adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a younger brother
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Do you have any younger brothers?
a younger sister
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Mary showed a lot of aggressive behaviour towards her younger sister.
the younger generation
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The party needs to make its policies appeal to the younger generation too.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
even
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They are surprisingly early maturing: like the Jersey, they have been known to calve even younger than two years old.
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A casual observer on Van Ness the other day saw even younger adults have difficulty.
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Some of them were even younger than he.
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Boyish looking, many people thought, and looking even younger than the twenty-nine she admitted to.
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A young white-coated medico was called in, with an even younger sidekick to carry his bag, and a lady interpreter.
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Her pregnancy made her look even younger , more childish.
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Budding Beckers and Grafs start gaining skills from around the age of five or six - sometimes even younger .
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Leyland was even younger than she, or perhaps he only seemed to be.
much
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He didn't seem to care that Nick was so much younger than he was.
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And when he said it he seemed much younger than he was.
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On top we met a few much younger E types.
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That morning he stretched his back and sipped black coffee and enjoyed the sudden, urgent peristalsis of a much younger man.
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However, much younger and very tender spring lamb traditionally comes into the shops for the Easter weekend.
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The latest one, though older, looks much younger than her age.
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Isabel looked up at him quickly, startled anew as she realised he was much younger than she'd first supposed.
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She pulled me down next to her on the couch, partially cradling me as if I were a much younger child.
■ NOUN
age
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There are a number of species generally similar to this one in rocks of Cretaceous and younger age .
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The rise in violence is most dramatic in younger age groups.
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It appears that for acute health problems older people are little different, in terms of prevalence, from younger age groups.
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Species resembling this one in general shape are met with in rocks of Cretaceous and younger age .
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Is the debate about reducing waiting lists less relevant to the medical care needs of older people than the younger age groups?
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In marked contrast to this fall amongst younger age groups, the number of retired people had increased by 39 percent.
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Unlike younger age groups those over retirement age are usually actual home owners as opposed to holding a mortgage.
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This was little different from the responses provided by younger age groups.
brother
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My younger brother is holding my left hand but he is only vaguely present, shadowy.
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As the older daughter in a family of nine children, she had tried it on her younger brothers without much success.
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Not for him the path of apprenticeship followed by his two younger brothers - at least, not quite.
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He has a younger brother , Bobby Mariucci, who lives in Stockton.
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His younger brother , Frank Bradshaw, was best in the intermediate schoolboy class.
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She had to quit school in the seventh grade to care for her sickly younger brothers .
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Alfred, Hugh's younger brother , who helps Captain Jorgan to solve the mystery about his late father's life-savings.
child
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Many secondary pupils are likely to be more aware than younger children of their cultural and religious frames of reference.
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These students often prefer the company of younger children .
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Rules are flexible for younger children .
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It took nearly two years to get through the formalities for the younger child .
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In primary schools for younger children , the figure is 82%.
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Even if they wish to, younger children can not make adult-like judgments about Lying.
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There'd been a chorus of objection then and a flat refusal from Becky to stay with the younger children .
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It is clear that younger children believe in the need for severe punishment.
daughter
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Actually standing beside him was Matthew's younger daughter Clare.
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In a photograph taken at Wareham, her two younger daughters stand with their backs to the ocean.
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On 9 July 1877 Matcham married Robinson's younger daughter Maria, by whom he had two daughters.
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I brooded that my younger daughter was so messy that no one in her right mind would willingly room with her.
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But on the following morning his feelings towards his younger daughter were neither tender nor amused.
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She knew the determined stamp of her younger daughter , but there was also a heavier tread.
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She's my younger daughter and she was born over eighteen years ago.
days
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In her younger days Elizabeth was a passionate girl.
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It confirms that Storni, even in her younger days , was aware of the distinction between life and art.
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She looked like the women of his younger days who had adorned the packs of nude playing cards.
