I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a current of air
▪ The birds are able to glide on a current of warm air.
alternating current
current account
current affairs (=important events that are happening now)
▪ a 24-hour news and current affairs channel
current affairs
current events
▪ There are some similarities between what happened in the 1920s and current events in the US.
current salary
▪ His current salary is just over £30,000 a year.
current/recent estimates (=ones that are accepted now)
▪ According to current estimates, the country can expect 200,000 visitors in the next three years.
direct current
electric current/power/charge (=a flow of electricity)
existing/current etc legislation
▪ The existing legislation may need to be amended.
last/current/coming/next fiscal year
on present/current/past etc form
▪ On current form he’s one of the top three players in the country.
sth’s present/current state
▪ We can deduce how the planet evolved from its beginnings to its present state.
the current year
▪ The budget for the current year was £13 million.
the current/existing lease
▪ The current lease still has 12 years to run.
the current/existing system
▪ The current system of taxation is unnecessarily complicated.
the current/latest trend
▪ If current trends continue, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will double by the year 2030.
the current/present climate (also the prevailing climateformal)
▪ Change will be hard to achieve in the current climate.
the present/current position
▪ The following statistics indicate the present position.
the present/current situation
▪ The present situation in Afghanistan is very worrying.
the present/current state of knowledge
▪ That is the best advice we can offer, given our current state of knowledge about the disease.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
account
▪ Therefore it can either be seen as Susan's capital or as a current account balance due to Susan.
▪ With a current account mortgage, your salary is used to reduce the amount outstanding on your loan.
▪ We have recorded it in their current accounts.
▪ They may hold a current account with you.
▪ They may equally, as I did, hold a second current account with a competitor.
▪ For a current account deficit on the balance of payments reflects a shortage of national savings, in relation to investment.
▪ Perhaps that explains the large sum in his current account.
affair
▪ Select one topical current affairs issue each week and swot up on it from newspapers and magazines.
▪ It specifies regional programmes and high quality news and current affairs.
▪ They would talk politely of this and that; of current affairs or items of local interest.
▪ News and current affairs programmes are the television equivalent of newspapers.
form
▪ Education business partnerships, though recent in their current form, have antecedents which it would be foolish to ignore.
▪ The current form of death duty is called inheritance tax.
▪ Michael Slater then reaffirmed his current form with 64 his seventh score of 50 or more in 10 innings.
▪ He calls them a blueprint for disaster in their current form and wants them amended.
▪ However, if they keep up their current form they will finish in the bottom eight.
▪ Students of the Barnes education classes are also opposing the tour in its current form.
▪ That is that industrialised agriculture in its current form is neither sustainable nor exportable to the Third World.
▪ On current form, it seems unlikely that Oag is stringing anyone along.
issue
▪ By now, probably half the small ads in the current issue had been placed by aliens.
▪ However, at the risk of underestimating such differences, certain current issues can be picked out.
▪ It organises seminars and educational programmes on a wide range of current issues.
▪ I still have a copy of Spring 1931 Nonesuch - a much more lighthearted effort than your current issue.
▪ Students love Streetwise, especially because of the current issues.
▪ In addition, the automated check-in facility will alert readers to current issues of periodicals as soon as they are processed.
law
▪ All statements regarding taxation are based on Clerical Medical's understanding of current law.
▪ The House version would make major changes to current law.
▪ Under current laws there is no such prohibition.
▪ Under current law, an investor who owns shares purchased at different prices can use any of three methods to compute profits.
▪ Under current law there has to be a connection between an insider and the company whose shares he deals in.
▪ Under current law, the president is required to either sign or veto in its entirety any legislation that reaches his desk.
▪ The operation of the obscenity law depended to some extent upon the crusading zeal of current law officers.
▪ Beneficiaries would pay $ 51. 50 a month by the year 2002 under current law.
legislation
▪ Do we need to be reminded of the current legislation?
▪ An investigation launched by Knowsley Borough Council found that staff had reacted swiftly and that procedures complied with current legislation.
▪ With the current legislation of Data Protection, this is becoming less and less likely.
▪ Under current legislation the school will have increased control of its resources, even if the latter do not increase.
▪ And you could collect a substantial cash sum free of personal taxation under current legislation in the year 2001.
