noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a birth certificate (=an official document showing when and where you were born)
an insurance certificate/a certificate of insurance
▪ The courts recognize the insurance certificate as evidence of being insured.
an insurance certificate/a certificate of insurance
▪ The courts recognize the insurance certificate as evidence of being insured.
birth certificate
death certificate
gift certificate
marriage certificate
medical certificate
MOT certificate
▪ an MOT certificate
Scottish Qualifications Certificate, the
stock certificate
test certificate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
medical
▪ Where the witness is ill it is advisable to send a medical certificate with the notice itself.
▪ Pilots over age 40 must renew the medical certificate required as a condition of licensing every two years.
▪ Remember, if you are sick for a second week, we shall require a medical certificate.
▪ The claimant should then submit medical certificates for the duration of their absence from work.
▪ Weekly benefits are paid at four weekly intervals, in arrears, following receipt of medical certificates.
▪ She even had a medical certificate to prove she was clean.
▪ If you're sick you have to get a medical certificate.
▪ If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate.
national
▪ Savings include cash, money in bank and building society accounts, national savings certificates and accounts, premium bonds and shares.
▪ Those who succeed receive a national certificate that signals their accomplishments to employers and that they can take from company to company.
▪ The remaining government funding requirement was met by sales of national savings certificates to the amount of 2.2 billion.
▪ Under this heading parents might go for a mixture of building society deposits or National Savings certificates.
▪ On selling his National Savings certificates, he would be paid by cheque and his bank deposit would increase.
▪ Sir Ron has put forward three models for a national certificate, including one he terms a baccalaureate.
practising
▪ Once admitted, the solicitor is required to maintain a practising certificate, for which a substantial annual fee is charged.
▪ Last November, reduced practising certificate fees for low-earning solicitors were introduced.
▪ One of their partners had unwittingly failed to renew his practising certificate.
▪ However small a member's practising income, certificate and professional indemnity insurance will still be needed.
▪ A major review was undertaken of the Society's regulatory functions including practising certificates, accountant's reports and investment business certificates.
▪ The Law Society could reciprocate with information on solicitors who had failed to renew their practising certificates.
▪ It was also suggested that solicitors should display their practising certificates and last accountant's report in their offices.
■ NOUN
birth
▪ On my birth certificate it states that I was born in Oban, which seems an unlikely place for the second coming.
▪ You have to get your birth certificate and whatever else is needed just as soon as, you can.
▪ Banks and building societies ask that children produce their birth certificate and proof of their parental address.
▪ Our selectors would do well to not pay too much attention to birth certificates.
▪ I've seen my birth certificate.
▪ No one without passports and birth certificates would be allowed in.
death
▪ The coroner issues the death certificate, usually ascribing death to a disease found during the post-mortem examination.
▪ There are no death certificates for these children.
▪ Information for the follow up study was collected by means of personal interviews, death certificates, and records from hospitals and nursing homes.
▪ How can I have a death certificate?
▪ He looked like a man who would sign a mean death certificate.
▪ She went immediately to the doctor who had signed the death certificate.
▪ They have searched for the death certificate.
▪ They could not know that John and Angela were still not officially dead, no death certificate having been issued.
gift
▪ Show him you are sensitive to his needs with a gift certificate to that utopia of contraptions, Sharper Image.
▪ Some readers sent department store gift certificates and money for food.
▪ That includes Harley-Davidson sunglasses, leather biker clothing, bottles of wine and gift certificates.
▪ Steve immediately sent Alice and her friend $ 50 gift certificates and long written apologies.
▪ Members in three units receive gift certificates for meeting their goal four consecutive weeks.
marriage
▪ It takes San Francisco marriage certificates for 1980 as its main data base.
▪ The Law Society will require evidence such as a marriage certificate, deed poll or statutory declaration.
▪ Your marriage certificate is a couple of pounds extra.
▪ No baptism has been traced, though his marriage certificate records him as the son of John Crockford, schoolmaster.
▪ We both believed that a marriage certificate wasn't that important.
