noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cultural
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There are also certain underlying elements of cultural unity .
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But this cultural unity did not destroy clear and lively regional characteristics.
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She represented cultural pride and unity .
essential
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In a pluralistic country of 13, 000 islands, good transport is considered essential to national unity .
great
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Folk laws Leading Roma organisations, however, are striving for greater unity .
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What I see is a great sense of unity .
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Persecution had also brought many of the dissenting groups together in a greater unity than they had experienced before the troubles began.
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There was no pain, only a great unity of movement and aim.
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Meantime there was greater need for unity , greater need for national composure than ever.
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It must be greater than unity unless all the molecules are of equal length, as is easily seen.
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If he wants greater unity between work and prayer, introduce him to Brother Lawrence.
national
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But at the string barrier national unity looked a notional concept.
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In a pluralistic country of 13, 000 islands, good transport is considered essential to national unity .
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The Labour Party is still a partner in the national unity government.
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The end of the war in 1865 did not produce national unity .
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This is the basis for national unity .
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If the talks fail Mr Barak may be forced into a national unity government with Likud.
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Today there are numerous multi-lingual States, without this necessarily weakening national unity .
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An image of national unity should be portrayed even if this was not a true reflection of reality.
organic
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The principle of organic unities is wielded as yet another weapon against hedonism.
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There is his basic scheme of an organic unity in life, a principle that is extended to human thought.
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Moore grants that all very great goods are organic unities which have pleasure as a part.
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It is an organic unity with a multiplicity of parts.
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Until such questions are satisfactorily answered, evaluation of the principle of organic unities remains problematic.
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Post-structuralist critics will deny that literature possesses the organic unity to which the New Critics attached so much weight.
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From this it would follow that the principle of organic unities has no clear meaning.
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Where it is different, Moore calls the whole in question an organic unity .
political
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Monetary union has long been seen as a way of bringing about greater economic and political unity within the Community.
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There remains the problem of political unity .
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Such practical failures make it difficult to sustain economic solidarity, political unity or cultural-ideological sympathy.
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But now, at last, the Periphery is breaking away and the political unity of the Empire is shattered.
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From then on, Halifax stood for rearmament, new military strategies and political unity ahead of the coming war.
■ NOUN
government
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Likud sources say a unity government is unlikely.
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The unity government was deadlocked on the international conference.
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The Labour Party is still a partner in the national unity government .
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If the talks fail Mr Barak may be forced into a national unity government with Likud.
party
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Both parties had their own organisations to co-ordinate the activities of their followers and ensure party unity .
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Pataki hugged Mondello as Kemp made a plea for party unity .
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Mr Milosevic, who remains leader of the Socialists, made a plea for party unity .
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Public perceptions of party unity increased between our Pre-Campaign Wave and the start of the final campaign.
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During the pre-campaign week we recorded no items on television news which positively projected the image of party unity .
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But the price of party unity is youthful impatience.
■ VERB
achieve
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I ascertained that the aim was to achieve some ideal unity of the two.
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How are you going to achieve that aim of unity ?
bring
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The war had at least brought some unity within the ranks of the liberal party.
create
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It is the main task of the trade union movement to create this unity .
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The attempt to create unity or accommodate diversity.
maintain
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The institution of nomenklatura in the Soviet Union is important in maintaining a unity of political command.
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It is not easy to maintain the unity of these diverse peoples.
preserve
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Such small changes are invaluable in giving themes renewed vitality, while at the same time preserving unity .
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The Movement recognised this, as it also recognised that administrative pressures were working against a concerted attempt to preserve religious unity .
seek
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A lively tour of continental culture, seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future.
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It was a time when the nation sought unity and the democracy so hard won in the Revolution.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In his speech the Prime Minister stressed the need for party unity .
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The lack of unity within the women's movement has resulted in a severe lack of power.
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The team suffers from a lack of unity .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Coutances is notable for its unity of design, internally and externally.
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He stood and looked at them sway, feeling a unity with them as his body swayed to the same light breeze.
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It is not the suggestion of unity in difference which was established, but rather the notion of difference as hegemonic.
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Moore grants that all very great goods are organic unities which have pleasure as a part.
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Such small changes are invaluable in giving themes renewed vitality, while at the same time preserving unity .
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The need for the Bund to ensure unity in action was vital.
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Will not the exterior, structured unity which union attains suppress the search for authentic diversity?