adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rare/unique opportunity
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a unique opportunity to stay in a real castle
a unique experiment (= one that has not been done before )
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Congestion charging is a unique experiment that other UK cities are watching with interest.
a unique feature (= a feature which only one thing has )
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A unique feature of this guitar is its shape.
a unique position (= a situation that no one else is in )
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Their close knowledge of the area places them in a unique position to advise on social policy.
distinctive/unique (= very different from other foods or drinks )
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Juniper berries give the drink its distinctive flavour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Joseph, who succeeded the Ritz-Escoffier partnership, had an almost unique devotion to his art.
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He was almost unique in that the ruthless and suspicious King genuinely liked and trusted him.
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The preparasitic phase is almost unique in the trichostrongyloids in that development to the L3 takes place within the egg shell.
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At this level there will be sufficient cross association of elements to suggest some almost unique relationships.
■ NOUN
brand
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And his own unique brand of droll self-mockery had his audiences in stitches.
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And all of marketing is targeted at one vital objective: becoming a unique brand .
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So much for the truce, painstakingly pieced together by Bill Clinton and his unique brand of insomnia diplomacy.
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There are three, key reasons entrepreneurs have got to be a unique brand .
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That is what building a unique brand is all about.
characteristic
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The red spots in the caudal peduncle region are one of the unique characteristics of this species.
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Medical examiners are interviewing family members about any unique characteristics to help identify bodies.
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Each national market will have its unique characteristics .
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Each has unique characteristics , too.
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Because setting varies enormously, since each watercourse possesses its own unique characteristics , pollution is a highly relative notion.
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He saw the unique characteristics of adolescent thought and personality as a normal outgrowth of development.
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These are unit trusts that have unique characteristics with special appeal for charities.
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One problem with assisting work-inhibited students is helping parents and teachers to understand the unique characteristics of this disability.
collection
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Contains a unique collection of historical toys, books, costumes and items relating to childhood from all over the world.
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At its core is a unique collection of books on various non-Western art forms donated by Tàpies himself.
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The Edinburgh Room has a unique collection of over 25,000 books and 21,000 prints relating to the history of the city.
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The ground floor is best known for its unique collection of antique dolls' houses dating back to 1673.
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A unique collection of Arts and Crafts jewellery assembled over the last twenty years.
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A unique collection for research, and a place people can wander through for peace and tranquility.
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Read in studio Voice over A unique collection of drawings and paintings of life in a coal mine are going on display.
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The Patrick Collection at Kings Norton houses a unique collection of vintage cars and supercars of today.
combination
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Our unique combination of skills has helped literally thousands of companies.
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They employed a unique combination of theoretic analysis, practical grasp, and imaginative foresight.
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The scenery is breathtaking, a unique combination of mountains, fells, pastures and forested valleys filled with lakes and farms.
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A unique combination , offering an unequalled nationwide service.
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The membership of the teams is bringing together a unique combination of experience and expertise in developing services for carers.
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The Open University has a unique combination of foundation courses followed by a modular course structure.
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This may well be a unique combination which will produce a slightly different organism with new characteristics.
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This unique combination is of too great a value to be wasted.
experience
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Link persons speak to each proposal from their unique experience of it, and advise the team on appropriate future action.
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We are going through a unique experience .
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We shall never know, and James Tomlinson remains mystified by his unique experience .
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Peer interviewing is a unique experience for most job applicants.
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For Guinness is a unique experience .
feature
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An unique feature of our Parish life is perpetual exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
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One useful, if imperfect, measure of luxury in a car is the number of unique features it has.
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The unique feature of ergonomics is its emphasis on the characteristics of human operators and their relevance to the design of work.
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Our voice-mail program has a unique feature that we recommend.
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A unique feature of the Video Guide is that it offers alternative lesson plans.
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Another unique feature of this story is the duplication of stepmothers.
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The unique features for elemental analysis are the direct monitoring of surface hydrogen and the extreme sensitivity to the outermost atomic layers.
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This ability was sharpened by these players' meetings, which were a unique feature of football at this time.
opportunity
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There seems to have been very little resentment that Eva should have such a unique opportunity .
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Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
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But it seemed a waste not to seize the unique opportunity to stretch your brain on something that genuinely excited you.
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University offers a unique opportunity to study subjects not offered at school as well as those of which applicants may have some experience.
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This gave a unique opportunity to spectators.
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Mr Dale said it would also provide Jaguar with a unique opportunity to reach people who might buy one of its cars.
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This discovery has given scientists a unique opportunity to study these unusual phenomena.
position
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He has staked out a unique position in the wars of digital supremacy, and he may well be right.
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Unlike obesity researchers, eating disorders researchers have been in a unique position to view the long-term effects of dieting.
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Are we not in a unique position as we reach the end of the Century of the Fruitbat?
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Other dominant players are also in a unique position to crush weaker competitors.
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Despite such naïvety, the concept that was to give Habitat a unique position in Britain's retailing trade was born.
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Because of her unique position she had been able to meet socially most of the members of Hitler's High Command.
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This gives a unique position called its address.
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He is in a unique position at this moment.
set
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Each firmlet offers a single offering to customers, an offering which has a unique set of potential customers and competitors.
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Every child comes into this world with a unique set of innate characteristics.
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And even if there is only one unique set of possible laws, it is only a set of equations.
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Every P-40 has a unique set of teeth and those teeth make or break the fearsome look which sets this fighter apart.
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Yet, the individual is at best a locus in which many lines of development come together in a unique set .
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A unique set of difficulties existed in Cambridgeshire.
style
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Whatever music they play, you always recognize the band's unique style .
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The Kings, meanwhile, have a synergy that translates into an entertaining and unique style of play.
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Most of all, develop your own unique style .
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This August I was at a festival of this unique style of singing.
way
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The factor that prevents gay men from following this course is the unique way gay society replenishes itself.
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We all respond in our own unique ways .
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It has matured, though, in a unique way .
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Every person reacts to a loss in their own unique way .
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Yet Venice, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, was entirely Gothicin its own unique way .
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Each person needs to be considered in his or her own unique way .
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Individual therapists tend to approach the art in their own unique way .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a unique business opportunity
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Every child is unique , with their own needs, preferences and talents.
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Every person is unique .
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It was a unique achievement - no-one has ever won the championship five times before.
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Joan has a unique talent for languages.
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She has a unique ability of communicate with animals of all kinds.
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the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands
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The book is certainly very rare, and possibly unique .
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The exhibition provided a unique opportunity to see all of the artist's work.
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The power of speech makes the human race unique among animals.
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This vacation offers a unique opportunity to visit some of the most remote mountain areas of the region.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fine farmhouse tea awaits those who complete this medium paced walk in the unique Cheviot landscape of Northumberland.
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It's not a unique product plan, as Sippl himself is first to admit.
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On their own bikes, wearing their unique outfits, contestants will haul clunky parcels between checkpoints.
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Pimm's is produced to the original unique recipe and bottled at Laindon.
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The accessing of such unique documents and the creation of new versions would be logged for future research purposes.
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They have only a vague idea about the unique culture around them.