verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
barely
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When not in exile, Stevanovic remained a barely tolerated nonperson at home, decidedly unwelcome in public.
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I did not understand her, and she could barely tolerate me.
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In private, they barely tolerated one another.
only
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Autonomy on the part of employees is only tolerated to the extent that it contributes to productivity and profitability.
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I come from a family where blood feuds are not only tolerated , but actively encouraged.
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This elicited squeals, laughter and elaborate pay-back schemes, all tolerated only as long as the work continued smoothly.
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Prostitution was not only tolerated , but it had been institutionalized.
well
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A hot meal twice a day is also well tolerated .
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The medication is well tolerated by most patients and does not have the habituation problems of antianxiety agents.
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Both the basal diet and the sulphate supplement were well tolerated by all the volunteers and no gastrointestinal symptoms were reported.
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Radiotherapy was well tolerated in all but one patient.
■ NOUN
society
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Moreover, should she in her widowed state even consider a lover? Society would not tolerate it.
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Should society tolerate such privately collected taxes?
■ VERB
prepare
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She had been prepared to tolerate them for the sake of Nicolai's handsome uniformed appearance and dark romantic gaze.
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Employers were prepared to tolerate these rights and provisions in return for a profitable economic environment.
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These are figures that the House is not prepared to tolerate .
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We enjoy its company but we are not prepared to tolerate any inconvenience.
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Completion of the eastern counties railway network removed the last barrier; now labour was prepared to move rather than tolerate chronic want.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Drug dealers will not be tolerated in this community.
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For years the workers have had to tolerate low wages and terrible working conditions.
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I told him I wasn't going to tolerate his drinking any longer.
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If you can tolerate the side-effects, HRT can help the symptoms enormously.
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Mom tolerated Dad's smoking.
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She seems to be able to tolerate any kind of behaviour from the students.
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The medication is well tolerated by most patients.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But adjustment went on all the same because it was the only way of making yourself tolerate a condition which you loathed.
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For one to sue another would have been a divisive act not easily tolerated.
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It will tolerate most water conditions, although very hard water may cause the fish's eyes to become cloudy.
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Laura tolerated his tirades because she loved him, and she forgave him everything as one forgives a child.
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Maybe there were secret forces she could not tolerate .
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On the other hand, bridal pregnancy was widely tolerated despite the exhortations of the professional moralists.
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Some animals can tolerate human medicines like Dramamine.
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We will not tolerate people who smile and then go ahead and take money out of our pockets.