▪ In a way, current legislation and political attitudes are pushing in opposing directions simultaneously.
▪ The government's approach in persuasion, not enforcement, since enforcement of current legislation is unworkable.
level
▪ But at current levels the shares are a firm hold.
▪ This should be reduced to 20 percent below the current level by the year 2005.
▪ However, this may be an oversimplified assumption because the current level of economic activity will certainly influence business expectations and confidence.
▪ Is he worried that it has taken such a deep and prolonged recession to reduce inflation to its current level?
▪ Will donors be prepared to provide the extra funds needed for reconstruction or even to continue funding at current levels?
▪ The cost of planning delays With current levels of interest can rapidly erode profit margins.
▪ A projection can be made only on the assumption that current levels or trends continue.
▪ Rather than increase the premiums from their current levels, the benefits have been halved for persons aged 65 or over.
market
▪ Steven Seaton looks at the current market.
▪ Interest rates would be fixed at 5 percent instead of the current market level of 10.
▪ As a producer and processor of organic products, Dirk is a successful and independent supplier of the current market demand.
▪ The current market price of such bonds will be determined by demand and supply.
▪ The higher the current market rate of interest, the lower will be the market price of existing bonds.
▪ As explained in section 16.1, their price fluctuates inversely with the current market rate of interest.
▪ Given this apparent potential it is interesting to see how the various manufacturers are coping with the current market expansion.
▪ It is possible to decompose the current market price P into accrued interest and principal using the formula.
policy
▪ There is however a growing body of work which challenges the models of ageing which underpin current policies.
▪ Under current policy, 17-year-olds can join the U.S. military with their parents' permission.
▪ In line with our current policy of consolidation, no new courses have been introduced during the year.
▪ This is the problem in the ghetto, and current policies only make it worse.
▪ Howdendyke is almost wholly working-class and current policies prevent in-migration.
▪ With current policies the Conservatives will not win the next election; even with better policies they might not win it.
▪ One of these is to attempt to convince the organization that a crisis will occur if current policies are continued.
▪ But it was difficult to see why they would, given that everyone seemed to agree with the current policy.
position
▪ The Shop needed a statement on the current position and possible options for action.
▪ Similarly, it has been assumed that voters consider only alternatives in a small neighbourhood of the current position.
▪ For advice about the current position, you should talk to a careers adviser.
▪ This book analyses the current position of third parties in international law through an examination of third party claims.
▪ It may help to summarise briefly the current position.
▪ The current position more than meets the amendment.
▪ But what is the current position within the chemical industry?
▪ The current position, of varying regional support, represents the worst of all worlds.
practice
▪ I would argue that this careful planning of activities is already the current practice of many teachers.
▪ Standards such as those on depreciation and current cost accounting are so different from current practice that it is impossible to rationalize them.
▪ Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment.
▪ Teachers who use these books can draw on the banks of ideas they provide to extend and diversify their current practice.
▪ This approach tends to preserve previous spending patterns because planned expenditure is based on historical and current practice.
▪ The compulsory and emergency nature of the initial admission, however, is no different from the trend in current practice.
▪ First, however, consideration must be given to the other major approach to assessment that informs current practice.
▪ We begin therefore by considering our current practice, and then looking at how the National Curriculum fits in.
price
▪ The manager knows the supplier to be used, and the current price per box is 5.
▪ He sold the shares for as much as $ 32 each, against a current price of just over $ 16.
▪ The current price is comparable with tree-based high quality paper, - that would fall once home-grown hemp is used.
▪ The cost was calculated in terms of the current price of slaughter stock, and so many head were then requested.
▪ It is largely a matter of economics and much hinges on the current price of energy.
▪ The current price in Britain of coal suitable for this purpose is higher still, around £50 per tonne.
▪ The total cost of the scheme will amount to around £70 million at current prices.
▪ For example, if the current price is 103, the bond is not likely to be called until three years before maturity.
rate
▪ It adds that, at current rates, the forests' will be effectively logged out within 40 years.
▪ Your broker can give you current rates.
▪ The current rate of interest is shown on the enclosed table.
▪ Ask at any Midland branch for current rates.
▪ The current rate is 15 percent.
▪ For amounts in excess of £5,000 please ask at your local NatWest branch for current rates and repayments for the loan you require.
