I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a moral value (= behaviour that a society believes is right and good )
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Schools teach moral values both by example and in lessons.
added value
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We’ve added value to the information by organizing it.
appreciate the significance/importance/value of sth
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He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing the contract.
be equal in value
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Your pension will be equal in value to two thirds of your final year salary.
(be of) limited use/value
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Unfortunately, the drug is of limited value in treating cancer.
be value for money British English (= used when saying that something is worth the amount of money you pay for it )
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The holiday was excellent value for money.
book value
cultural values (= ideas of what is right and wrong in a culture )
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the social and cultural values of the western world
curiosity value (= the quality or advantage of being something that people want to know about )
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When the shop was new it had curiosity value.
depreciate in value
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New cars depreciate in value quickly.
double in size/number/value etc
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Within two years the company had doubled in size.
entertainment value (= how enjoyable something is to watch )
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The films provide great entertainment value for kids.
face value
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You shouldn’t always take his remarks at face value.
family values
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The party places great emphasis on family values.
incalculable importance/value/worth etc
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treasures of incalculable value
increase in value/price/importance etc
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Investments are certain to increase in value.
inestimable value
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a painting of inestimable value
intrinsic nature/quality/value/property of sth
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There is nothing in the intrinsic nature of the work that makes it more suitable for women.
market value
maximum value
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The award will consist of a lump sum to a maximum value of $5,000.
novelty value (= the extra interest that something receives because it is new )
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The car still sells well, though the novelty value has worn off.
nutritional value
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Cooking vegetables for too long lessens their nutritional value .
of equal value/importance
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He is remembered for his novels, but his scientific work is of equal importance.
propaganda value (= ability to be used for propaganda )
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There was propaganda value in agreeing to a peace conference.
retail value
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The retail value would be around $500.
sentimental value (= important because of your feelings or memories relating to them )
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The rings that were stolen were of great sentimental value .
share sb’s values (= have the same ideas about what is right and wrong )
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The only way to change things is to elect politicians who share our values.
street value
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Detectives seized drugs with a street value of almost £300,000.
the true value of sth
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At the time, I did not recognise the true value of my discovery.
trade-in price/value
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The trade-in value is roughly $3000.
traditional...values
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traditional family values
value judgment
value sb’s contribution (= think that someone’s contribution is important )
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They didn’t seem to value my contribution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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If you find on reading this that an existing process would have benefited from different values at.
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The amplitudes for the different position values therefore all have equal squared moduli.
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Male speaker Although it's important we are profitable, we're working towards different values other than purely monetary.
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Every value distribution entails trade-offs between different values as well as some inequality in the distribution of benefits and burdens.
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Central to the tax are the bands into which homes of different value will be sorted.
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Throughout this chapter, I have demonstrated a different set of values and attitudes about reading.
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Unless the table is made excessively large, two or more different values will eventually be sent to the same slot.
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The subtleties of peer relationships are negotiated by generation after generation, in different ways and perhaps with different values or rules.
equal
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With respect to desire, they insist on the equal value of products of the hunt and products of the garden.
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That is equal to the value of the claims in the whole of 1989.
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This is also equal to the value of the equity in the unlevered firm.
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It is usual for each side to begin with an equal points value of troops - say two thousand points a side.
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National income will then fall until the value of what is produced is equal to the value of aggregate demand.
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None the less, it has its own special flavour which is of equal value .
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Note that financial assets and liabilities cancel one another out, thus making net worth equal to the value of physical assets.
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Legal racial segregation has been outlawed; blacks have the vote; votes are pretty much equal in value .
good
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The rooms are of average size, clean an good value for money.
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A better word was values , with its inference of personal choice and personal responsibility.
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This is a well-equipped and comfortable hotel, offering good value for money.
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And I think I received good values from the church.
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Two separate issues arise from the search for better value .
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What about capped rates for good value ?
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We are determined to ensure that these services are delivered efficiently, in a way which provides the best value for money.
great
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We exchange the things of lesser value for the things of greater value.
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The Arapesh created a society in which the greatest value is children but in which the children die for lack of food.
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Fashion Style offers great value for money with outstanding results.
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Hence the great value of this teaching in ordinary life.
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Finally, the annual volumes of Whitaker's Almanac can be of great value regarding fractions of the day and other matters.
