I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
offensive/defensive lineman
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
▪ He has been playing a more defensive role in the Ducks' left-wing lock system this season, however.
▪ Tempting as it is to criticise them back, this will make them even more defensive.
purely
▪ There were those who considered it to be a purely defensive step, and this gave rise to rumour.
so
▪ They do not feel so defensive, but they may well feel uncomfortable about these new insights into their personal weaknesses.
▪ She watched him for a moment, wishing she didn't feel so defensive every time he broached the subject of Arnie.
■ NOUN
action
▪ Existing companies-bookstores, for example-are taking defensive action against online retailers.
▪ From now on - offensive rather than defensive action is the key note.
alliance
▪ It has also provoked extensive networks of defensive alliances, as we indicate later on.
▪ At that time many amalgamations were the outcome of defensive alliances in the face of international competition and declining markets.
back
▪ The Panthers kept changing up, sometimes using five or six defensive backs on first down.
▪ There are few defensive backs who are expected to make immediate impact.
▪ During a commercial break, we met another lovely and somebody who plays defensive back engaged in witty banter.
▪ And lately, our defensive backs have responded with interceptions.
▪ Mike Morton replaced Fredrickson Sunday, though the Raiders often used extra defensive backs.
▪ Our defensive backs have played very well.
▪ Determining the top defensive backs in the draft today and Sunday is easy.
coordinator
▪ Fien is no stranger to Tormey, who recruited him when he was defensive coordinator at Washington.
▪ Dave Campo is the Cowboys' third defensive coordinator in four years.
▪ He was the Seahawks' defensive coordinator for three years, and last season, he was defensive coordinator at Tampa Bay.
▪ Later, he gave me a chance to be a defensive coordinator, and I had no experience at that, either.
▪ Coach Tony Dungy, once an accomplished defensive coordinator, likes to apply pressure.
▪ Parcells' defensive coordinator, Al Groh: &038;.
▪ As defensive coordinator of the Falcons he called for single coverage on Bruce last week.
▪ But Field probably will not retain the defensive coordinator position he held for 14 years under Terry Donahue, the source said.
effort
▪ That lax defensive effort continued, as did the parade of penalties.
end
▪ Washington has seen playing time as a reserve at both defensive end and tackle.
▪ Starting defensive end Michael Bankston has heard the rumors he will move to tackle to play next to Eric Swann.
▪ Stanford defensive end Kailee Wong recorded a late fourth-quarter safety for the second straight week....
▪ Jacksonville defensive end Jeff Lagemann left the game in the second quarter with a sprained knee....
▪ After defensive end Charles Haley had back surgery last month, the coaches moved tackle Leon Lett to end.
▪ Harrison began the 1995 season as a starter at defensive end.
line
▪ Sandison adopted the McPherson role of organising matters behind the Airdrie defensive line while the midfield remained conservatively deep.
▪ At Ohio State, Pace flattened defensive line men with regularity.
▪ A comedy of errors as Collegians tried to clear from a defensive line out presented McCall with the simplest of scores.
▪ The Raiders are getting stuffed because the defensive line is penetrating.
▪ Seals spent the 1988 season on injured reserve, and the Buccaneers moved him to the defensive line.
▪ Brackens is the best rusher in the defensive line.
▪ The revamped defensive line showed real signs of improvement.
▪ The Raiders leaned on their deep defensive line, which limited Jacksonville to only 69 yards rushing and sacked Brunell three times.
lineman
▪ In an odd decision that White did not fully explain, veteran defensive lineman Nolan Harrison did not suit up Sunday night.
▪ What Parcells wants first is a pass-rushing defensive lineman actually worth a million a year.
▪ Louis Rams for defensive lineman Sean Gilbert.
▪ Backup defensive lineman Junior Bryant deflected the pass that Doleman intercepted....
linemen
▪ Putting together a solid running game, which will keep defensive linemen from teeing off on the quarterback.
▪ Green Bay has a bunch of 300-pound defensive linemen, and I think they can match up with the Dallas offensive line.
▪ Greene gave the 49ers five defensive linemen who had to play.
▪ The Raiders effectively rotated defensive linemen in the first half, keeping fresh players on the field.
measure
▪ It was also probably in part a defensive measure on the part of the ego itself.
play
▪ Cooks made big defensive plays coming up on their sweeps.
player
▪ If you're a defensive player spearmen are particularly useful.
▪ You know how when a player sets a screen, the defensive player has to go around the screen?
▪ Rhodes is an outstanding defensive player who is expected to flourish as a small forward or shooting guard.
▪ I look around and I see a lot of pretty good defensive players.
▪ A dominating defensive player, the 34-year-old Mutombo also has been extremely durable.
