noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flower arrangement
▪ She produced dried flower arrangements for sale.
by prior arrangement
▪ Visitors can tour the burial tombs by prior arrangement.
seating plan/arrangements
▪ the seating plan for the wedding dinner
security measures/arrangements
▪ Residents have been warned to take extra security measures following a spate of burglaries.
travel arrangements
▪ I still have to make all the travel arrangements.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
▪ The second is to be prepared to try to meet the objections of those affected by alternative arrangements.
▪ Such a plan can include courses on campus or at universities, or alternative learning arrangements.
▪ What we see, however, are different forms of organization, alternative institutional arrangements.
▪ Where other levels of work are being done they will be given up as soon as satisfactory alternative arrangements can be made.
▪ One priority is access to the toilet, or alternative toilet arrangements.
▪ As an alternative to 100% ownership and control, what about alternative arrangements such as a partnership or joint venture?
▪ If there is any doubt about this, please contact me to discuss alternative arrangements.
▪ Failure of crops and transportation delays must be foreseen and alternative arrangements made quickly and efficiently.
constitutional
▪ What is clear is that current constitutional arrangements do suit an authoritarian government well.
▪ He also expressed optimism that an acceptable constitutional arrangement could be agreed which would obviate the need for Quebec to seek independence.
▪ Here, the difficulty revolves around the different constitutional arrangements operative in the two jurisdictions being compared.
▪ The treaties have the potential to change our constitutional arrangements and the powers of Parliament.
▪ The only form of constitutional arrangements which socialist states took seriously after 1917 were formulas for national federation and autonomy.
▪ The great merit of our constitutional arrangements is that they have developed cautiously and case by case.
▪ Mr. Lang My hon. Friend identifies part of the problem which those who favour changes in the constitutional arrangements should address.
▪ The constitutional and organizational arrangements filter the interests of state personnel towards the long-run interests of the capitalists.
existing
▪ Director of Social Services, Bill Bulpin said existing arrangements were inadequate, however.
▪ He argued that our existing governmental arrangements are inimical to forging a sense of fraternity.
▪ The existing arrangements of asking for police assistance when the presence of weapons is suspected are considered to be quite adequate.
▪ The existing arrangements are well established.
▪ The attention of the council was drawn to an anomaly in the existing arrangements for patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
▪ Turning now to benefit payments, marriage can, in some cases, affect existing arrangements.
▪ Some of these, like the reforms in the royal Household, were largely a matter of tidying up existing arrangements.
▪ The existing pension arrangements will continue for a transitional period.
financial
▪ Competition is keen and candidates must offer a minimum of an upper second class honours degree together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements.
▪ The latest sale is contingent on to Dallas-based Empire completing financial arrangement, Ladd said.
▪ Whether the vendors' financial arrangements present any structuring opportunities?
▪ Johnston said the contract was exploitative and restrictive, with the financial arrangements much less lucrative than she'd expected.
▪ However, even at this stage the reader will appreciate that global banking is now an established feature of international financial arrangements.
▪ McGann, it seems, is opting for the financial arrangement / power axis model of marriage.
▪ No method of working, system of cropping or financial arrangement is sacred or unalterable.
▪ The financial arrangements are all in order, Samuel.
institutional
▪ What we see, however, are different forms of organization, alternative institutional arrangements.
▪ Chapter 8 will examine forms of institutional arrangements regarding such matters as executive-legislative relations, party system, and citizen democracy.
▪ Various institutional arrangements both support and reproduce cooperation such as continuous consultation with the union and the practice of delegated decision-making.
▪ This principle alone required institutional arrangements, regulation and supervision.
▪ Evidence of closer and longer-term institutional arrangements between business interests and local government at this time is far more limited.
▪ The scheme is designed to further personal development and to encourage reflection on institutional arrangements.
▪ Consequently, the best institutional arrangement to use depends on the nature of the transaction.
▪ It is impossible to make any such comparison without knowing what the institutional arrangements of the system would be.
living
▪ But I wish he'd civilize his living arrangements.