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However, newspaper advertising can be of great value to the shopper for food.
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Even if you can not make an active contribution your support is of great value .
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This is a non sequitur, since something can be both a by-product and a great value .
high
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Clouds and fresh snow have high values in all bands.
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This second position places high value on equality of conditions-adding social and economic equality to legal equality.
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I have mentioned particular examples of qualities that make for high survival value among memes.
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Where fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals with high added value can be produced by biotechnology there will be rapid developments.
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Insurance For mailing high value items, cover up to £1500.
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On the other hand, he grasped the high value of the old woman and her nurse as hostages.
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Limitation on liability is placed at £800 per tonne which should be monitored and adjusted in the case of higher value consignments.
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The funds are available to compensate farmers for the high value of the pound against the euro.
intrinsic
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By definition, all at-the-money and out-of-the-money options have intrinsic values of zero.
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We are speaking about giving everyone access to some share in the intrinsic values that make human life worthwhile.
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Liberalisation and democratisation were not so much of intrinsic value as of practical value for the reformist-minded leadership.
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It is in this sense that intrinsic values are objective.
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Antique jewellery at the Paris Biennale is of interest for its design rather than its intrinsic value .
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They are capable of producing and enjoying states of intrinsic value , desirable for their own sakes alone.
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As with treasure trove the finder is rewarded with the intrinsic value of the find.
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The universe was created for a purpose, and this purpose is to realise intrinsic values among persons in relationship and community.
low
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The result - heavy industry and low value added production kept going long past its time, ineffectually, by subsidy.
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Order books are wilting, despite the low value of the euro.
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His bill will be just £273 - £100 less than the bill for the lowest value property in Langbaurgh.
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The food, although mainly low in nutritive value , unappetizing and depressingly monotonous, was at least adequate in quantity.
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One-third of the water irrigates thirsty crops of low value - alfalfa, cotton, rice - and pasture.
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People will stop using a system if searches yield inaccurate, out-of-date or low-value knowledge.
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They are low value , from a peripheral hand.
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They live in what was formerly a low rateable value area.
maximum
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The maximum value of any put is set by its exercise price:.
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It is a linear function that has been clipped to minimum and maximum values , which then makes it nonlinear.
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And all of our holidays are geared to maximum fun and maximum value .
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The curve approaches a minimum and maximum value at the asymptotes.
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Numbers up to the maximum integer value may be entered as a decimal constant without any loss of accuracy.
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For example, the maximum value of is always about.
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Elective 5: as elective 4 except that the maximum required value is specified.
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Portman's maximum loan to value is 95%, which is more user friendly for many first-time buyers.
moral
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In another case, though, they lose all moral value and lead only to bookkeeping and arguing.
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They include judgment and moral values .
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They have always been unseemly, since they make a mockery of the moral values they purport to uphold.
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Eight percent said a decline in moral values worried them the most.
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Their moral values are a bit intolerant, too.
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If they are to last over time, moral values must contribute to successful human survival.
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These are the scales of spiritual, moral and personal values .
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Are there any genuinely absolute moral values ?
net
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Completion accounts Completion accounts will usually be needed if the price is to be based on earnings or net asset values .
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It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.
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Launch costs are capped at 3.5 percent, giving a net asset value after launch of 96.5 percent of gross proceeds.
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In this caseY the project having the highest net present value and profitability index may have the lowest internal rate of return.
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In addition, the management company may charge an annual fee of 0.5-1 percent of net asset value .
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If the reverse is true and the net present value is negative, the project would be rejected.
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The tax base, or rateable value , is the net annual value of the property occupied.
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Thus stocks need to be stated at cost or, if lower, at net realisable value .
nominal
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Company A took merger relief and recorded its investment in B at the nominal value of the shares issued.
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Also barred would have been gifts, except for items of nominal value , such as shirts or mugs.
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The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value .
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The box, with a nominal value of £5, was for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow trust.
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The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading, except in so far as it determines the minimum liability.
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Grand Trunk shares traded at around three times their nominal value .
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Over 100 stocks were listed with a total nominal value of just under £125 billion and a market value slightly in excess of this.
nutritional
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This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail, although it has little nutritional value .
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Or he expatiated on the nutritional value of the lowly peanut.