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I have cared about them intensely in my younger days .
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You see, in my younger days I wanted to make a lot of money.
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There was also a photo of some one I took to be Mr Campbell in his younger days .
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Having been an actor in his younger days , Dectes appreciated what he called court drama.
generation
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The younger generation had taken over the reins.
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The maker of hair-care and other personal-care products recently completed its first year under a younger generation of family managers.
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Today, however, especially among the younger generation , we see a very different set of attitudes in western countries.
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Basic compassion, not just for the old but for the younger generation too, lies at the heart of this idea.
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The younger generation did seem less committed to the politics of the street demonstration and the illegal parade.
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As gay men grow older they have little to connect them to the vibrancy and hope of a younger generation .
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For the younger generation the marriage problem is one of choice.
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Gutfreund openly criticized what he considered the overweening greed of the younger generation .
girl
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In one survey, 83 percent of the younger girls never, used contraception or used it sporadically.
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I took the younger girls and a young boy, and we stayed down there to see what was going to happen.
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Children were born at Little Gidding, and the four younger girls all eventually married clergymen.
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The tournament was won by Zsuzsa, and the two younger girls also finished in the leading group.
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For younger girls , lower values are appropriate.
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She also seems to think some of the younger girls in the office have no right to thoughts of their own.
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In that sense the younger girls were favoured.
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A few of the younger girls , new to their beat, looked at him with interest.
man
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Hermite was a distinguished mathematician who was well-known for his generosity to younger men .
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His kick-it must have been a hard one-caught the younger man on the shin, drawing a painful screech out of him.
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The younger man has adopted a contemporary hairstyle, while his older companion is portrayed in the traditional Republican style.
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It could have been an older man or a younger man or a woman.
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The younger man was immediately all confusion, like a girl.
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Although they followed the diet as well as younger men , they lost only two-thirds as much weight.
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Then she linked up again with an artistic group and met Steve, a younger man who depended on her a good deal.
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Suddenly, she felt the younger man push her down on to her back, and lift her legs high.
member
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Any revolutionary aspirations of the younger members are centred on gaining work and admittance to the mainstream of ordinary life.
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This does not mean that the younger members of the underclass pose no threat to public order.
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Consequently, he had no time for the younger members of the family.
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Some of the younger members of the faculty of divinity were angry.
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Consequently these questions have rarely been put to younger members of society.
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Her knowledge of the stage and music was always at the disposal of younger members .
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Out-migrants from rural areas are predominantly the younger members of the adult population.
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There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community, and a football and cricket pitch.
ones
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The older age-groups were somewhat less likely than the younger ones to have an occupational pension.
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Older respondents tend to state their replies in honorifics; younger ones are less reverential.
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The younger ones , tellingly, are closer to the disc.
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I say this especially to the younger ones .
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Face despised face, the older ones moving in front of the younger ones, the weaker ones giving way to the stronger ones.
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The younger ones are more gaudy and of course a better size for aquariums.
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Mostly they died of shock, particularly the younger ones , so it was a bonus when one recovered.
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Children of age could go out bike-riding, the younger ones played in the yard.
patient
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Two pouches failed because of ischaemia but the clinical results in the remaining seven patients are indistinguishable from younger patients in the series.
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This usually occurs in younger patients .
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Thus it should not be assumed that older patients with ulcerative colitis have weaker sphincters than younger patients.
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To help her recovery, she was referred to a specialist rehabilitation centre for younger patients .
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Ascites should be treated with diuretics, although the elderly tolerate marked shifts in fluid and electrolytes less well than younger patients .
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The functional outcome in patients over 50 was slightly but not significantly inferior to the outcome in the younger patients.
people
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It can even be encountered by younger people - as a glance at job advertisements will show.
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There are a number of causes for this problem in younger people , including defects in the structure of the heart.
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Ageism is not just about prejudices towards older people; it can affect younger people , too.
