verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stress/emphasize/underline the need for sth (= say how important it is )
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He stressed the need for better training courses.
underline your determination to do sth (= emphasize it )
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The Prime Minister underlined his determination to keep interest rates high.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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But it has also underlined the absence of any equivalent increase in their political weight.
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He also underlines further the riskiness of the Yamamoto plan, pointing to the high vulnerability of carriers to air attack.
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The Plan stresses that point and also underlines the need to make sure that minority ethnic groups are catered for.
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We also underline the importance of an early entry into force and implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies. 13.
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But it also underlines the impossibility, so far, of achieving one.
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It has also underlined the urgent need for sufficient Government funds to pay for a massive recovery programme.
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It also underlines one of the main reasons why community education did not become a radical movement for social change.
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But they also underlined the welcome return to a more activist approach.
further
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Her independence was further underlined by an impending marriage, news of which she now shared with Taheb.
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He also underlines further the riskiness of the Yamamoto plan, pointing to the high vulnerability of carriers to air attack.
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The trend is further underlined by the relative size of the companies acquired.
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Their vulnerability was further underlined by the lack of locks on the bathroom doors.
how
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It took the Balkan crises of the 90s and their transatlantic tensions to underline how urgent it was.
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That may have been misplaced optimism, but it underlines how clearly the battle-lines are drawn.
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It has underlined how tricky is the interpretation of the level playing field.
■ NOUN
commitment
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The £4,000 million Action for Cities programme underlines the Conservative commitment to our inner cities and the people who live there.
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Mr. Marshall Does not that figure underline the Government's commitment to the coal mining industry?
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His appointment underlines the commitment with which harmonisation of relationships is being sought amongst those at Lord's.
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It underlines the commitment by consumers to pay off debts incurred during the credit binge of the late-Eighties.
fact
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A debate would present a good opportunity to underline the fact that many countries are experiencing far more difficulties than we are.
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The kid is dynamite and a new five-year deal and a £7million price tag only serve to underline the fact .
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Henry was wasting his time and, as if to underline this fact , he glanced at the clock tower.
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It underlines the fact that history is about real people.
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The fact that he scored 20 of his team's 48 league goals last season underlines that fact.
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This underlines the fact that tourism is a major source of income for the area and its 50,000 residents.
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The fact that it is costly merely underlines the fact that sustainable development is costly.
importance
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That underlines the importance of the construction industry training board.
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We also underline the importance of an early entry into force and implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies. 13.
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This paper underlines the importance of maintaining a functional health care system even during times of political change and unrest.
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We underline the importance of human contacts in overcoming the legacy of old divisions. 15.
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It underlines the importance of accuracy.
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Fforde also establishes an important point by underlining the importance of land reform to late Victorian and Edwardian debates.
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But the inspectorate is prosecuting to underline the importance that it attaches to nuclear workers following proper procedures.
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The Hayward case underlines the importance of the way in which the story is presented to the public.
need
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Highlighting the railways' poor financial performance in recent years, it underlined the need for extra investment during 1998-99.
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The Plan stresses that point and also underlines the need to make sure that minority ethnic groups are catered for.
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I shall not add to what they have said, but it underlines the need for a rethink.
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It underlines the need to adopt methods appropriate to the group which is to be reached.
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But the research underlines the urgent need for a more radical shake-up of student support.
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It has also underlined the urgent need for sufficient Government funds to pay for a massive recovery programme.
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However simple-minded the above example may appear, it underlines the need for caution in examining the results of statistical computations.
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Such bickering underlines the need to establish procedural guidelines.
point
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The gathering in Washington this week of Republican governors, who run 31 of the 50 states, underlined the point .
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It's worth underlining this point .
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Meanwhile - and he crossed his arms as it to underline the point - nobody gets in and nobody gets out.
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This underlines an important point about these tournaments.
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The following section underlines the point .
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Works of art are not a high priority in most people's lives; a recession soon underlines this point !
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A brief review of the history of the profiling and records of achievement movement will serve to underline this point .
word
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You could even underline key phrases or words in your speech notes.
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He had marked passages in pencil and underlined words that he did not understand so that he could look them up.
■ VERB
serve
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This success serves to underline Johnson Matthey's pioneering research and development activities and our commitment to innovation.
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Much of the film is subtitled, but this only serves to underline the alien nature of the cruel Siberian prison landscape.
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In short, the deposition only serves to underline the limitations of ecclesiastical initiative and power in politics.
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The kid is dynamite and a new five-year deal and a £7million price tag only serve to underline the fact.
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Occasionally they are referred to hospitals, but the treatment they receive sometimes serves only to underline their isolation.
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A brief review of the history of the profiling and records of achievement movement will serve to underline this point.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the mistakes had been underlined in red ink.
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Don't forget to underline the title of the essay.
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The recent shootings underline the need for more security.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As in Boston, this underlined the extent to which students' prior academic preparation needed to be strengthened.
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But Whitehall sources dismissed the call and underlined Sir Patrick's own categorical statement.
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Depending on your computer, underlined characters may appear on the screen underlined, in color, or in reverse video.
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First, I want to underline the arbitrary nature of any attempt to dichotomize self-strategies into two genders.
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The fact that he scored 20 of his team's 48 league goals last season underlines that fact.
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These questions underline the real issues to be faced by all the interested parties involved in privatisation.
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While there is undoubtedly a demand for more golf courses, it needs to be underlined that many applications are purely speculative.