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These days everyone is becoming an expert in the nutritional value of different foods and the importance of vitamins and trace elements.
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But once you start adding a high-fat cereal or chocolate, you are increasing the calories without appreciably increasing the nutritional value .
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There are also informative sections on nutritional values , and storage and hygiene.
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The study also found that consumers ranked canned food far below fresh and frozen foods based on nutritional value .
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The quality and nutritional value of what little food was available was very low, but there were few alternatives.
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Native grasses usually have insufficient nutritional value as they provide considerably less protein.
present
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The accuracy of the result can be checked in a column showing the present value for that term.
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All future costs and benefits should be discounted to their present value for comparison.
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Since in all the investments considered the entire outlay is in the first year, it is already a present value .
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However, the present value of the $ 110, 000 is less than $ 100, 000.
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The present value of dividends on the shares in the index over the next six months was £1500.
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Step 2 calculates the present value of the expected benefits of the new equipment.
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The luminosity of the Sun in the early history of the Solar System was probably only about 70% of the present value .
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The profitability index allows a direct comparison between the projects in terms of the present value of benefit per unit cost.
real
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But in more recent times, the real value of outstanding government stock has been declining.
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Because of inflation, it declined in real value over the years.
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The problem lies with the documents, which are too short to be of real value .
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The one item of real value Eaton owned was the reservoir site on the ranch he had purchased from Thomas Rickey.
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But their bid has been knocked back by the Government which claimed their independent valuation was only about half the real value .
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Such diversities or divisions of people have no real fundamental value .
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This bargaining power is likely to push the real value of a deal through the £4 million barrier.
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The only thing of real material value was a camera; he took it, but left the case.
social
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Moreover, social values and structures have shown a remarkable ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
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Chapter 3 explored the various critiques of social democratic values and policies and the suggested policy alternatives.
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From the 1950s to the 1990s radical changes in teaching styles reflect major changes in social and cultural values .
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People brought up and educated in different decades hold different social values and attitudes.
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Decisions about these factors will themselves involve social and political value judgments.
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But the first of these has a much higher social value and power than the second.
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However there is little evidence to suggest that child bearing is actually accorded high social value .
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Incentive systems should be designed to promote and strengthen the social purposes and values of the organisation.
total
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These items have an approximate total value of £800.
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The total value to Loral shareholders for the transaction was put at more than $ 10 billion.
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In the United States apples and other perennial food crops constituted 16 % of the total value of food crops in 1998.
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Jackson estimated the total potential value of these business opportunities at $ 200 million.
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Immediately afterwards, the market price of the remaining debt nearly doubled, leaving the total value virtually unchanged.
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Most countries in the world attempt to monitor the total value of their output, or gross national product.
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Annual management charges are relatively simple, being a fixed percentage levied on the total value of the trust.
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The total value of sales is £80 million so far.
traditional
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The Leisure 200 Modern looks. Traditional values .
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State policy will also be used to preserve traditional values , especially regarding family life, religion and culture.
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Fortunately, while traditional values have hardly changed at the dinner table, cooker design has.
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For example, he introduced governmental policies that undercut traditional Confucian values .
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Are traditional human values threatened by urbanisation and other phenomena in contemporary society and how is this reflected in literature?
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The far right objects that the tests encourage children to criticise traditional values .
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The Romans tended to regard the course of history as alternating between defection from and adherence to traditional values .
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Leavis, Lewis, and Gardner shared traditional values , even though Cambridge and Oxford spoke with different accents.
true
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I fear we may be in danger of knowing the price of everything but failing to appreciate its true value .
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Its true value is in its subjectivity.
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On the other hand it can bring about reconciliation between families and friends and a new appreciation of life's true values .
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Once those properties hit the market, their true value will be found out.
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Therefore, there is a probability of 0.68 that the true value of beta will lie between 0.541 and 0.807.
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Unlikely as it may sound, the conductor program could prove the true value of practice.
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That is to say, the range within which the true value will lie with a probability of 0.95.
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For McCloy wouldn't get anything like the cargo's true value in his underworld market.
■ NOUN
asset
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Unit trusts are permitted to operate a spread as wide as 15 percent of the net asset value of the fund.
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Those who were dubious or just cautious missed out on historic advances in financial asset values .