▪ You can re- create a rundown play involving four different defensive players and still have ample opportunity to observe the next pitch.
▪ The Chiefs would have won, whatever defense they played, because their defensive players simply overwhelmed the Raiders.
position
▪ It was most useful in defensive positions.
▪ Cal will have new starters at five defensive positions Saturday.
▪ This straddle-leg stance is the basic defensive position.
▪ Every 100 kilometres had approximately two defensive positions, 200 soldiers and five or six cannon.
▪ Any discussion of siting has, therefore, concentrated on such factors as communication links, defensive positions and local bridging points.
▪ The Labour leadership has taken a typically defensive position on the politics of the war.
posture
▪ It was this factor more than any other which caused officials and Ministers alike to adopt such defensive postures.
▪ Most of all, it requires laying aside the guilt, uncoiling the defensive posture and dealing with the facts.
▪ You find yourself in defensive postures rather than fighting back.
▪ Management was always in a defensive posture.
▪ The enterprise then assumes a defensive posture that offers little true protection and scant opportunity for improvement and growth.
purpose
▪ Some past and current government officials say the program was intended for defensive purposes only.
reaction
▪ This defensive reaction is a learned one against the pain of remembered failure.
▪ They can even recognize depth and may respond with a defensive reaction to approaching objects.
▪ Disagreeing on seven out of ten occasions triggers a defensive reaction or even further disagreements.
▪ This is not only false but frequently results in a defensive reaction on the part of the sufferer.
▪ The investment in proposals is naturally such that challenges inevitably produce defensive reactions.
▪ This is a cat with a limp body that genetically lacks the usual defensive reactions of felines.
strategy
▪ The possibility that books may be needed at some future date tends to encourage a defensive strategy of retention.
▪ Tradition, then, becomes a strong power base from which to employ a defensive strategy to resist change.
▪ Furthermore, it is said, a defensive strategy based on such weapons effectively rules out the actual use of nuclear weapons.
▪ Anxiety, anger or apathy all seem reasonable defensive strategies for elders to adopt when facing selective assessment now.
system
▪ It is with the porcupines, however, that the spiny defensive system reaches its zenith.
▪ He would scrap the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and permit defensive systems to guard against accidental firings or small-scale attacks by outlaw nations.
▪ This is particularly true for a defensive system based on comparatively small, independent units, armed with short-range weapons.
▪ How reliable does the defensive system have to be?
tackle
▪ The Raiders reportedly offered defensive tackle Chester McGlockton and a first and second-round pick for Swann, but were rejected.
▪ Of all the defensive tackles, I think Wayne Martin is the best.
▪ Donovan is 71, a former defensive tackle with the memorable Baltimore Colts teams of the 1950s and early 1960s.
▪ Gannon hurt his shoulder when Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa drove him into the ground.
▪ Joe Phillips at the other defensive tackle is the same kind of guy.
▪ The 49ers had defensive tackle Chris Zorich in for a tryout Thursday.
team
▪ We are not a good defensive team.
▪ The Bruins, in contrast, are a hard-checking, defensive team.
wall
▪ The city would be encircled by its defensive walls pierced by town gates.
▪ He was impeccable in defence, and posed a constant threat to the Springboks' defensive wall.
▪ Here shown are the defensive walls and towers and, inside, the Byzantine style churches.
weapon
▪ But each also has the capability of being built into defensive weapons systems.
▪ Because of its weight, it was used almost exclusively as a defensive weapon in a fixed position.
▪ A first step must be to restrict any military hardware sales to defensive weapons.
▪ The best defensive weapon is usually interest rates - backed up by whatever policy changes are needed to restore credibility.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ defensive weapons
▪ a defensive player
▪ According to the report, only defensive weapons had been supplied to Iran.
▪ Police officers claimed that their actions during the riots were purely defensive.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Brackens is the best rusher in the defensive line.
▪ Dallas has lost two good players from their defense, cornerback Larry Brown and defensive tackle Russell Maryland.
▪ Dave Campo is the Cowboys' third defensive coordinator in four years.
▪ Rather than getting upset or defensive, I see myself being genuinely interested in her input.
▪ The city would be encircled by its defensive walls pierced by town gates.
▪ The invention of the tank and the aircraft broke through the defensive stalemate that had characterised the first world war.
▪ Their success was built upon a resolute defensive display, shutting out 12-goal Dean Saunders.
II.nounEXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But putting news directors on the defensive is by no means a bad thing.
▪ The industry is on the defensive in Congress, in courts across the nation and in the war for public opinion.
▪ There are two reasons why the Government is now on the defensive after last week's protests against high fuel tax.