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Mostly younger people were wearing weapons, and the adults were concerned about the danger and got them to return the guns.
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You see it everywhere and not just on younger people .
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About 70 percent of those elderly persons living with younger people are severely disabled.
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But the campaigns have been very amateurish and low-key and many of the younger people are not interested.
player
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If numbers continue to increase it is hoped to institute a training Wind Band for younger players .
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He had wanted some younger players in the field, where they could learn and develop.
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Afterwards he told me that one or two of the younger players in the orchestra had never played the overture before.
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They had the opportunity to ask younger players .
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Half-a-dozen younger players could be on the fringe before long.
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After all, he's Jeff Bagwell and to the younger players in the Astros' clubhouse that means something.
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The pull down menus make the game easy to play and the smooth animation help keep the interest of younger players .
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When he was a younger player , we tried to get him to throw it easier.
sister
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Next came his three younger sisters whom he began to terrorise - biting, kicking and scratching them.
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His parents were ordinary working people, and he had a perfectly nice younger sister .
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Michael's younger sister found him a fidget in church and thought it was fidgeting to excess.
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Brewer has a younger sister who pitches in, too.
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He knew also which town he came from and the existence of a younger sister .
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She was the glamorous, daring one-Muriel was the younger , timid, plump, solemn younger sister .
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Christine, he supposed, the younger sister .
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This was May Mayo, who with her younger sister .
son
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Sadlowski was the younger son who remi ded them of their own fathers.
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Young Basque men emigrated because no patrimony could by custom be divided, leaving younger sons to fend for themselves.
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The younger son came to visit her on Christmas Day the past two years.
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Then his example lured his elder son Bertrand to Tripoli in 1112, and his younger son Alphonse Jourdain there in 1147.
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Provision needed to be made for dowager widows, and for younger sons and for daughters, and perhaps for other persons.
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Some younger son from among Leicester's tenants, placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement.
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And the plight of even generously endowed younger sons like William Rufus and Eon of Penthièvre could arouse sympathy among their contemporaries.
woman
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It is socially acceptable for men to marry younger women , but not viceversa.
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The younger woman looked to me like a student.
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The clinic believes the new technique will particularly appeal to older men in second or third relationships with younger women .
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Sometimes the men hang about, especially around the younger women .
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This raises the question of whether exposure to higher oestradiol levels may contribute to more rapid development of disease in younger women .
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The younger women know that if they want to be with men, they have to leave us.
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Mammography is less accurate at detecting cancers in younger women .
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In the younger women , that fat has to do with survival of the species.
worker
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In general, they tend to be regarded as less productive, less adaptable and less dynamic than younger workers .
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Mature workers have a breadth of experience lacking in younger workers.
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Early retirement had also long been advocated as a means of cutting unemployment and of encouraging the promotion of younger workers .
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The system is overwhelmed by too many retirees and not enough younger workers to pay for their benefits.
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We're seeing the younger workers , the group of people they said could never be organised.
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However, research has shown that older people have less absenteeism, more job stability, and greater output than younger workers .
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These tend to be directed primarily towards younger workers and the short-term unemployed.
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The whole strategy works very well for younger workers with well documented training and experience.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb is not getting any younger
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At school, the younger children go home an hour before the rest.
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He is the most influential of the younger French photographers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A younger man, or a more aggressive one, might have accepted the need for confrontation.
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For this reason, campaigners like Rifkin are necessary, and younger scientists especially have a reluctant admiration for him.
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Frequently our younger engineers had leisure activities involving strenuous physical activity.
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He says the younger Symington is both a director and an investor in Melones Internacional.
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She knew the determined stamp of her younger daughter, but there was also a heavier tread.
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Suppleness helps to keep you looking younger too as you will be able to move and walk better in later years.
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There is much about cricket today that disturbs all of riper years and many who are much younger .
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They lack self-confidence and often choose to play with younger children whom they can dominate.