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In addition, the management company may charge an annual fee of 0.5-1 percent of net asset value .
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It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.
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Conversely, future taxes and government expenditure may influence current incomes, as where they are capitalized in asset values .
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The largest spread allowed between offer and bid prices is 15 percent of net asset value .
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Palatine shareholders are being offered a significant increase in capital value and income, plus a substantial premium over net asset value.
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Prices based on a multiple of earnings tend to require more detailed and thorough completion accounts than net asset value based prices.
book
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It was sold at current book value .
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The goodwill reflects the premium over book value Wells paid for its Los Angeles-based rival.
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Britain's National Westminster, by contrast, paid 2.4 times book value for its ill-fated venture into New Jersey.
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Stocks are selling at more than four times their book value .
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It can be drawn up on the basis of historic-cost book values , current-cost book values or market values.
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Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group.
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The net book value of Banner's leasehold properties comes to £1.82m; the historical cost is £2.054m.
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Describe what is meant by the net book value and the written down value of an asset?
face
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They loiter outside the big match with fistfuls of grubby tickets priced at many times their face value .
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The bonds were priced below their face value .
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Because Kate, for all her faults real and imagined, was the only person ever to take him at face value .
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Here are details from the auction: Rates are determined by the difference between the purchase price and face value .
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It is issued to passengers whose flights have been cancelled or delayed and is redeemable by the airlines at face value .
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Crooks typically sell the notes for 20 percent to 30 percent of their face value .
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This is probably correct, but conventional medical wisdom need not be accepted entirely at face value .
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Its price fell 75 yen per 50, 000 in face value .
family
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They must contribute towards constructing genuine communities, family values generating City values.
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Indeed, many people here made their money under Republican leadership and cite family values and school choice as their chief concerns.
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If he for ever growled songs about factories, family values and running wild on a minimum wage they would be happy.
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What is happening to family values is that they are becoming increasingly and prohibitively expensive for the individuals involved.
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This is not because Las Vegas has suddenly discovered family values .
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In the 1994 bi-election year, prayer in the schools, so-called family values , and similar issues came to the forefront.
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As Okin notes, if we really mean what we say about family values , this can hardly be controversial. 2.
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Philandering erodes love and family values , but it does not necessarily destroy them.
market
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The property-based tax will sort all 22.2m homes into seven bands according to their market values .
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It prices items in its balance sheet at the lower of cost or market value .
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Shares in Ossory Estates lost one third of their market value .
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Our home is brand new, carries no mortgage, and has a market value of $ 500, 000 plus.
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If they are tied houses of the sort that the hon. Lady described, that would be reflected in the market value .
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The residential prOperty tax assessment is based On a valuation set at 15 percent of fair market value .
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The latter class of claimants, generally bondholders, will suffer a fall in the market value of their claims.
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However, we will not pay more than the market value of the package.
■ VERB
add
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If you have any skill at carving or painting you can certainly add more value on to many finds!
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Hierarchy has added immense value to the world, and pundits who call for its demise are either fools or cynics.
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There isn't a lot of potential to add value to a relationship like that.
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You are anyone in your organization confronted by the challenge of learning new and different ways of adding value to performance.
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These are the pampering touches - they make your holiday special and add up to very good value for money.
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For those who know how to use it, technology adds value to what they do.
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Simply calculate the extra weight and add the correct value of stamps for that particular weight and destination.
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Developing the ability to identify and process plant samples will add value to a country's resources, the report says.
appreciate
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I fear we may be in danger of knowing the price of everything but failing to appreciate its true value .
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Mr Goldinger believed rates would rise and invested in instruments that would appreciate in value if that occurred.
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First it must be appreciated that the value of certain features varies with the group being studied.
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That box likely will appreciate in value , considering she bought it for a whopping 23 cents.
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It is of paramount importance to realise and appreciate the value of deep groundstrokes.
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The intended goal of the process will be to produce minds, capable of creating and appreciating values .
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The majority of contemporary items will probably not appreciate in value to any worthwhile degree, at least in real terms.
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But do politicians appreciate the value of the diplomatic enterprise?
increase
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And each year, Clerical Medical may apply a bonus, increasing the value of your Plan.
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Invest more aggressively in stocks. Increase face value of life insurance.
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Each day during its 91 day life, it should increase in value a little.
