taking only a pledge can not acquire good title by virtue of this provision.
defend
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Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramatic constituency before.
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He hopes to be fit to defend his Masters title at the end of next month and has begun light training.
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This will guarantee that Ferrari do not drop the ball when it comes to defending the title .
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He and subsequent champions refused to defend their titles against blacks.
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While Johnson was prevented from defending his title in the United States, Ali had his taken from him.
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Hilary Walker will defend the women's title .
give
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Job descriptions should give the title , duties and likely hours.
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We could give Yeltsin the title of doctor of sciences.
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The project areas are shown in Figure 7 and Table 2 gives the report titles and main methods used.
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I give the work a title .
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They, therefore, introduced a third condition in which subjects were given the title of the passage after having read it.
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It gave Becton the title of chief executive officer and conferred extraordinary powers upon him.
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Nkrumah was given the honorary title of co-president.
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Louise Clappe gave herself this title in her tenth letter from the mines.
hold
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Toshiki Kaifu holds the title , but Noboru Takeshita is his master.
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Others claim to hold job titles that have changed or been stripped away.
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Frantically, in the last half of the fight, he sought to hold on to his title .
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They held impressive but obscure titles , occupied spacious and comfortable offices, and indulged in frequent travel and long lunches.
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Many of the counts also hold titles associated with towns or cities, such as the Prince of Altdorf.
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Jerry bought this place over my veto and holds the title .
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In many cases this would be impossible as the count may hold titles in two or more places!
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If WordPerfect is the software support champion, then Compaq holds that title in the hardware arena.
publish
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He published 171 titles in all, writing or compiling ten of them and contributing introductions to ten more.
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Genesis Publishing in Chicago publishes these titles , too.
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Hearst publishes 71 titles in 80 countries.
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From there it was only a short step to deciding to publish a title about the technology.
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Bloomsbury employ 75 staff, publishing c.250 new titles each year, with a current turnover of c.£15m.
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Longman and Heinemann are to publish more grammar titles , and Penguin is publishing yet another series of graded readers.
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Noted for his prolific output - 10 books a year was normal - he published nearly 500 titles .
retain
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They need three points from the last four games to be certain of retaining the title .
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McGinn will retain the title of president.
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Derry were the last county to retain their Ulster title in 1976, so in a sense history is against Donegal.
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A lease can often be obtained more easily than a loan can be arranged because the lessor retains title to the asset.
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Jaffa are sending a party of 50 who could all play a part in the bid to retain the title .
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She retained her own individual title at the event.
win
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It used to be a case of whether United would win the title again before Doomsday.
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Hakeem and Clyde have won titles , and no one deserves one more than Charles Barkley.
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Their men's team has won the Peroni South title .
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Last month, another team that had never won a national soccer title , the Morelia Monarchs, won the winter championship.
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I had a good luck toothbrush that won us the title in 92.
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Botha won the vacant title by outpointing Axel Schulz on Dec. 9.
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A year ago people were wondering if Henman would ever win a title again.
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Hunt had to finish in the first three to win the title .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
confer a title/degree/honour etc
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Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
rejoice in the name/title (of) sth
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This hotel looked older and rejoiced in the name of the Lion's Cub.
the name/date/title etc escapes sb
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.
working definition/theory/title
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A pragmatist judge will find room in his working theory of as if legal rights for some doctrine of precedent.
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A useful working definition has been provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in Britain.
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As a working theory this is impregnable, whether considered sceptically or superstitiously.
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Despite the difficulties, the teacher needs a rough working definition.
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Is that a reasonable working definition of Paradise?
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Like I say, it's just a working title.
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The Household of Faith was Brideshead's working title.
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We can, however, offer a very general working definition, which seems to feature in most discussions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Confrontation on the Job" is the title of the workshop.
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By Christmas, the publisher expects to have 25 titles available.
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I've read one of her books, but I can't remember the title .
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Lewis's official title is "temporary co-chairman."
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The title 'Ms' became much more popular in the 1980s.
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The film was released in the UK under the title "Maybe Baby".
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What's the title of this week's assignment?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All plans are offered with guaranteed clean title in offshore companies.
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I asked my grinning neighbor what the title meant.
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Such an analysis of the thesis titles is in preparation by the present author.
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The title should be as descriptive as possible, and can be up to 60 printing characters long, including spaces.
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The Giants unfailingly credited their trainers for a healthy run at the National League West title .
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Usually found on the back of the title page.