I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a complete fiasco
▪ The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco.
a complete halt
▪ Wendy had slowed down, almost to a complete halt.
a complete nervous breakdown
▪ He had a complete nervous after leaving university.
a complete rest
▪ The doctor had advised a complete rest for a fortnight.
a complete/full picture
▪ By asking these questions, I was able to get a more complete picture.
a complete/full/comprehensive list
▪ The full list of winners is on page seven.
a complete/perfect/total stranger (=used to emphasize that you do not know the person)
▪ Really, I don't know why I'm revealing all this to a complete stranger.
a complete/thorough/full understanding
▪ The degree gives students a thorough understanding of issues relating to housing.
a complete/total ban
▪ They are seeking a complete ban on nuclear testing.
a complete/total contrast
▪ A complete contrast in building style can be seen in Commercial Road.
a complete/total disaster
▪ Last Saturday’s game was a complete disaster for our team.
a complete/total embargo
▪ There is a complete embargo on arms sales to governments that violate human rights.
a complete/total lack of sth
▪ I was amazed by his almost total lack of interest in music.
a complete/total misunderstanding
▪ There seems to be a complete misunderstanding of how the changes will affect us.
a complete/total mystery
▪ She said that her husband’s disappearance was a complete mystery.
a complete/total shock
▪ No one expected the factory to close – it was a complete shock.
a complete/total surprise
▪ The news came as a complete surprise.
a complete/total/outright lie (=something that is completely untrue)
▪ Of course the whole thing was a complete lie.
▪ She didn't want to tell her mother an outright lie.
a comprehensive/complete overview (=including all the details and important points)
▪ a comprehensive overview of the nuclear energy programme
a full/complete range
▪ The store stocks a full range of groceries.
a full/complete recovery
▪ She was severely injured but made a full recovery.
absolute/complete/total obedience
▪ The King required absolute obedience.
absolute/total/complete loyalty
▪ He knew that he had Boyle's complete loyalty.
an absolute/complete nightmare
▪ The whole day was an absolute nightmare.
be a complete/total myth
▪ It’s a complete myth that eating carrots helps you to see in the dark.
be in dead/deadly/complete earnest
▪ Although he smiled, Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest.
comes complete with
▪ The computer comes complete with software and games.
complete a cycle
▪ The birds were able to complete their breeding cycle as farmers delayed cutting the hedges.
complete a project
▪ The project was completed on time.
complete and utter
▪ I watched in complete and utter horror as he pulled out a gun.
complete construction
▪ We expect to complete construction in January.
complete faith
▪ The owners have complete faith in Sam as manager.
complete isolation
▪ The political prisoner had been held in complete isolation.
complete mayhem
▪ There was complete mayhem after the explosion.
complete novice
▪ I’m still a complete novice at the sport.
complete overhaul
▪ The car needs a complete overhaul.
complete protection
▪ No security system can ever give complete protection against a determined thief.
complete rethink
▪ It’s time for a complete rethink of the way we farm our countryside.
complete satisfaction
▪ They expressed complete satisfaction with the agreement.
complete/absolute mastery
▪ His latest collection shows his complete mastery of painting with oils.
complete...entry form (=write the answers to the questions on a form)
▪ Just complete the entry form and return it.
complete/finish an inspection
▪ The inspection was completed and the relevant forms filled in.
complete/full command
▪ Their fighters had full command of the air over Pearl Harbor.
complete/full equality
▪ Women have not yet achieved full equality with men.
complete/total breakdown
▪ The disagreement finally led to a complete breakdown of their relationship.
complete/total darkness
▪ It was late and all the houses in the village were in total darkness.
complete/total nonsense
▪ Most of what has been written on this subject is complete nonsense.
complete/total privacy
▪ The lawn was surrounded by tall bushes, giving complete privacy.
complete/total/absolute/utter silence
▪ They sat in complete silence.