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A merger would have several benefits, Amerman insisted, including stronger international marketing, more efficient manufacturing and increased shareholder value .
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Because so much has been put into making such fine volumes, they have tended to increase in value year by year.
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It will come as a result of Joe increasing his value to the company.
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However, careful use of criteria for surgery could increase the value and reduce the incidence of dilatation and curettage.
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Firms connected with Brown and Root did even better, increasing in value an average of 1. 64 percent.
place
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We will encourage changes to the education system which place a positive value on a pluralist, diverse and multicultural society.
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To place a monetary value on the prevention of an epidemic is largely conjectural.
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Much emphasis has been placed on the theoretical value of tat and protease inhibitors.
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Analysts said it was difficult to place a value on the spinoff because Payless' capitalization was unknown.
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This is partly due to parents not placing high value on a daughter's education.
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Whether we do so directly or by implication, we place a value on human life.
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This second position places high value on equality of conditions-adding social and economic equality to legal equality.
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The students in the above study had parents who placed a high value on education.
represent
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What causes offence is that he merely represents a shifting of values for the mass of young people.
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We think these plans represent fairness and value for all Raiders fans.
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In the first version, each card laid represents a value , such as love or luck.
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I used to pour the orange juice, which represented the added value in our products, into four separate glasses.
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This equals the comparative cost and again the lowest figure represents the best value .
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The new subscription rates still represent exceptional value .
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Your new Thames Water charges still represent exceedingly good value for a continuous supply of water and our sewage services.
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There is great diversity and variety among PACs as they represent different values and beliefs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
core values/beliefs
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Above all, it requires the steady cultivation of healthy core beliefs that will shore up the organization when setbacks occur.
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Actions are core beliefs put into practice.
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Banished from the official organizational history, the memory of these unpleasant side effects lingers in the form of unhealthy core beliefs.
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Because they describe an objective reality, descriptive core beliefs are simply valid or invalid.
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If both core beliefs and the actions they inspire are healthy, the organization will ultimately succeed in achieving its long-term goals.
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Organizational fears are emotional responses to core beliefs.
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That something is whether or not your organization has a healthy system of valid core beliefs and realistic fears.
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What made Reagan extraordinary, beyond his communicative skills, was his resolute adherence to core beliefs.
custodian of tradition/moral values etc
good value (for money)
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All are good value at under £4.
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And I think I received good values from the church.
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Highly recommended and also good value for the region.
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Political scribblers were usually better value than politicians, most of them being irreverent and much better informed.
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The best values are the credit-card companies, and I like them all.
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Vague objectives might include maintaining a market share or keeping up with technology or offering good value to the customer.
nominal value/rate/income etc
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Additional effects are found from the growth in nominal income which is associated with an increase in own-country relative returns.
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Also barred would have been gifts, except for items of nominal value, such as shirts or mugs.
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However low nominal rates of interest go, they still remain positive in real terms.
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The nominal rate of interest has two components.
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The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading, except in so far as it determines the minimum liability.
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The accumulated fund represents the nominal value of the net assets of the Law Society valued at historic cost.
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The box, with a nominal value of £5, was for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow trust.
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The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.
place value/importance/emphasis etc on sth
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A government department may place emphasis on careful administration and attention to detail, to research and to political manoeuvring.
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In fact, these words break the sentence rhythm, placing emphasis on the words that follow.
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It places emphasis on external evaluation and it undervalues the individual young reader's assessment.
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Some place emphasis on biotic, others on environmental factors.
snob value/appeal
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And of course there is the sheer snob appeal of being able to avoid the herd.
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These berries even have snob appeal.
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Three university researchers say they now have a surprising answer: snob appeal.
take sth at face value
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The newspapers have taken this propaganda at face value, without questioning it.
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And he no longer took things at face value.
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Because Kate, for all her faults real and imagined, was the only person ever to take him at face value.
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But now, a hundred years on, certain factions persist in taking it at face value.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fiber has no calories or nutritional value .
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If K equals 3, what is the value of X?
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Real estate values continue to rise.
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Some fine wines increase in value as they get older.
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The value of the sculpture was estimated at $500,000.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A close third was his upholding of conservative values.
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Agricultural and fishing exports increased four-fold in value from 1974-77.
