noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a transit visa (= a visa that allows you to pass through a particular country )
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Transit visas will be issued at the airport.
mass transit
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The city has virtually no mass transit.
rapid transit system
transit camp
transit lounge
transit visa
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
colonic
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Colonic transit time Colonic transit time was assessed by means of radioopaque markers.
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Formulae have been devised to measure segmental colonic transit with radio-opaque shapes.
intestinal
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By a process of computer subtraction a time activity curve representing small intestinal transit was also obtained.
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Studies in rats have shown that bile salts inhibit gastric emptying and prolongs intestinal transit time.
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In particular, the terminal ileum seems to have an important role in the regulation of small intestinal transit .
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This mechanism might facilitate bile salt absorption into the enterohepatic circulation by slowing intestinal transit time.
mass
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Air travel was growing rapidly, while the role of mass transit on the ground was shrinking almost everywhere.
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Given Tucson's low-density development, creating an affordable and effective mass transit system remains a nearly insurmountable challenge.
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In mass transit , private bus companies spend considerable sums to influence legislatures, to get and keep their contracts.
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Cindy was at home with the children and George worked as a driver for the local mass transit authority.
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If there were a comprehensive, integrated mass transit system here, fewer people would drive their own cars.
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Instead of better mass transit , they try to make cars a bit more efficient.
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Also, will more efficient personal transportation detract from incentives to invest in mass transit ?
oesophageal
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In another study, prolonged oesophageal transit in a group of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease persisted after a surgical antireflux procedure.
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Fundoplication in itself did not affect oesophageal motility or transit , provided that the wrap was intact.
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All patients underwent oesophageal manometry and transit studies before and after complete healing of oesophagitis.
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All volunteers underwent manometry, 33 had oesophageal transit studies, and 23 had acid clearance test.
public
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Each region has integrated needs-for public transit , for water and sewer systems, for solid waste treatment, for economic development.
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Funds are equally tight for public transit .
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The Giants have said they intend to promote public transit for fans.
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Residents rely on public transit , bicycles, taxis and walking.
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And to his credit, he acknowledged the problem of low wages and our deteriorating public transit system.
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The trolley also passes several sprawling condominium complexes, giving thousands of people easy access to public transit .
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It's a complex blueprint that considers everything from roadways and public transit to train tracks and runways.
rapid
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He was the chief architect in charge of the then-burgeoning rapid transit system - and it turns out he was also a painter.
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These findings are consistent with decreased transit in the proximal and rapid transit through the sigmoid colon in patients with active colitis.
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Historians have tended to overlook the possibilities of more rapid transit where the cargo concerned was profitable enough to merit it.
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Investments in public transport in these areas have concentrated on expensive high technology systems of rapid rail transit .
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At least 150 miles of new rapid transit and underground railways are envisaged in the next 20 to 30 years.
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Like some other rapid transit systems, this plan utilises only former and existing railway routes.
slow
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This study suggests some degree of idiopathic autonomic denervation in patients with slow transit constipation.
small
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By a process of computer subtraction a time activity curve representing small intestinal transit was also obtained.
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In particular, the terminal ileum seems to have an important role in the regulation of small intestinal transit .
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It has been reported that gastric infusion of bile salts in rats delays gastric emptying and inhibits small bowel transit time.
whole
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Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis.
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Loperamide oxide increased the rate of gastric emptying but slowed both small intestinal and whole gut transit .
■ NOUN
camp
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The hideous transit camps are emptying.
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While they waited, the Joint put them up at a transit camp just outside Vienna.
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While in the transit camp at Lowestoft he was offered a choice of hostels in Belfast, Leeds or London.
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The decision, following a public inquiry in February, clears the way for a controversial gipsy transit camp .
gut
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Subsequent studies confirmed that a high-fibre diet increases stool bulk and shortens gut transit .
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Whole gut transit time and daily stool weight were also measured.
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Wehave shown for the first time that small intestinal and whole gut transit is faster in patients with chronic radiation enteritis.
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Loperamide oxide increased the rate of gastric emptying but slowed both small intestinal and whole gut transit .
system
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He was the chief architect in charge of the then-burgeoning rapid transit system - and it turns out he was also a painter.
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Our car coddling extends way beyond an inadequate transit system .
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This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system .
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Given Tucson's low-density development, creating an affordable and effective mass transit system remains a nearly insurmountable challenge.
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Like some other rapid transit systems , this plan utilises only former and existing railway routes.
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And to his credit, he acknowledged the problem of low wages and our deteriorating public transit system .
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If there were a comprehensive, integrated mass transit system here, fewer people would drive their own cars.
time
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Orocaecal transit time Orocaecal transit time was measured by hydrogen breath analysis.
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Host factors such as transit time may also play a part.
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Prior etal found no change in transit time after hysterectomy.
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Colonic transit time Colonic transit time was assessed by means of radioopaque markers.
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Whole gut transit time and daily stool weight were also measured.
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The transit time in these patients was accelerated by a laxative, metoclopramide, and colonic lavage.
van
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The party arrived at Gatwick in a grey transit van instead of chauffeur-driven cars and quietly skipped customs regulations.
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I handed over a Ford transit van and its human contents to the Sussex constabulary.
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Their latest lead is a white transit van reportedly seen near the barracks in the week before the bombing.
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They drove off in a grey transit van which was found abandoned soon after the raid.
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They then ferry them away to different waters in tanks in the back of transit vans .
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To picture your daughter with two boys in the back of a transit van is not exactly conducive to maternal solicitude.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alas, complexity infuses transit projects.
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Each region has integrated needs-for public transit , for water and sewer systems, for solid waste treatment, for economic development.
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Host factors such as transit time may also play a part.
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Lisbon was a city in transit - everyone was waiting to go somewhere else.
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Maybe some of the carving had got damaged in transit , but he was as firm and heavy as ever.
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While they waited, the Joint put them up at a transit camp just outside Vienna.