noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
confined to...wheelchair
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Vaughan is confined to a wheelchair .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electric
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The £30,000 will buy electric wheelchairs and tricycles to help disabled people shop in the Grange Road area.
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It was sufficiently central that I could get to my university department or the College in my electric wheelchair .
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Designed by the company's engineering staff the coach has electric lifts, wheelchair locks, a non-slip floor and toilet.
■ NOUN
access
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Perhaps we should be asking our local authorities to install wheelchair access gates in place of ordinary kissing gates wherever possible.
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Together they provide about 60 percent of the housing for single people and almost a quarter of all wheelchair access dwellings.
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A wheelchair access lift is installed at the front of the theatre from street level to foyer stalls level.
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Disabled visitors are very welcome, there is good wheelchair access to most exhibits and facilities.
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The Cinema has limited wheelchair access , and people with disabilities should contact the House Manager in advance.
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High Roding Cricket Club, £7,500, to extend the club premises and provide wheelchair access .
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Supervised wheelchair access possible via a church side entrance.
user
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Today, wheelchair users are trying to raise awareness of how difficult it is to get around.
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Despite her handicap Dorothy, of Chandlers' Ford, Hants, campaigns for improved access for wheelchair users .
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The track can be used by horse riders. walkers, naturalists, birdwatchers, wheelchair users , cyclists and children.
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Using a blueprint drawn up by student Kate Williams, the group are digging a pond with viewing platforms for wheelchair users .
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Possibilities for wheelchair users wanting to enjoy more challenging routes do exist.
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Trains operating on the TransPennine route have space for a wheelchair user , and specially designed toilet facilities.
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So for wheelchair users it's definitely slower by rail.
■ VERB
confine
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Pauline Paul was confined to a wheelchair as calcium drained from her bones.
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He was confined to a wheelchair after that, and the confinement contributed to the diminishing of his body and spirit.
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She was discharged from hospital and went home, but was confined to a wheelchair , as she could not walk.
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Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this.
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She is confined to a wheelchair and her sight is badly impaired.
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It developed into rheumatoid arthritis, but being confined to a wheelchair didn't stop Jackie marrying and bringing up three children.
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In February this year, the pain grew so much that she was confined to a wheelchair .
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The Londoner was paralysed and is confined to a wheelchair .
push
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If you'd stuck your head out to give me covering fire you wouldn't be pushing this wheelchair .
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I am the driver and pusher but have had a hip replacement which restricts the distance that I can push the wheelchair .
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Has he ever tried to push a wheelchair and try it for himself?
sit
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Old Jack had declined to take his darts and sat sullenly in his wheelchair .
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On a recent morning, Melanie sat in her wheelchair at the peg table, getting oxygen while she played.
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A few yards away, a crippled rasta sits in his wheelchair , killing time.
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Gaston de Rochefort sat in his wheelchair by the fireplace.
sitting
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Jennifer, in a blue tracksuit that showed off her blonde hair to perfection, was sitting in her wheelchair .
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A dummy made of a diving suit, sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped with cloth was stuck with safety pins.
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He is sitting in his wheelchair and smiling at the camera.
use
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And she got out of breath so easily, she had to use a wheelchair .
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At Camden Yards stadium, they designed the 400 foldaway seats allowing fans to use either wheelchairs or regular seats.
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She's now able to walk around the house although outside she has to use a wheelchair .
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Ruhl said she must use a wheelchair because of a medical condition, which restricts her from cleaning.
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Access - Pegasus and its facilities are fully accessible for people who use wheelchairs .
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He uses a wheelchair and he is a virgin late into life.
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Mr C, 57, who has multiple sclerosis now uses a wheelchair .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite being restricted to a wheelchair he retains his cheerfulness and was always at Hove when Sussex played Warwickshire.
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Funds are also needed to provide wheelchairs and synthesizers.
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He gingerly lifted himself out of the wheelchair .
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He lolls back against the wheelchair .
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His wheelchair and other equipment, purchased from donations to the rehab center, cost $ 1, 175.
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One night a man showed up in a wheelchair .
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Paul is handcuffed to the wheelchair .