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Among many seventeenth-century Puritans, a little more leeway about the value of good works in salvation was allowed.
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And these latter values are very much higher than the values obtainable on the old system.
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Depreciation is a charge that reduces the value of assets over time, reflecting their use.
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Services would be charged for the value of the buildings they occupied to encourage economy.
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Such anthologies have great interest and value , not least because of their motivating appeal to students.
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The Bloomberg Indiana Index has risen almost 17 percent since it was started in September 1994 with a base value of 100.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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The soul of a true Hero always finds a better rate of exchange, and is valued highly by the gods.
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Like the photogram they were highly valued because of the absolute impersonality achieved in the tonal rendering through some mechanistic agency.
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One reason for the Surrealists' relatively slow climb since 1975 is that they were highly valued then.
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Individual contributions are highly valued , within a focus on collaboration and integration.
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Such contributions were highly valued because the members felt that they were learning much about their own school.
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Although this community imposed its own brand of conformity in many ways, individual expression was valued highly .
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Physical education is highly valued and forms part of a fully integrated educational programme based on a unitary conception of man.
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Verbal systems are highly valued as children learn to talk, read, and write.
most
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People must decide which they value most - a cheap supply of water, or preserving the countryside exactly as it was.
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The most valued individuals will be those who can work effectively with other employees in a team effort.
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But this revolution in what must be Britain's most valued public industry, is taking place in the market place.
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In Buddhism, emptiness is valued most of all.
■ NOUN
share
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The offer also values each Lloyds preference share at 255. 5 pence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
core values/beliefs
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Above all, it requires the steady cultivation of healthy core beliefs that will shore up the organization when setbacks occur.
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Actions are core beliefs put into practice.
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Banished from the official organizational history, the memory of these unpleasant side effects lingers in the form of unhealthy core beliefs.
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Because they describe an objective reality, descriptive core beliefs are simply valid or invalid.
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If both core beliefs and the actions they inspire are healthy, the organization will ultimately succeed in achieving its long-term goals.
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Organizational fears are emotional responses to core beliefs.
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That something is whether or not your organization has a healthy system of valid core beliefs and realistic fears.
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What made Reagan extraordinary, beyond his communicative skills, was his resolute adherence to core beliefs.
custodian of tradition/moral values etc
good value (for money)
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All are good value at under £4.
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And I think I received good values from the church.
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Highly recommended and also good value for the region.
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Political scribblers were usually better value than politicians, most of them being irreverent and much better informed.
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The best values are the credit-card companies, and I like them all.
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Vague objectives might include maintaining a market share or keeping up with technology or offering good value to the customer.
nominal value/rate/income etc
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Additional effects are found from the growth in nominal income which is associated with an increase in own-country relative returns.
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Also barred would have been gifts, except for items of nominal value, such as shirts or mugs.
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However low nominal rates of interest go, they still remain positive in real terms.
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The nominal rate of interest has two components.
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The nominal value is meaningless and may be misleading, except in so far as it determines the minimum liability.
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The accumulated fund represents the nominal value of the net assets of the Law Society valued at historic cost.
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The box, with a nominal value of £5, was for the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow trust.
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The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.
snob value/appeal
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And of course there is the sheer snob appeal of being able to avoid the herd.
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These berries even have snob appeal.
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Three university researchers say they now have a surprising answer: snob appeal.
take sth at face value
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The newspapers have taken this propaganda at face value, without questioning it.
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And he no longer took things at face value.
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Because Kate, for all her faults real and imagined, was the only person ever to take him at face value.
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But now, a hundred years on, certain factions persist in taking it at face value.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He valued Lucille's honesty.
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He works for an antique firm, valuing furniture.
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The builder valued the work already done at $400.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A major problem in valuing the volunteer market in sport is that no accepted shadow wage rate is used.
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Another way to value the use of a car for personal purposes is the cents-per-mile valuation method.
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But AEs who could hard sell were still valued the most in the firm.
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Folks in Montana tend to value their privacy, to the point that minding your own business is considered a virtue.
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He valued the individual as a person and was patient with those who did not share this view.
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The licensed chemist property portfolio was valued at the year end by Chesterton.
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The new managers had to learn how to think, feel, and value as managers instead of as individual contributors.
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Young people who meet the standards earn nationally recognized credentials that employers value .