▪ A marriage certificate in London and the telephone book had done the work for him.
▪ Spouses or newly-weds should carry a copy of their marriage certificate where passports and rickets are in different names.
▪ His birth certificate, however, casts doubts on the marriage certificate's claim that a Charles Downer was his father.
mot
▪ The milometer says 31,000 miles, but the last MOT certificate says 57,000 miles.
share
▪ Individual shareholders will continue to have their transactions settled through the existing Talisman system, which issues share certificates and transfer forms.
▪ Mortgages of shares are usually made by depositing the share certificate with the lender.
▪ They might ring up and ask why some of their share certificates had not arrived.
▪ Most related to delays in settlement and receipt of share certificates.
▪ A share certificate will contain two statements on which the company will know that reliance may be placed.
▪ Such a scheme will allow firms operating on the exchange to hold and transfer shares without the need for share certificates.
▪ The existing settlements systems, which involves banks, custodians, registrars, paper share certificates and so on is expensive by international standards.
test
▪ Proof that the motor vehicle required a test certificate is often overlooked.
■ VERB
apply
▪ How do I apply for a birth certificate?
▪ The best course is to apply for the relevant certificate at an early stage.
▪ This applies equally to certificates, diplomas, degrees or honours awards.
award
▪ In 1863 she was awarded a first-class certificate.
complete
▪ The family doctor who has attended the person must complete a certificate giving the cause of death.
gain
▪ In 1980, after a two-year course at the Chelmer Institute, he gained the certificate of social service.
get
▪ If the shares are held under a nominee name, the client will not get certificates at all.
▪ He says, First locate where the person died, get the death certificate, and then find the notary.
▪ You have to get your birth certificate and whatever else is needed just as soon as, you can.
▪ Next stop was the local police station to get another certificate to say that I had no previous convictions.
▪ In order to get along in a world which is controlled by outsiders and Westerners, you need to get that certificate.
▪ If you're sick you have to get a medical certificate.
▪ Maybe you can get me a certificate.
give
▪ People who paid credits were given certificates showing the amount actually paid.
▪ Wills gave this certificate, dated June 24, 1737, to Harrison as an official pat on the back.
▪ None of the fathers' job descriptions given on the birth certificate referred to work at a nuclear establishment.
▪ Besides, nobody has given me a certificate.
▪ For their success the staff were given a framed certificate, together with £100 to donate to the charity of their choice.
▪ We gave that other certificate away to some one else, but if you want to emigrate, we can get you another.
▪ It's worthwhile to give certificates on almost every conceivable occasion.
▪ Everybody sat around and ate, then listened as the coaches gave out letters and certificates.
grant
▪ He is not disqualified from taking part in refusing a certificate or in granting a certificate for other premises.
▪ Trial judges are not required to grant certificates where the conditions are met; they simply have power to grant certificates.
hold
▪ Mr Chance, who at one time owned a cruiser, holds an international helmsman certificate from the Royal Yachting Association.
▪ But some two dozen states collect delinquent taxes on property by holding lien certificate auctions.
▪ I called Dov Kalmenzohn and he agreed to hold my certificate for another few days.
issue
▪ On the day Wendy was to go home a woman came to issue a birth certificate for the baby.
▪ The government's gold and diamond office in Freetown will issue the certificates.
▪ The parties are under no contractual obligation to allow each other to make representations to the auditor before he issues his certificate.
▪ Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits, but these are expensive.
▪ In view of the importance of the competences concerned, we will issue separate certificates for the units.
▪ These laboratories are then authorised to issue formal certificates and reports for specific types of measurement and tests.
▪ They issue certificates of deposits, often based on fictitious assets such as bogus gold mines.
need
▪ You do not need to declare certificates in your yearly tax return.
▪ In order to get along in a world which is controlled by outsiders and Westerners, you need to get that certificate.
obtain
▪ It is worrying if people are being deterred from obtaining such a certificate of qualification by prohibitive costs.