▪ That compares very well with the current rate of inflation, which is now below 4 percent.
▪ The current rate of invalid care allowance is £26.20.
research
▪ It also provides an informative popular account of current research in man-computer systems.
▪ But most of the references to prehistoric man, Darnton says, are based on current research and theories.
▪ These relate to the writer's current research in the Design Discipline at the Open University.
▪ In current research, several assessment methods are used, employing client self-report, behavioural observations, and physiological monitoring equipment.
▪ For this purpose the current research project has about ECU6 million to spend over a period of two and a half years.
▪ The second area of current research in macroeconomics centres on a phenomenon known as hysteresis.
▪ This statement is difficult to refute or accept on the base of current research evidence.
▪ Through our national and local newsletter we can update on current research, advice on managing the illness and give medical information.
situation
▪ His current situation would appear quite idyllic once the newspapers hit the doorsteps in the morning.
▪ Air Your Faith gives the background to religious broadcasting in Britain and outlines the current situation.
▪ It was this longer-term exchange that Bukharin recognised as being the central contradiction in the then current situation.
▪ The questions relate to the current situation.
▪ And they believe that what makes the current situation precarious is the continuing uncertainty over the outlook for sterling.
▪ Students huddle round a professor of politics who gives an analysis of the current situation.
▪ Preparatory stages Before sensible planning for the future can begin, those taking part need to know the current situation.
▪ There are several reasons for the current situation.
state
▪ All this was looked after, preserved in its current state of decay.
▪ A physical examination will let your doctor know about your current state of health.
▪ It simulates the bit of the search space which is rooted at the current state, and plans an acceptable next move.
▪ However, a definition of the current state of understanding and uncertainty should also serve as a diagnosis to guide future research.
▪ Furthermore, the current state of the property market encourages landowners and both existing and prospective tenants to strike complex deals.
▪ Given our current state of knowledge about the dementing diseases we have few alternative options.
▪ Norton has yet to release any financial figures informing its 13,000 shareholders of the current state of their investments.
▪ What is your opinion of the current state of contemporary art, in this country and internationally?
system
▪ Our current systems of adversary law and politics are examples of such professionalism.
▪ Much analysis of what is wrong with current systems has been undertaken.
▪ Although this will not provide sentential context it will be less localised than the current system.
▪ Unfortunately, all this means nothing under the current system of ticket allocation.
▪ The following ideas are more immediately applicable to the current system.
▪ Under the current system, there is little incentive for firms to increase the skills of their labour force.
▪ Figure 6.1 shows the various stages of the current system.
trend
▪ Not much on contemporary art but a sprinkling of the new art history proves that publishers are aware of current trends.
▪ The then current trends suggested a further 60 percent reduction in the long-stay population within ten years.
▪ Research is always being done to keep the Society abreast of current trends.
▪ Some current trends reinforce this linear pattern, whereas others modify it.
▪ Bayer expects the current trend to have continued in Q4 of 1991.
▪ Unfortunately, current trends, especially with regard to unemployment, are in the opposite direction.
▪ When current trends have begun to make some impact, further questions will no doubt arise.
year
▪ Non-manufacturing costs have also been analysed to identify further savings for the current year.
▪ Restated pre-tax profits for that year will be halved to £27.5m and the current year's profits will also be reduced.
▪ Nine new stores and two major enlargements are planned for the current year.
▪ With the closure of a further five mills in the first half of the current year major cost savings will be realised.
▪ As your leave year is from 1 April to 31 March your leave allowance for the current year will be 6.
▪ Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.
▪ The effect of this claim on my premium for the current year alone is nearly £6,500.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
swim against the tide/current etc
▪ Light given out by distant galaxies has to swim against the tide of expansion to get to us.
▪ There s no point in you tryin to swim against the tide now, is there?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Acceptable forms of ID include a current passport or a birth certificate.
▪ According to one economist, at the current growth rate, China will have the largest economy in the world by 2030.
▪ Coca-Cola's current advertising campaign
▪ In the current economic situation, switching careers may not be such a good idea.
▪ The aim is to reduce current pollution levels in the Black Sea.
▪ What is your current occupation?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All that is needed is two alterations to sections 7 and 8 of the current act.
