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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
tilt
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But Woodhead's art was to tilt at windmills .
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Commitment and dedication remained, but tilting at windmills had to stop.
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While the Hague event may seem to be an exercise in tilting at windmills , the opposite may also be true.
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Gloriously but illogically they rode off to tilt at another windmill .
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For the past 12 years the Government have behaved like latter day Don Quixotes tilting at windmills and all the other renewables.
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I felt that just by being there I was tilting at windmills .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tilt at windmills
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Manning admits he was tilting at windmills in trying to change the nation's prison system.
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But Woodhead's art was to tilt at windmills.
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Commitment and dedication remained, but tilting at windmills had to stop.
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For the past 12 years the Government have behaved like latter day Don Quixotes tilting at windmills and all the other renewables.
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I felt that just by being there I was tilting at windmills.
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While the Hague event may seem to be an exercise in tilting at windmills, the opposite may also be true.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For centuries, traditional windmills harnessed the wind to drive machinery for grinding wheat into flour.
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However, Cauldron Barn Farm, inland on a ridge by the former windmill , survives.
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In fact, the windmill provided too much power.
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In some areas he could plant his land with windmills.
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The subsidies will cover up to 40 percent of installation costs of new windmills.
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There was only one low hill in sight, and this had an old, disused windmill on it.
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Today, modern versions of windmills, called wind turbines, are used to create electricity.