adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
less
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People are seen as being more selfish, aggressive, and less tolerant and happy than was the case a decade ago.
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The club men were less tolerant of his painting.
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I had the idea Auntie Muriel might have been less tolerant about Michael if she met him.
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Where State and/or public definitions of crime become less tolerant .
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Observers have commented that he is less tolerant and sympathetic when dealing with them than with other colleagues or outsiders.
more
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From the wide experience, we can say that the committees of the Engineering Board are generally more tolerant of new ideas.
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I will, however, be more tolerant and give the other party the benefit of the doubt.
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Mansfield rightly concludes that most Arabs would like to live in a more tolerant society under efficient modern governments.
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They were relieved to find the superiors were more tolerant of their questions and mistakes than anticipated.
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We are more tolerant these days.
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But this year the organization appears more tolerant of such dissent.
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Why not just leave - set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew?
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I was more tolerant of her developmental stages.
very
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One point here, the Alpha 2.0 seems very tolerant of slightly inconsistent input levels.
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Rye is very tolerant of poor, acid soils, is extremely frost-hardy and ripens much earlier than other cereals.
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Badgers live in large family groups, but they're not very tolerant of unfamiliar smells.
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She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions.
■ NOUN
attitude
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This tolerant attitude towards credit history can prevent people going to loan sharks in times of need.
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Fortunately, there is a more tolerant attitude towards other religions in most parts of the world today.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a tolerant community
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I've tried to adopt a fairly tolerant attitude towards his behaviour.
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Many of these plants are drought tolerant .
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She's not very tolerant of other people's failings.
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You should try to be more tolerant towards other people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And beyond these individuals, it raises the possibility of a Republican Party, tolerant and moderate, for the modern age.
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As his namesake he is tolerant , prudent and generous.
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Flood tolerant species of willow and alder on the reservoir margins carry the tree cover down into the water.
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Mansfield rightly concludes that most Arabs would like to live in a more tolerant society under efficient modern governments.
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The club men were less tolerant of his painting.
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We are more tolerant these days.