▪ While hardly ideal, our living arrangements were suitably ascetic, and conducive to inner preparation.
▪ Also information about vocational functioning and living arrangements was gathered by interview.
▪ In doing so they will not only be dealing with grief and loss, but also rethinking their own daily living arrangements.
▪ Among the refugee communities, new forms of collective living arrangements have been organized.
▪ Separate living arrangements for the couple are under negotiation, according to a newspaper report.
necessary
▪ The diplomats were merely called upon to make the necessary arrangements.
▪ Our Priest agreed, and the necessary arrangements were made for the boy's adoption and transfer to Eire.
▪ The council made many of the necessary arrangements for the changeover and told pupils which schools they would be going to.
▪ Brook will also make all the necessary arrangements for its young clients to obtain abortions.
▪ They will also attend to all necessary arrangements and papers.
▪ Just call at your branch who will make the necessary arrangements.
▪ Decisions must be reached regarding the type of activity and all necessary arrangements made.
▪ We shall make the necessary arrangements to meet with you in due course.
new
▪ This will probably be one of the flash points as the new joint arrangements for assessment and care management become established.
▪ Some people place stickers with the new key arrangement over the standard lettering.
▪ The early deadline gave little time for meetings and collaborative effort, or a very considered response to the new timetabling arrangements.
▪ The new arrangement caused much criticism of the administrative board members, who maintained a discreet silence.
▪ It introduces new arrangements for degree-awarding powers and for achieving university status.
▪ Companies aide still trying to find how best to describe these new work arrangements for people.
▪ He owns an international credit-card company in London. New to travel arrangements?
▪ Better still, customers took well to the new arrangement.
other
▪ I have vetoed other business arrangements you have cooked up - nothing new about that!
▪ Various other questions concerning arrangements here in the house during my absence will need to be settled.
▪ If an Assembly were given tax-raising powers, how would that fit in with the other fiscal arrangements?
▪ Relationship to other instruments Finally, three Articles of the Convention deal with other international arrangements which may be used.
▪ In other triangles are arrangements of triple peltae and series of small, filled, superposed triangles.
▪ This will involve the sending of rejection letters or invitations to interview detailing time, place and other arrangements.
▪ The Deputy Fuhrer had made other arrangements, it seems.
▪ She let Herbert know, and he cabled her to cancel all other arrangements and catch the next ship back.
present
▪ Simply that you need to be aware of all the various factors before opting out of your present arrangements.
▪ Some one had to overturn the present political arrangements in the Limousin if he was ever to lay his hands on Hautefort.
▪ Even if you are confident that your present arrangements are adequate can you be sure that nothing has been overlooked?
▪ It is clear that the present arrangements will not survive.
▪ Thus, the present arrangements are working reasonably well.
▪ It is the Tribunal's view that the present arrangements regarding Shift Allowance etc. should apply. 2.
▪ It rejected evidence from government witnesses that present management arrangements were working well and has called for a radical reorganization.
▪ They may recommend a structure based on unitary authorities or the present two-tier arrangements.
prior
▪ Light snacks or full catering by prior arrangement for party bookings.
▪ House rules: Limited smoking; pets permitted by prior arrangement and $ 10 charge.
▪ Vegetarian meals are provided by prior arrangement.
▪ Although many of these transactions and services already occur electronically, they require dedicated lines or prior arrangements.
▪ A four-course dinner is available, by prior arrangement.
▪ This procedure will be run once in any 24 hour period, unless special prior arrangements have been made.
▪ Back stage tours by prior arrangement.
▪ Evening meals are by prior arrangement only, and generally Marypen likes to cook for her guests three times a week.
similar
▪ The proximity, both geographically and chronologically, of such similar structural arrangements is, clearly, very significant.
▪ All school systems are going to have to make similar innovative arrangements if school-to-work programs are to have a future.
▪ A similar bizarre arrangement occurs in all the chapters.
▪ J., where a similar arrangement allegedly occurred.
