noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tolerance zone
zero tolerance
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a policy of zero tolerance in inner-city areas
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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There is a great tolerance towards a multiplicity of paradigms, provided those paradigms never challenge the mainstream in any serious way.
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Thus it can be the grounds for greater tolerance and wiser value judgments about normative political issues.
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Among mammals, however, the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration.
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Quaker creditors showed great tolerance to those who were tardy in paying their bills.
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He had repeatedly demonstrated that he had a greater tolerance of G-forces than most other men.
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In short, the Arabian horses had greater tolerance than the Thoroughbred horses.
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However, for those individuals which natural variation has endowed with greater tolerance , survival and reproduction will be possible.
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We have to have a far greater tolerance of difference and a far greater respect for differences of view.
impaired
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The non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects had similar birth weight to subjects with normoglycaemia or impaired glucose tolerance .
little
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He was a brilliant lawyer, with a first-class brain, but very little tolerance of lesser intellects.
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I have little tolerance for institutional restraints.
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Terribly talented people often have little tolerance for less talented middle managers.
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But Montana, under pressure from the health inspection service, has little tolerance for the animals that carry brucellosis.
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She joked, she advised, she ribbed the sous chefs and she had little tolerance for food fools.
low
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Stallions have an especially low tolerance for boredom, and the best cure is greater variety in work.
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Smith had a well-developed con-science and a low tolerance for exploitive business practices.
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She had a very low tolerance level and always wanted what she desired immediately.
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This is especially-true for insomniacs, who seem to have a lower tolerance to the stimulating effects of caffeine than most people.
racial
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It was heartening to see the huge demonstration of support for democracy and racial tolerance in Vienna recently.
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There is far more high-mindedness, racial tolerance and intellectual curiosity than you might expect.
religious
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This document is astonishing proof of the religious tolerance , and attention to detail, shown by the kings of Persia.
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In 1639, this body made history by passing laws that provided for religious tolerance .
■ NOUN
fault
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Earlier releases of the software used two relatively simple ways to provide fault tolerance .
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And it is sometimes more economical to provide fault tolerance in the software than in the hardware.
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It will address fault tolerance , restart speed, automatic reconfiguration and systems management automation.
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Other groundbreaking work was reportedly done in the areas of fault tolerance support and compiler optimisation.
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Unify says the software offers data dependent routing, fault tolerance and integrity, along with debugging and administration functions.
glucose
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The glucose tolerance test is used to observe the response of the patient to a glucose load or challenge.
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The subjects had a continuous infusion glucose tolerance test.
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Impaired glucose tolerance is a condition that means your blood glucose falls between normal and diabetic.
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Results - Twenty seven subjects had non-insulin dependent diabetes, 32 had impaired glucose tolerance , and 42 were normoglycaemic.
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Six subjects did not consent to a glucose tolerance test and tolerance was determined from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations.
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The reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity of the continuous infusion glucose tolerance test have been reported.
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This group has carried out a large multicentre study on glucose tolerance in normal pregnancy.
level
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If you are going to confide in each other, however, it is important to respect each other's different tolerance levels .
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She had a very low tolerance level and always wanted what she desired immediately.
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Helen's frustration with people who don't appreciate her could result in a marked reduction in her tolerance level .
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Less materialistic than other groups, and showing high tolerance levels .
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Viewer tolerance level tested: Before the start of the second half, as Bill Macatee cooperated with a Tostitos live commercial.
test
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The subjects had a continuous infusion glucose tolerance test .
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The glucose tolerance test is used to observe the response of the patient to a glucose load or challenge.
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Six subjects did not consent to a glucose tolerance test and tolerance was determined from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations.
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Angina was excluded by a negative treadmill exercise tolerance test .
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The reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity of the continuous infusion glucose tolerance test have been reported.
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Jarrett ignores studies that have investigated perinatal morbidity in association with abnormal results on a glucose tolerance test .
■ VERB
show
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Also reassuring are animal studies in which these stents have shown excellent biological tolerance and no dysplastic changes have been noted.
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They laboured with enthusiasm and imagination and showed tolerance towards interfering children who hopped and skipped around, getting in the way.
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Among mammals, however, the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration.
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Firstly, no other children were staying at our chalet that week and the other guests showed little tolerance .
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Quaker creditors showed great tolerance to those who were tardy in paying their bills.
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Perhaps we should try showing a little tolerance towards each other.
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Ann had been able to show more tolerance towards Susan.
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Less materialistic than other groups, and showing high tolerance levels.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tolerance was not a quality you associated with my parents.
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racial tolerance
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The government is beginning to show more tolerance of opposition groups.
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The school encourages an attitude of tolerance towards all people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, although opportunism has often got the better of his instincts, he has tended towards social tolerance .
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In addition, Los Angeles has always demonstrated a remarkably high tolerance for spiritual innovators, political cranks, and religious eccentrics.
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It has just published a table listing 48 countries and their tolerance of economic corruption in trade deals.
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Liz prided herself on her tolerance of Ivan's appalling behaviour.
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This document is astonishing proof of the religious tolerance , and attention to detail, shown by the kings of Persia.
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This flexible response to any drug, whether recreational or therapeutic, is called tolerance .
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Thus it can be the grounds for greater tolerance and wiser value judgments about normative political issues.