▪ A public-key user needs to obtain and validate a certificate containing the required public key.
▪ This done you can obtain your certificate of madness, as a fun souvenir of Gubbio, from the nearby shop!
▪ In addition, at least a third of the staff should have obtained a food handlers certificate.
▪ However, if you pay off the defaulted loan you can obtain a certificate of satisfaction from your lender.
▪ For all, apart from Anglican weddings, you must obtain a certificate or certificate with licence from the local superintendent registrar.
▪ It was satisfied that every reasonable effect had been made to obtain a certificate of service.
present
▪ Jonathan was presented with a certificate, cheque and various prizes at a ceremony at Magnesium Elektron, Swinton.
▪ The legion presented a trophy and certificates to students and staff.
▪ He will be presented with a framed certificate at a ceremony in London.
▪ A sub-contractor who holds an I, S or P certificate must present the actual certificate to the builder for inspection.
▪ Depot manager Bernard Cullen presented David with his certificate.
▪ He then presented a certificate to the new Fellow,.
▪ While in Darlington, Mr Rifkind is to present special certificates to two local businessmen.
produce
▪ Banks and building societies ask that children produce their birth certificate and proof of their parental address.
▪ At that time it was not necessary to produce a birth certificate in support of the application.
▪ Last time I even had to produce my wedding certificate!!
provide
▪ No stamp duty should be payable because of these reliefs but the Regulations do not provide for a hybrid certificate.
▪ Do not provide spurious sickness certificates: these prolong the illness.
▪ If a member of staff is sick for more than 7 days they must provide a medical certificate.
receive
▪ There have been a number of instances of members not receiving certificates promptly.
▪ Those who succeed receive a national certificate that signals their accomplishments to employers and that they can take from company to company.
▪ After two years he received the certificate of the college for proficiency in chemistry.
▪ Students who complete the program receive a skills certificate along with their high school diploma.
▪ The policy will be suspended from the day we receive the certificate.
▪ Sedares and the Louisville Orchestra would receive certificates.
▪ On registration by the company a buyer receives a new certificate and the seller a balance certificate for any shares he retains.
▪ Each nominee received a certificate from academy president Arthur Hiller in recognition of his or her artistic achievements.
require
▪ Remember, if you are sick for a second week, we shall require a medical certificate.
▪ Furthermore, sports collectibles require certificates of authenticity in California.
▪ Trial judges are not required to grant certificates where the conditions are met; they simply have power to grant certificates.
send
▪ If you want to suspend this policy you must send your certificate of motor insurance back to us.
▪ Some readers sent department store gift certificates and money for food.
▪ Where the witness is ill it is advisable to send a medical certificate with the notice itself.
▪ If you are, they will send you a certificate, which is valid for six months.
▪ The court will send a certificate if necessary of satisfaction to the registry and issues a certificate of satisfaction to the debtor.
▪ He will even send you an official certificate.
sign
▪ When it was over, the judges signed a certificate saying that they believed Harrison had indeed told them everything he knew.
▪ Apart from anything else, if there were suspicious circumstances, the doctor wouldn't have signed a certificate.
▪ When Keyishian refused to sign a certificate stating he was not a Communist, his contract was not renewed.
▪ He looked like a man who would sign a mean death certificate.
▪ She went immediately to the doctor who had signed the death certificate.
▪ In that way they secured a majority to sign their certificates.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Betsy earned a teaching certificate from San Jose State University.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A sub-contractor who holds an I, S or P certificate must present the actual certificate to the builder for inspection.
▪ He must receive the above certificates the day before the cremation is due to take place.
▪ He thought of Miss Sadie coming across the little socks and the certificate.
▪ If you lose the certificates, you can sign an affidavit and still retrieve the will.
▪ In order to get along in a world which is controlled by outsiders and Westerners, you need to get that certificate.
▪ Proof that the motor vehicle required a test certificate is often overlooked.
▪ Students who complete the program receive a skills certificate along with their high school diploma.
▪ The claimant should then submit medical certificates for the duration of their absence from work.