▪ Private sector organisations have had difficulty making similar arrangements work effectively.
▪ The Super Bowl in Minneapolis had similar arrangements.
▪ Wishing to capitalise on this success, Langan suggested a similar arrangement in Los Angeles.
social
▪ Scientific analysis of society was considered an essential preliminary to the effective reform of social and political arrangements.
▪ Social contracts are strictly hypothetical-no one has ever actually signed one-but they provide a useful way of thinking about social arrangements.
▪ Although social arrangements constrain and control us, they are still constructed and reproduced by human action.
▪ One view is that the highest value in social arrangements is individual freedom of action.
▪ However, in terms of social arrangements, you are not too far off the track.
▪ Is that the social arrangement we really want?
▪ The legitimate pursuit of competing interests can balance and preserve social and organisational arrangements.
▪ Something was wrong with the family, the economy, social arrangements, even religious competition.
special
▪ A number depend upon special arrangements with one or more local schools, in either the state or the independent sector.
▪ She went so far as to make special transportation arrangements for some students to stay after school to finish their assignments.
▪ As in teaching by example, special arrangements do not need to be made for individual supervision.
▪ Within the deceptively small establishment are numerous and unique fresh flower arrangements, from small desktop bouquets to massive special occasion arrangements.
▪ Apart from watching two ex-music pupils shine Mr Livingstone will hear some of his special arrangements for the choir performed.
▪ Appendix 1 species are banned from all international trade, except where special licensing arrangements apply.
▪ This procedure will be run once in any 24 hour period, unless special prior arrangements have been made.
▪ In Bolton the education authority made special arrangements for clients with a learning difficulty to go to local colleges.
voluntary
▪ The Financial Statement was a voluntary arrangement, which aimed to avoid court action.
▪ Firstly, why should a voluntary arrangement have to mimic an Administration Order?
▪ If a voluntary arrangement has been proposed or is in force, this must also be stated.
▪ Note that a s34 order can not be made in respect of a child accommodated by a local authority under a voluntary arrangement.
▪ If a voluntary arrangement is anticipated, the recommendation should be as open as possible.
▪ The Brewers Society code which is a voluntary arrangement says tenants should be paid compensation if their tenancy is terminated.
▪ That legislation was the Medicines Act 1968 which made statutory the previously voluntary arrangements.
■ NOUN
flower
▪ The next day, she was in church at Farnham Road, doing flower arrangements for a wedding.
▪ Some flower arrangements, valued at more than $ 100, were placed near the rock.
▪ Alexander demonstrates simple flower arrangements for table centerpieces, holiday centerpieces and silk flowers.
▪ The flower arrangement from the Society is beautiful and will give pleasure and remembrance for a long time.
▪ Within the deceptively small establishment are numerous and unique fresh flower arrangements, from small desktop bouquets to massive special occasion arrangements.
▪ Why not use some of them to make a lovely flower arrangement.
▪ I delivered plastic flower arrangements to pubs.
pension
▪ His benefit package may include the payment of school fees for his children and the continuation of pension arrangements.
▪ Obviously, the purpose is to ensure that the best possible pensions arrangements are reached.
▪ Some people, therefore, need make no changes to their pension arrangements.
▪ House and car provided as well as salary, expenses and appropriate pension arrangements.
▪ It is for employers to set up suitable pension arrangements for their employees.
▪ In December I learned my pension arrangements had turned to dust.
▪ And the pension arrangements are remarkably good.
▪ What is the point of meeting to discuss pension arrangements when Hon. Members are deciding what the pension arrangements are to be?
security
▪ She caused upset by demanding that her own bodyguards handle security arrangements during the ceremony, a request that was flatly refused.
▪ Related issues include the security arrangements necessary to prevent future hostilities between the two countries.
▪ But the prison says it's satisfied with its security arrangements.
▪ It also argued for collective security arrangements as a means of building confidence and security in the region.
▪ Patrick escaped from the party on the excuse that he needed to check up on some security arrangements.
▪ In effect, however, it can not continue to exclude non-Arab states from the security arrangements it hopes to create.
▪ Nation states could only coexist peaceably if a strong collective security arrangement were respected by all.
travel
▪ Much to my surprise she agreed, on condition that we had separate rooms and made our own travel arrangements.
▪ Third, get yourself some travel arrangements and plane tickets.
▪ The travel arrangements were efficient and comfortable; the Hotel Tatry was first rate and we had a room with matchless views.
▪ Cook rationalized and simplified travel arrangements with his innovations.
▪ If you have any queries about the travel arrangements Betty Syrett or Hilda Hewitt will be happy to advise you. 7.
▪ Confusion causes problems in any travel arrangements Wednesday.
▪ This will help our local Representative to quickly resolve any query you may have about your travel arrangements.
▪ The inclusive tour, in which every item of travel arrangement was paid for in advance, was Thomas Cook's invention.
■ VERB
agree
▪ Only Diana's deep sense of patriotic duty made her agree to the arrangement, it told its readers.
▪ A minority-owned bank had agreed to the arrangements and several nonprofit housing sponsors were lined up to participate in the program.
▪ I am glad to say that the Council of Mortgage Lenders has agreed to such an arrangement.
▪ In late 1989, he agreed to an interim arrangement that was extended to two years.
discuss
▪ She then shows me the various x-rays, and we discuss the discharge arrangements.
▪ It is also possible to discuss arrangements with the funeral directors in advance - requests will be lodged with the company.
▪ Their function was to discuss arrangements for forthcoming events, such as trips, holiday arrangements, structured activities, and so on.
▪ What is the point of meeting to discuss pension arrangements when Hon. Members are deciding what the pension arrangements are to be?
▪ She discussed the arrangements with me not long before she died.
▪ If there is any doubt about this, please contact me to discuss alternative arrangements.
make
▪ Wonder if this might be right moment to make arrangements for my own.
▪ All school systems are going to have to make similar innovative arrangements if school-to-work programs are to have a future.
▪ He decided to fill in the day by making arrangements for his departure from the city.
▪ We made arrangements to give several talks as a way of paying some of our expenses.
▪ I'd make my own arrangements.
▪ They made no formal arrangements, but he wanted her to move in with him.
▪ Buyers need to tell some one close to them they have made the arrangements, otherwise the policy will be worthless.
▪ But they successfully made all the essential arrangements.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
living arrangements
▪ Also information about vocational functioning and living arrangements was gathered by interview.
▪ But I wish he'd civilize his living arrangements.
▪ In doing so they will not only be dealing with grief and loss, but also rethinking their own daily living arrangements.
▪ It was unclear Thursday whether there would be any change in Sun Bonds' living arrangements.
▪ Kelly moved him to another school for a year before her living arrangements required her to put him back in West University.
▪ Make sure your children feel involved Children should be consulted about living arrangements, not just presented with an ultimatum.
▪ Unfortunately for many of those affected, the amount provided was not nearly enough to pay for more expensive living arrangements.
▪ While hardly ideal, our living arrangements were suitably ascetic, and conducive to inner preparation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A small flower arrangement on the kitchen table can brighten up the room.
▪ Our chef was never happy until the arrangement of vegetables on each plate was just right.
▪ seating arrangements
▪ The clinics provide an opportunity for cooperative arrangements between health departments and academic centers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A number depend upon special arrangements with one or more local schools, in either the state or the independent sector.
▪ Security arrangements for the opening of mail etc have to be made watertight.
▪ Somehow she managed to get across that she would be in Exeter tomorrow morning as soon as she could make arrangements.
▪ Things took their course and all the arrangements for the wedding were made.
▪ This procedure will be reviewed and evaluated and may be amended when the arrangements for future sessions are established.
▪ Was it the pattern of politics or the future of Britain's trading arrangements which he wished primarily to influence?
▪ When both of us were back the new arrangements would come into full working.
▪ Within the deceptively small establishment are numerous and unique fresh flower arrangements, from small desktop bouquets to massive special occasion arrangements.