▪ Alternatively, there is the cash management option, a current account paying high interest rates when the balance exceeds £5,000.
▪ First, how firmly do young children believe that the current situation dictates the way you feel?
▪ Harden estimates that under current conditions productivity can only be maintained for between 10 and 75 years.
▪ In-service applicants may retain their current terms and conditions of service.
▪ Reviewing current materials is a good first step for any re-evaluation of approaches to education.
▪ The current governor ran into a storm when it was revealed he had received a 17% pay increase in 1991.
▪ The pounds you pay will buy ECUs at the current exchange rate, which can fluctuate.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
electric
▪ With a borrowed battery, he passed an electric current through the solution.
▪ Again she felt the same shiver down her back like an electric current.
▪ We use it to pass a little electric current through the surface layers of the brain.
▪ It attempts to modify the electric currents in the ionosphere during a display of the lights and to observe the results.
▪ He lobbied the legislature at Albany to pass a law limiting electric currents to eight hundred volts.
▪ When hydrogen and oxygen are combined in a fuel cell, an electrochemical reaction generates an electric current.
electrical
▪ From a mail-order house she ordered a battery-operated galvanic device which applied the stimulation of low-voltage electrical current to his paralyzed limbs.
▪ When electrical currents flow they produce magnetic fields and so it is possible that these two therapies amount to the same thing.
▪ It's a unique beauty treatment that uses thermal clay and electrical currents to combat cellulite.
▪ Due to the radio waves which this equipment gives off, an electrical current is induced into the water.
▪ What had happened was that the passage of electrical current created huge magnetic forces which constricted the tube.
strong
▪ It floats in salt water and can be carried hundreds of miles by strong currents.
▪ However, the strong current carried her away, sweeping her over a weir where the boat overturned.
▪ It is very rarely still because of the strong tidal currents.
▪ Some believe that it is because of unusually strong cold ocean currents, which improve the chances of penguins surviving the journey.
tidal
▪ The environmental organisation detected radionuclides in zooplankton from the tidal currents which flush Mururoa's lagoon.
▪ This twice daily peristalsis creates tidal currents every six hours, pushing sea water first north, then south.
▪ It is very rarely still because of the strong tidal currents.
▪ With the reversal of tidal currents deltas can be built up at both ends of the strait.
■ NOUN
air
▪ Dive and glide in the blue sky then let the air currents carry you along.
▪ The weight of the glider and the woman slowed him down, but he could feel the warm air currents.
▪ When the evening comes the female spruce budworm moth rises up on warm air currents.
▪ A large bird was riding the air currents below him, and he decided it must be an eagle.
▪ The glider circled the escarpment and was carried with the warm air currents into the upper atmosphere.
ocean
▪ A direct and obvious example is that many marine animals are dispersed around the globe by ocean currents.
▪ Factoring in the effects of ocean currents, fickle winds, and errors in judgment, he then determined his longitude.
▪ The ocean currents flow around these in the same way that winds blow around high and low centres of atmospheric pressure.
▪ Some believe that it is because of unusually strong cold ocean currents, which improve the chances of penguins surviving the journey.
▪ But ocean currents, wind and tides stir the waters.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
offshore wind/current etc
▪ At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
▪ Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
▪ Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
▪ Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
▪ The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
▪ This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
▪ When sailing in offshore winds, however, this rule is more often than not proved right, particularly in coastal bays.
▪ You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
strong wind/current/tide
▪ A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.
▪ Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
▪ Firefighters must contend with steep canyons and the strong winds, not to mention hot and dry conditions.
▪ In very strong winds the critical place for ground handling is at the tail.
▪ Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
▪ The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
▪ There was a strong wind blowing from the north.
▪ Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
swim against the tide/current etc
▪ Light given out by distant galaxies has to swim against the tide of expansion to get to us.
▪ There s no point in you tryin to swim against the tide now, is there?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It's dangerous to swim in the sea here because the current is so strong.
▪ The current in the river was very strong.
▪ The currents in these parts could carry a boat miles out to sea.
▪ The tiny young drift on the ocean currents, until a few are lucky enough to land in a suitable place and begin a new life.
▪ Turn off the current before changing the fuse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Here the current is so strong that the shape of the cataract is constantly changing.
▪ The design could be improved, he declared, by switching to alternating current.