▪ The silence in the room was absolute.
complete/total/pure fabrication
▪ Of course, it might all be complete fabrication.
complete/total/utter confusion
▪ Candy's eyes showed her total confusion.
complete/total/utter failure
▪ The project ended in total failure.
dramatic/sudden/complete reversal
▪ a dramatic reversal in population decline
fill in/fill out/complete a questionnaire (=answer all the questions in it)
▪ All staff were asked to fill in a questionnaire about their jobs.
full/complete independence
▪ The country gained complete independence from Britain in the 1960s.
full/complete/total authority
▪ The manager has full authority to make decisions.
have every/complete/absolute confidence in sb/sth
▪ A manager must be able to have complete confidence in his staff.
in perfect/complete accord
▪ It is important to the success of any firm that its partners should be in complete accord.
pure/sheer/complete joy (=a lot of joy, not mixed with other feelings)
▪ It was a moment of pure joy.
sb’s full/complete/undivided attention
▪ He gave the task his undivided attention.
the complete answer
▪ A loan, however, is not the complete answer to the company’s problems.
the complete/total opposite
▪ She is the complete opposite of her sister.
total/complete chaos
▪ When we arrived, there was total chaos.
total/complete destruction
▪ In a populated area, a wave that high would cause total destruction.
total/complete extinction
▪ Hippos may face total extinction if their habitat continues to dwindle.
total/complete freedom
▪ Riding a motorbike gives me a feeling of total freedom.
total/reckless/complete/flagrant etc disregard
▪ Local councillors accused the terrorists of showing a complete disregard for human life.
was a complete mess
▪ When I got home, the house was a complete mess.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
▪ These difficulties were exacerbated by the almost complete absence of indigenous, vertically-integrated companies.
▪ The unification of Arabia was almost complete when he died in 632.
▪ The crowd was stunned, and Bachelor's Button returned to unsaddle in almost complete silence.
▪ The rest of the drive home passed in almost complete silence.
▪ The present state of the locomotive is that it is almost complete.
▪ Building of the new unit, at a cost of £120,000, is almost complete.
▪ Much of the difficulty of identification is caused by an almost complete ignorance of what we are looking for.
▪ Luckily for Paul a donor was found and he's now made an almost complete recovery.
■ NOUN
absence
▪ I have complete absence of remorse in this saturation of pleasure.
▪ One was the complete absence of physical evidence.
▪ The complete absence from her novels of condescension is the secret of her popularity.
▪ I have assumed a complete absence of proofreading.
▪ These difficulties were exacerbated by the almost complete absence of indigenous, vertically-integrated companies.
▪ Clostridium bacteria can grow only in the complete absence of oxygen, so they have been found in contaminated cans of food.
▪ Often it means a complete absence of thought, theory or conscious plan.
change
▪ It will be a complete change to report these facts instead of keeping them secret.
▪ In time these three will form a screen so that I can arrange for a complete change of scenery on either side.
▪ I'd like a complete change of style, but don't take off more than an inch.
▪ What we did: Hayley wanted a complete change and advice on a new shape and colour.
▪ It was interesting to note a complete change in the timbre and resonance when the bird moved to another song-perch.
▪ None the less, lack of money in a job does not have to mean a complete change.
▪ I enjoyed the complete change of life at Hinaidi.
▪ Rather than supporting the statusquo, the way things are, utopian ideologies advocate a complete change in the structure of society.
confidence
▪ There was an air of complete confidence about him.
▪ We held him in high esteem and placed complete confidence in him.
▪ She had complete confidence in the young nurse, although she found it very difficult to penetrate her reserve.
▪ A man he had complete confidence in.
▪ You can buy from him in complete confidence.
▪ I predict with complete confidence that the House of Lords will never be abolished for two reasons.
▪ And then, protected against the pitfalls of this curious patois, you can book your ticket to Tokyo in complete confidence.
▪ Your shareholders have complete confidence in you.
control
▪ I used to do it all, I had complete control of the house, now the situation has changed completely.
▪ The state earlier this month gave Brown virtually complete control over Treasure Island.
▪ Neil Kinnock has more complete control over the party than any leader since Attlee.
▪ Gandhi is under his own complete control.
▪ She alleged that he struck her and sought complete control of her life.
▪ A salesman had no purchase on a trader, while a trader had complete control over a salesman.
▪ It's proof of Verve's complete control that they can get away with this sort of laval-like show.
▪ If the first drug tried does not result in complete control at high therapeutic levels, a second drug should be substituted.
description
▪ Existential propositions, contextually indispensable though they might be, are not logically essential for a complete description of the world.
▪ Table 11.3 is the complete description of Figure 11.2.
▪ It is not a complete description of the law.
▪ Why are monadic predicates not sufficient for a complete description of the world?
▪ Existential propositions are not really necessary - logically necessary - for a complete description of the world.
failure
▪ And then at the end, that they should be complete failures.
▪ But engineers concluded that even a complete failure of the non-critical, rubber O-ring would not endanger the lives of shuttle astronauts.
▪ But was the move really a complete failure?
▪ And the attempt to start an avalanche of donations was a complete failure.
▪ The first run-through was a complete failure.
▪ In practice, of course, many cases fall between complete success and complete failure.
▪ Yet we can scarcely doubt that, in its practical effect, the Council of 1102 was a complete failure.
▪ This is a complete failure because Mitch does not turn up.
fool
▪ Meg realized she'd been a complete fool.
▪ She's throwing herself at that man, making a complete fool of herself.
▪ Better that, she thought resignedly, than making a complete fool of herself.
▪ Balbindor treated Father and me all along as complete fools.
▪ She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her.
▪ You would be a complete fool if you did.
▪ What if she made a complete fool of herself and let Ricky down?
▪ So a complete fool will not acquire a following.
freedom
▪ The leader announced at the beginning that complete freedom of speech was allowed but speeches must be kept short.
▪ A nanny provides the most intimate care for a baby and offers parents complete freedom to come and go as they wish.
▪ However, it should not be allowed complete freedom to rule, since it can overwhelm and destroy.
▪ In practice there will not be complete freedom of choice for the individual.
▪ No-one has the complete freedom to do anything in our modern, regimented society.
▪ The Werner Plan placed emphasis on the fixity of exchange rates and complete freedom of capital movements.
▪ This accessory offers complete freedom of choice!
▪ The complete freedom to work entirely in an individual way eludes most artists.
lack
▪ I longed to ask questions but was wary of revealing my complete lack of local knowledge.
▪ Communications difficulties contributed greatly to a complete lack of coordination of efforts.
▪ It is one of the most popular rasboras despite complete lack of any bright colours.
▪ Due to a complete lack of interest in reading, our staff has decided to forego reviewing books this week.
▪ It was not wickedness that led him into crime but a cheerfully impulsive nature and an almost complete lack of reasoning power.
▪ The older boy went blind in a complete lack of interest.
▪ People still pay up despite the complete lack of ghosts.
▪ Loss of concentration, a complete lack of ability to focus, was the chief occupational hazard of the trading floor.
list
▪ Readers consulting a specific category will find a complete list of periodicals dealing with that subject.
▪ A complete list of golf courses near airports is available from the U. S. Golf Society.
▪ It is not a complete list.
▪ Instead, the companies surveyed could not put together a complete list of the rules they regularly complied with.
▪ As said before, there is no complete list of these items, no visual catalogue.
▪ A complete list is not possible because of the large number of possible combinations.
▪ She said that apart from MacQuillan and Barron she did not know who else had been allowed a complete list.
mess
▪ The flat was a complete mess.
▪ Even if you make a complete mess of it, the model only has a few inches to fall.
▪ The hotel below the line where the water had finally peaked was a complete mess.
▪ I wore my jeans but I felt a complete mess.
▪ Scanners capture images as a pattern of dots, changing the proportions can instantly turn an acceptable image into a complete mess!
mystery
▪ It is a complete mystery to everyone how the following gems came to light in 1989.
▪ With the stakes so high, the lack of atmosphere on the terraces in the first half was a complete mystery.
▪ It's been a complete mystery to me ever since I arrived here.
▪ When all the evidence is added up, the Sirven case remains a complete mystery.
▪ How the hell my pack of jokers has managed two wins out of two is a complete mystery.
opposite
▪ In fact, it's just about the complete opposite of the way that I do things.
▪ The return of the deep meant the complete opposite of all that.
▪ Interestingly, parents find this particularly hard as it is often the complete opposite of what they normally do.
overhaul
▪ The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul by private developers.
▪ Boetsch rejected a complete overhaul of the new charges brought in Jan. 1, though.
▪ We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels.
▪ Mr. Pollard says a complete overhaul of the system is needed, to establish guilt and innocence and find the truth.
▪ By then a complete overhaul is often too late to be of much use.
▪ He campaigned on behalf of the wrongly-convicted Guildford Four and urged a complete overhaul of the appeal system.
▪ It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.
▪ But he said there would have to be a complete overhaul of the electoral system first.
picture
▪ Often, the media convey a fairly complete picture of the events in question.
▪ Those who want a more complete picture of Kelly must consult the hefty, liberally illustrated catalog.
▪ It helps management build a complete picture of various types of absence, and to identify potential abuses.
▪ Time spent building a complete picture of your ideal position will be well spent.
▪ Inventories, therefore, do not give a complete picture of a person's wealth.
▪ I gave him a more complete picture of my risk profile.
▪ There is one, and only one, arrangement in which the pieces make a complete picture.
▪ If they were ever to be revealed, then we would have a much more complete picture of Shostakovich the man.
range
▪ A complete range of enquiry services is available to personal callers - the variety is so large as to make description impossible.
▪ Initial offerings, available today at www.gateway-hosting.com, include a complete range of web hosting and domain name registration services.
▪ A complete range of equipment is also available.
▪ They also offer a complete range of carpet colours, styles and textures to suit every decorating idea.
▪ Both provide Hunting Oilfield Services with a more complete range of connectors and related services for tubes for off-shore operators.
▪ This means that the biceps have been worked through their complete range of movement, aiding complete development.
▪ Scholl alone has a complete range, to deal with all footcare problems.
▪ The contract is for fuel tank access covers for the complete range of Airbus aircraft.
set
▪ The drive is transmitted into the adjacent mill building which houses two complete sets of grinding gear and allied crushers, etc.
▪ The show consists of a complete set of 33 etchings and aquatints of traditional rhymes.
▪ Almed with this information, one is prepared to undertake a serious examination of a complete set of financial statements.
▪ The first issue was in 130 weekly parts at 2 % d. each, but apparently no complete set is recorded.
▪ The complete set of drawings will show how much the larva grows.
▪ Also used to refer to a complete set of characters forming a family in a particular design or style.
▪ But in most cases we possess complete sets of furnishings and fittings.
silence
▪ The other three pairs came from the trees and down the sloping fields in complete silence.
▪ The crowd was stunned, and Bachelor's Button returned to unsaddle in almost complete silence.
▪ Once again he had gained complete silence.
▪ The rest of the drive home passed in almost complete silence.
▪ They drove home in almost complete silence.
▪ There was complete silence as we padded through two more streets with walls so bitten away that they looked like lace.
▪ The boy moved quickly, just ahead of Allen, guiding him more than walking with him, in complete silence.
stranger
▪ Would you leave him/her with a complete stranger?
▪ They argue with complete strangers a lot.
▪ It was the perfect excuse for ringing up complete strangers and asking all sort of personal questions.
▪ Malouf is fascinated by the sometimes violent impact that complete strangers can have upon our lives.
▪ She was worse than Doreen, telling complete strangers the entire family history.
▪ A nail-biting finish, but finally won by Moira Creek at her first attempt and a complete stranger to Pooh culture.
▪ In Usenet, you're a complete stranger until you post.
▪ She'd just walked in to the nearest doorway and spilled the whole thing to a complete stranger.
surprise
▪ His kiss was a complete surprise.
▪ Be prepared financially, so that the need for extra capital outlays does not come as a complete surprise.
▪ It took me by complete surprise.
▪ His visit home had been a complete surprise.
▪ This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else, and it was greeted with general disbelief.
▪ Yet it should not have been a complete surprise.
▪ The instruction to evacuate the buildings came as a complete surprise.
▪ Once in the palace the brother and his friend could trust to their own swords and the complete surprise of their attack.
waste
▪ Borrowing lecture notes is often a complete waste of time because you've missed the impact.
▪ Look at Micky Deere, he's a complete waste of space.
▪ She said it was a complete waste of paint.
▪ It will either be a complete waste of time or you will find a real gem.
▪ Why would Wilko be even remotely interested in a complete waste of space like St-wart.
▪ Eventually, I realized the exercise was a complete waste of time.
▪ Firstly, this little episode exposes pre-nuptial contracts in this country to be the complete waste of paper they are.
▪ In my opinion, any attempt to reconcile the statements of principle in Lawrence and Morris is a complete waste of time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A complete safety check was performed on the aircraft prior to takeoff.
▪ Construction of the library is expected to be complete in February.
▪ I met Brad Pitt one time and made a complete fool of myself.
▪ Older records of births, marriages, and deaths are not as complete as modern ones.
▪ Police made a complete search of the area.
▪ Scientists have unearthed a complete dinosaur skeleton in Montana.
▪ The meeting was a complete waste of time.
▪ This is a complete list of educational publishers in Britain.
▪ We gave Vicki the complete works of Shakespeare.
▪ When my grandmother died, I inherited a complete set of Dresden china.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bristly dub on flip, complete with monkey yapping, is a lot better.
▪ By what date does he believe that the reform of local government will be complete?
▪ Classic gothic tale complete with governess heroine, malevolent atmosphere, and forbidding mansion.
▪ I have assumed a complete absence of proofreading.
▪ Maybe Mikey Boyd is ready to act like a tree-hugger again after being a complete builder stooge so far this term.
▪ The Explorer comes with built-in, 16-bit stereo sound, complete with two speakers and a microphone mounted just above the keyboard.
▪ The specialist contractor offers a complete service of diagnosis and repair, with guarantees.
▪ There are Velcro curtains you can pull around for complete privacy.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
just
▪ The preliminary analyses of the survey were completed just after the discovery of the error and before corrections could be made.
▪ Our preparations were just completed when further operations were arrested by intelligence received from Fredericksburg....
▪ But most important of all, they have just completed an astonishingly successful West End season in London.
▪ He just completed a career playing for Northern Arizona.
▪ The company have just completed market research on a new type of organic toothpaste called Abrasive.
▪ Hostetler had just completed a pass that would have given the Raiders a first down on the Detroit 48.
▪ Just complete a single form with your payee details at any Birmingham Midshires branch.
▪ For some one who had just completed an incisive experiment, Stafford seemed remarkably subdued, even irritable.
recently
▪ Rob has recently completed the first leg of the Round the World Yacht Race.
▪ The maker of hair-care and other personal-care products recently completed its first year under a younger generation of family managers.
▪ It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further.
▪ He recently completed a commission for the banqueting suite at 10 Downing Street.
▪ Example Two: My kids recently completed their respective baseball and softball seasons.
▪ We have modified the recently completed St Jude protocol to withhold systemic antimetabolites during radiotherapy.
▪ Mr Epperson says the company soon could see its sales grow as a result of a recently completed redesign of AutoZone stores.
successfully
▪ The Buckau's first series of trials at sea as a rotor ship was completed successfully in January 1925.
▪ However, the riding test can be waived if you successfully complete a special training program.
▪ All applicants for a franchise must successfully complete this training programme.
▪ I am also happy to say that the perturbation maneuver has been successfully completed.
▪ The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event.
▪ Students who successfully complete the work will receive a new degree, a graduate certificate in public health.
▪ Once this stage has been completed successfully then stage three is implemented.
■ NOUN
acquisition
▪ In an ideal world, the purchaser will wish to receive formal consent from every customer and supplier before completing the acquisition.
▪ However, if we introduce an opportunity which results in their completing an acquisition we would charge an introduction fee.
▪ A majority holding in Aimnet was acquired in May, and Verio completed the acquisition this fall.
▪ Wells Fargo completed its acquisition of First Interstate yesterday and lost no time wielding the cost-cutting ax.
assignment
▪ Centre devised Programme Regulations should set out clearly policy on reassessment of students who fail or fail to complete assignments.
▪ Of the work-inhibited students, is it possible that this attention deficit may be related to their difficulty in completing assignments?
▪ In order to qualify for the award of a certificate, the candidate must complete at least 4 assignments successfully.
▪ And then they will sometimes complete the assignment in fifteen minutes.
▪ Boredom, isolation and loneliness can lead to alcoholism, marriage breakdowns and a failure to complete the assignment.
▪ Like many work-inhibited students, Dan often completed in-class assignments that required one-or two-word responses to short questions.
▪ They walked quickly, as though in a hurry to complete some urgent assignment.
▪ Imagine a seventh-grade student finally completing a math assignment.
course
▪ Over 500 candidates have completed the course so far and all have visited Lyles.
▪ She was still up there; she had not completed her course.
▪ Without them I could not have completed my course.
▪ Many delegates were concerned about increasing numbers of young people leaving schools and colleges before completing their courses.
▪ Many firms pay all or part of the costs for those who successfully complete courses.
▪ He praised the effort and resolve shown by part-time students in completing professional courses in addition to the daily challenges of full-time employment.
▪ After completing the course, just three trainers were competent at compressions and only two could ventilate adequately.
deal
▪ In addition, a purchaser should have the necessary funding support to complete the deal.
▪ Duquette finally completed a deal that was originally suggested by the Philadelphia Phillies during the recent winter meetings.
▪ And they have just completed a deal to buy the disused Grand Hotel on the Marine Promenade to give that a facelift.
▪ If completed, the deal would significantly enlarge Nestle's presence in the pet-food business.
▪ However, there has been a delay in completing the deal culminating in court proceedings being taken.
▪ The pillars are actually called Nails, and on them merchants used to complete their financial deals before the Exchange was built.
education
▪ They report that 21% withdrew before completing their higher education course, but only 12.5% withdrew because of failure in assessed work.
▪ To receive the endorsement, they probably would have to complete some post-secondary education and training.
▪ Only 10 percent of Southern blacks have completed a college education, and further education courses are scarce.
▪ There comes a time in life when a well-reared child has completed his or her education.
▪ The Congregation itself is being more selective and encouraging prospective candidates to complete their school education.
▪ Only two of the ten who had completed their education were in full-time regular work.
▪ These only cover the first two years, so that most secondary schoolchildren have to leave the region to complete their education.
form
▪ Of the 37 residents who completed and returned the form 36 agreed that there was a problem.
▪ Contestants enter by completing an online form and short quiz.
▪ I hope that you will be able to spare the time to complete this form.
▪ Deadline for receipt of completed forms is Friday, February 14.
▪ I now invite you to complete the enclosed form detailing your sports events for the second half of the year.
▪ The publisher will require the client to complete an enquiry form soas to be satisfied as to the factual accuracy of the advertisement.
▪ Lothian Region are providing an enquiry helpline for those who may have difficulties with completing the forms.
job
▪ But Time, having initially gone for the throat, was now setting out to complete the job.
▪ Yes, he wants to complete one big job before he dies.
▪ In 1803 she completed her translation of Job, and was encouraged to translate the Klopstock memoirs for publication.
▪ Without that on-site option, I am told it could take more than a month to complete the job.
▪ What are the necessary part numbers needed to complete the job in one attempt?
▪ But Leeds completed their demolition job with a fourth 10 minutes from time.
▪ He was careful not to do too complete a job - that kind of thing was noticeable.
month
▪ By the end of the lesson we had completed the sixth month.
▪ The investigation was to be completed this month but wasn't.
▪ The installation is due to be completed this month.
▪ Zarb has announced he will leave when the acquisition is completed, probably next month.
▪ This work will set the tone for the new structure, and I hope can be completed well within two months.
▪ The calculations had been completed and stored many months ago.
▪ In May 1977 he, too, left the show, having completed nine months in it.
▪ In order to avoid disruption of visitor's enjoyment, the work will be completed during the winter months.
picture
▪ Apart from special occasions, this completes the hotel picture.
▪ And of course, to complete the picture, the Arabs have their divinely authorized war mythology too.
▪ Sport wallows in black and charcoal, lots of mock aluminium trim and white instrument dials complete the picture.
▪ To complete this traditional picture, it has to be repeated that production was always held to be beneficial.
▪ A small chair and bookcase completes the picture.
▪ A baby would complete the picture of a straight family circle.
▪ Revised bodywork and a bigger 17-litre fuel tank complete the picture.
▪ You then have a choice of using the paints to complete the picture or the range's own iron-on foil.
process
▪ Rather than do this piecemeal over several years, Mr Moore chose to complete the process in five months flat.
▪ It allowed the parents to complete the process of pregnancy and birth.
▪ By the Jan. 31 deadline a further nine parties had successfully completed the registration process.
▪ Her blunt opposition to Symington completed a process of disassociation between the two that began during the last gubernatorial election campaign.
▪ More importantly, will the employer adequately fulfil his obligation to complete the educational process by producing sound technicians and businessmen?
▪ The passage of the anti-boycott bill in May 1977 completed the process begun by Senator Henry Jackson five years earlier.
▪ Only when a batch has completed one process can it be moved to the next.
▪ It is crumbling slowly, but we must keep up our efforts to complete the process.
programme
▪ It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further.
▪ All applicants for a franchise must successfully complete this training programme.
▪ No charges are required from any candidate, only their time and effort to complete our study programme.
▪ They complete a three-year programme that leads to a nationally recognised qualification.
▪ The unashamed grandiosity of Nicholas Maw s Solo Sonata completed her programme.
▪ When I had completed a two hour programme my friends came to my home and we saw it together.
▪ But hampered by the lack of enthusiasm from the White House, the measure failed to complete its legislative programme.
project
▪ Wesley Smith It's taken nine hundred men just two years to complete the project.
▪ Her presence in the completed project adds an unintentional poignance now.
▪ Students complete a research-based project in fourth year under individual staff supervision.
▪ Dad may be under particular pressure to complete a project at a time when mom has more slack.
▪ They sat, she on the stoop and he in his chair, surveying the completed project.
▪ We will complete the implementation of Project 2000 training for nurses.
▪ The National Science Foundation, which was footing the bill, decided to hire an independent contractor to complete the project.
questionnaire
▪ The team member on duty who had completed the initial referral form was also responsible for completing the pre-coded questionnaire.
▪ We shall of course send a report of the questionnaire results to every institution which completes the questionnaire for us.
▪ Those unable to attend could complete a questionnaire in writing at home.
▪ Subjects were asked to complete a simple questionnaire every time they experienced hypoglycaemia.
▪ At each survey children are measured and parents are asked to complete a self administered questionnaire.
▪ Some teachers said that they would have completed the questionnaire had they been asked to do so anonymously.
▪ In the same nine practices general practitioners and non-medical staff agreed to complete questionnaires.
report
▪ This meant we had to complete our first Report in five months and our second only seven months later.
▪ The inspector takes the money and then completes a report in which the shop passes the inspection.
▪ Before the decommissioning and construction of a maintenance facility can occur, however, the Navy must complete an environmental assessment report.
▪ The guest of honour was Lord Denning, who had just completed his report into the Profumo scandal of that year.
▪ Democrats said the McCollum-Zeliff charges were an incomplete sneak preview of conclusions expected when their committees have completed a full report.
▪ When the evidence is completed a report is drafted and the sub-committee deliberates on it until agreement is reached.
▪ There was another man in the room, completing a report at one of the tables.
review
▪ Carnegie completes review of science - government ties Washington.
▪ The government has promised to complete the review within three months and make its results public a month later.
▪ University Hospital officials say they hope to complete their review of the proposals by March 1.
▪ Has the Department completed the review of the investment for safety, as required by Hidden?
sale
▪ The cashier completes a sales voucher, which is usually in triplicate, for the amount due. 3.
▪ Keeping all that in mind, he somehow was able to complete the bill of sale.
▪ Chiron expects to complete the sale early next year.
▪ This concludes months of speculation Forte was close to completing the sale of the chain.
▪ The company expects to complete both sales by the end of next month, said Richard Allen, chairman.
student
▪ Each program is designed so that most students complete it in 45 to 50 mins, ie. the average tutorial hour.
▪ Imagine a seventh-grade student finally completing a math assignment.
▪ Diploma students will complete a more restricted project in June.
▪ Faircloth is hoping this will change, once a plan to market the program to students is completed.
▪ Yet students who have completed expensive training face the same difficulties as an untrained actor in qualifying for an Equity card.
▪ Most students usually have to complete a one-year foundation course first.
▪ He was a straight-A student and completed high school in two years.
study
▪ He completed his studies and married a girl chosen for him by his parents.
▪ Yes, I never completed my studies, though.
▪ A survey of farmers' attitudes, and of possible social effects in rural areas will complete the study.
▪ After completing his studies, in which he excelled in philosophy and theology, he was ordained and was assigned to preaching.
▪ We will complete the study on the construction of a Severn Barrage.
▪ A Solution: The Job Corps provides room and board to disadvantaged young adults while they complete their studies and learn trades.
▪ I do not need it and will set it aside for you, my dear boy, to complete your studies.
▪ Only 51 people completed the study, of whom only 26 succeeded in keeping off 10 percent of their weight.
survey
▪ The team has completed a second survey recently.
▪ As part of management training in the computer company, new managers were required to have their subordinates complete opinion surveys.
▪ The third development, the Lanterns, built to a more conventional design, was being completed during the survey period.
▪ After completing her survey she ensured that she left without the concrete socks.
▪ Commissioned as consultant for the Newry canal, he completed his survey in 1736, later spending two years on site.
▪ This arose partly from the ever present pressure from official sources to complete the survey of the country.
▪ Among them, Cadw would be told to complete its survey in three years.
task
▪ Hdtest takes a long time to complete its task.
▪ After completing the first task, the roles will switch and the group will work with Card 2 and then Card 3.
▪ There are over 7,200 drawings extant and it has taken Claudie Judrin ten years to complete the task.
▪ If you congratulate a subordinate for completing a task on schedule, you may generate a feeling of pride and accomplishment.
▪ Florrie played around, taking twice as long to complete every task.
▪ When the labor necessary to complete a task or make a product is divided into specific, distinct operations, productivity soars.
▪ She didn't look at him, not once, not in all the time it took to complete her task.
▪ Time management is key here, though; be sure you ration enough time to complete all your writing tasks.
training
▪ He completed his training in 1855 on the Great Northern Railway at Peterborough and became locomotive shed foreman.
▪ Yet students who have completed expensive training face the same difficulties as an untrained actor in qualifying for an Equity card.
▪ All applicants for a franchise must successfully complete this training programme.
▪ Magistrates sitting in the Juvenile Court must have completed the special training for the Juvenile Panel.
▪ There are a number of print options which complete this professional training aid fit for any professional or amateur team.
▪ Anyone interested in joining the course must have completed the retail management training scheme.
▪ I never even completed my training.
▪ After completing your continuation training you will be drafted to a seagoing vessel for up to two and a half years.
work
▪ That completes the work for this month.
▪ In many cases, the artist wants the viewer to complete the work.
▪ And you will be paid huge sums to complete this work.
▪ Box sets collect music into greatest hits, anthologies, chronologies, complete collected works, best-of and worst-of packages.
▪ I had to be carted off to hospital, so I didn't manage to complete the work until the new year.
▪ There by himself in this ideal setting, he sat-not making a sound and never completing his work.
▪ A fax and photo copier complete the electronic work station.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Complete the sentences using either the simple past or present perfect tense of the verbs.
▪ Brown lace leggings and black leather shoes completed the outfit.
▪ I need one more stamp to complete my collection.
▪ Once you've completed the questionnaire , put it in the blue box.
▪ Scholarships will help more students to complete the program within two years.
▪ The book took five years to complete.
▪ The building is likely to be completed in two year's time.
▪ The novel wasn't published until 40 years after it was completed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Richard Seifert's NatWest Tower, which has suffered superficial damage, looks 1960s but was not completed until 1981.
▪ The complex, begun in 1970, was completed in 1986.
▪ The firm now employs 14 solicitors and associates, who are completing 10-15 house purchases every day.
▪ The length of the time that the occupational therapists take to complete their investigations is also down to about three months.
▪ The maker of hair-care and other personal-care products recently completed its first year under a younger generation of family managers.
▪ The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event.
▪ We will order and complete the fourth Trident submarine.