adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an interesting/fascinating subject
▪ Fame is a fascinating subject.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ They seemed to find the place as fascinating as we did, luckily.
▪ The real events, though, are just as fascinating.
▪ The search for details of buildings now gone is as fascinating as that of the discovery of features of those that remain.
▪ Nige is as fascinating as the average chap in the pub!
▪ This unseen woman was almost as fascinating to Cleo as Jeopardy himself.
most
▪ But possibly the most fascinating of Kumana's birds nests on the water itself.
▪ Perhaps one of the most fascinating places is Melton Constable in north Norfolk.
▪ For some, this is the most fascinating aspect of the game.
▪ Yet it is a most fascinating book.
▪ Sunday will be kept free for you to enjoy the sights of one of the world's most fascinating cities.
▪ And perhaps of all the elements that can be used in a garden, water is the most fascinating.
▪ Mr and Mrs Lugt were to put together one of the most fascinating collections of the next sixty years.
▪ The earliest building is a mid-nineteenth-century workhouse and the most fascinating is the rotunda ward block, built in 1885.
quite
▪ The list of possible differences is quite fascinating.
▪ I found the authors' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating.
▪ As an extreme example of the Breakthrough Phenomenon, the scourge of hi-jacking is quite fascinating.
▪ Your issue today is quite fascinating.
so
▪ What was it about the station that was so fascinating?
▪ It was easy to understand why Jenny found him so fascinating.
▪ This is what is so fascinating about playing with them.
▪ What was so fascinating about him that they had to make themselves a nuisance around him?
▪ Yet this love, so compelling, so fascinating as it grew despite everything, had been leading to destruction.
▪ What is so fascinating is that maybe the medieval artists were just as ignorant of Latin.
▪ First, it's hard to stop oneself looking at the scene, it's so fascinating.
■ NOUN
aspect
▪ For some, this is the most fascinating aspect of the game.
▪ Perception is the most tricky and the most fascinating aspect of the mind.
city
▪ The afternoon is then yours to explore this fascinating city.
▪ Salzburg is a fascinating city too, and the guided tour is by far the best way to get your initial bearings.
▪ By contrast, San Francisco was a fascinating city of charm and not a little culture.
▪ Sunday will be kept free for you to enjoy the sights of one of the world's most fascinating cities.
▪ And a morning was not nearly long enough to explore the friendly and fascinating city.
collection
▪ A fascinating collection of historical toys, books and costumes, appealing to both adults and children.
▪ Just a fraction of the fascinating collection sold by Christie's.
▪ This consists of a fascinating collection of rural bygones, as well as a complete cobbler's shop and wheelwright's.
▪ Mr and Mrs Lugt were to put together one of the most fascinating collections of the next sixty years.
glimpse
▪ This approach also gives us fascinating glimpses of the fallibility of great scientists.
insight
▪ The inviolable Gedge formed character traits as a child that give a fascinating insight into his later life.
▪ Irrespective of their original function, these historical documents now provide us with many fascinating insights into the way we were.
▪ A visitor centre provides a fascinating insight into this traditional farming method.
▪ Nevertheless, it does contain much revealing information about operatic fees and fascinating insights into the negotiations that surrounded them.
▪ A special collection of local memorabilia offer a fascinating insight into Nottingham's industrial heritage.
▪ It offers fascinating insight into the history of machine as well as hand made lace.
▪ The world's only Museum of Mazes gives a fascinating insight into their 5000 year history.
▪ The Pople conference of 1990 produced some fascinating insights into current work.
place
▪ Without your support many fascinating places would otherwise be lost for present and future generations to enjoy.
▪ Perhaps one of the most fascinating places is Melton Constable in north Norfolk.
▪ Paris is a fascinating place, one of the best in the world, and it is frightening New York a lot.
▪ It was a fascinating place, of course.
▪ However, Ingleborough has much more than just an impressive outline; geologically it is a fascinating place.
▪ This is why convents are such fascinating places.
▪ Malham Tarn is a fascinating place.
reading
▪ He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner.
▪ Its Report was published in 1867 and makes fascinating reading.
▪ And, whether you are at the communication source or its destination, this book proves fascinating reading.
▪ After much debate and fascinating reading, the panel drew up its final list of the first set of National Certificate prizewinners.
▪ SemperFidelis I found the roundtable on fidelity fascinating reading, but intensely depressing as well.
▪ Those invited to lecture at Cambridge represented all types of prophets and the collection makes fascinating reading.
▪ The editorial panel's interview with Sir Jeremy Morse made fascinating reading in February.
▪ The Commissioners' annual reports make fascinating reading.
story
▪ Borwick has a ghost and many fascinating stories and traditions.
▪ These old Lincolnshire farmhouses, especially the derelict ones, tell a fascinating story of farming life in more ancient times.
▪ Now you have the opportunity to visit the National Horseracing Museum to explore this fascinating story.
▪ It is an exciting and fascinating story and one which the visitor to excavated Pompeii seems to re-live.
subject
▪ Why this has happened I am not competent to say, but it could be a fruitful and fascinating subject for research.
▪ Why we eat what we do and how much we eat of any particular food is a fascinating subject.
▪ Then I began on custom and practice - a fascinating subject, because so much depends on precedent rather than formal agreements.
▪ Heraldry is a fascinating subject, one to which aviation enthusiasts are naturally drawn.
▪ For some, the Krays have become a fascinating subject.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make (for) interesting/fascinating/compelling etc reading
▪ A glance at the provisions of the Convention makes interesting reading.
▪ He also has a collection of Rentokil news letters going back to his early days which made for fascinating reading after dinner.
▪ His observations may make interesting reading.
▪ In the context of the £33 million earmarked for 20 City Technology Colleges, that figure makes interesting reading.
▪ Its Report was published in 1867 and makes fascinating reading.
▪ The guidance, when it appears, should make interesting reading.
▪ The report I commissioned on you makes for interesting reading.
▪ This, unlike the first one, makes interesting reading, and is referred to continually.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a fascinating woman
▪ Alice Thornton's autobiography provides a fascinating account of family life in seventeenth-century England.
▪ It's fascinating to imagine what might have happened if the US had stayed out of World War II.
▪ It was a fascinating painting, with clever use of colour and light.
▪ It was easy to understand why Denise found Chris so fascinating.
▪ London is one of the most exciting and fascinating cities in the world.
▪ Nathan Bryce was the most handsome, fascinating, and ruthless man she had ever met.
▪ Singapore's exotic mix of cultures - mostly Chinese, Indian, and Malay - makes it a fascinating holiday destination.
▪ The programme focuses on the fascinating story of Mary Shelley, the woman who, at just 18, wrote the horror masterpiece Frankenstein.
▪ The Scottish Craft Centre has a fascinating range of pottery, jewellery and textiles for sale.
▪ We went round Chesmore Zoo the other day and found it fascinating.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even so, when applied to yesterday's polls the program yields fascinating - not to say hair-raising - results.
▪ More important, she found it fascinating to put Monsieur de Levantiére's advice into practice.
▪ Nevertheless, this remains a fascinating recital.
▪ On the other hand, it was certainly a fascinating building.
▪ The afternoon is then yours to explore this fascinating city.
▪ The farmhouse is a welcoming, fascinating building in which past and present happily coexist.
▪ The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect.