I.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deserve a (special) mention (=used especially in speeches to mention someone's good work or actions)
▪ Richard deserves a special mention for all his hard work on this project.
honourable mention
mention a subject
▪ The subject was not mentioned again.
omit to mention/say/tell etc
▪ Oliver omitted to mention that he was married.
rate a mention
▪ a local incident that didn’t rate a mention in the national press
too numerous to mention/list
▪ The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
above
▪ The two issues of Maastricht mentioned above are difficult reading because they are less than half the story.
▪ The fish mentioned above will help, as will snails.
▪ As we mentioned above, it only makes sense to count substitutions as errors when a grammar is used.
▪ One of these methods of vegetative reproduction is typical for some species; others utilize both methods mentioned above.
▪ The object will be one of those defined in the Zone Relationship Diagram mentioned above.
▪ Let us consider each of the five forms of representation mentioned above.
▪ Some problems in stratification theory and the theory of deviance are mentioned above.
▪ Neither the federal copyright law nor guidelines mentioned above apply to copying computer software, and such copying is not fair use.
already
▪ I have already mentioned the stipulation that before l could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams.
▪ As already mentioned, Paredes y Arrillaga died in the summer of 1849, and Mariano Otero succumbed to the cholera epidemic.
▪ I have already mentioned the influence of Barth in the modern day.
▪ The other kind of move that is ruled out is one that violates the hard core, as we have already mentioned.
▪ We have already mentioned two factors that make the entire structure more progressive than an examination of income tax alone would suggest.
▪ I have already mentioned tumours and blindness as possible accompanying problems.
▪ Will there be a recommended itinerary apart from the buildings you have already mentioned?
▪ I have already mentioned the reality orientation objective of the Cumbria project.
as
▪ The court has power to extend or abridge time under s 376 as mentioned in section 2 above.
▪ As mentioned earlier, the game was marbles, which requires two or more players.
▪ As mentioned above, there were three important strands: the Salafiyyists, the Djazara'a group and the Afghanistes.
▪ As mentioned in the discussion of pathophysiology, their beneficial effect is mainly due to the blocking of striatal acetylcholine receptors.
▪ As mentioned in the previous section, there are sound reasons for the slowdown in big-city population decline.
▪ As mentioned earlier, there are alternatives for those keeping a close watch on their cholesterol.
▪ As mentioned at the beginning, oil paints dry by oxidisation.
▪ Tesla was told firmly that he must never so much as mention the subject of alternating current.
earlier
▪ One of these was mentioned earlier on.
▪ As mentioned earlier, the game was marbles, which requires two or more players.
▪ I mentioned earlier that the more work the greater the rewards.
▪ For example, some instruments are single dimensional such as the demographic variables mentioned earlier.
▪ We come back here, of course, to the question of extrapolation which I mentioned earlier.
▪ These symptoms may occur alone, or with other symptoms mentioned earlier.
▪ As I mentioned earlier, you must always bear in mind the effect of poor fertility, and less vigorous habit.
▪ As mentioned earlier, for some tables it is more convenient to enter the data as a series of columns.
even
▪ And they will continue to be exposed until they become too embarrassing to even mention.
▪ You mean I even mentioned the apartment number?
▪ She'd never even mentioned them and I was sure she'd think I was unclean.
▪ She has never wanted, or even mentioned, the notion of a two-year contract.
▪ I won't even mention Fosters.
▪ But on the morning after the birth of his daughter, even mentioning Watergate seemed wrong.
▪ How can you even mention experience to some one like me?
▪ Stan Harrison even mentioned that he had met her father.
frequently
▪ And among the most frequently mentioned vice-presidential possibilities are Govs.
▪ It is important to remember that a classic type of restraint of trade clause frequently mentions two quite separate time periods.
▪ Like bread, it is mentioned frequently in sacred scripture and tradition.
▪ In these letters to Harry he frequently mentions his excessive response to beauty in men, women, and children.
▪ He is married with three children and frequently mentions his devotion to his family.
▪ Lucy frequently mentioned Charles's sailing weekends.
▪ The grounds for dismissal most frequently mentioned in state laws include insubordination, incompetency, immorality, and unprofessional conduct.
here
▪ Just a few have been mentioned here.
▪ Propitiation is mentioned here because it has a diagnostic value.
▪ Of these, three should be mentioned here.
▪ Many of the establishments mentioned here just opened in 1996; dozens more are due to open over the next few months.
▪ This suggests an important point which will be taken up in detail in the final chapter but which should be mentioned here.
▪ There is only one more thing I want to mention here.
▪ The astonishing work was mentioned here in the 15 December issue.
▪ Entirely reliable facts, other than those here mentioned, are scarce.
never
▪ Frank and Tom were never mentioned, even on the anniversary of their kidnaps, beyond being listed with all the hostages.
▪ Their difference in ages, although never mentioned, contributes to their combustion and credibility.
▪ I wondered when they had known each other and why the parents had never mentioned the affair to me?
▪ The Breeze never mentioned the stock market crash.
▪ She had wet her drawers, which was the kind of thing one would never mention to Mama.
▪ He never mentioned his father either.
▪ BHowever, it is a president Clinton almost never mentions who he resembles most closely -- Lyndon B.. Johnson.
▪ We treated it and never mentioned it again.
specifically
▪ Development training was specifically mentioned by fewer respondents than in the county libraries.
▪ Family relationships were also felt to suffer, with l6 carers specifically mentioning the friction and tension caused by their caring role.
▪ She specifically mentioned the victims of the Gulf War which had just broken out when the meeting started.
▪ However, a question mark continued to hang over Kaliningrad, which was not specifically mentioned in the agreement.
▪ At that point, there was no question of intent; a low dam was specifically mentioned in the appropriation.
▪ He has specifically mentioned selling a stake in the road.
▪ Sometimes, other officials said, Wood did specifically mention campaign contributions.
■ NOUN
chapter
▪ As mentioned in Chapter 1, WordPerfect allows you to work with two documents at one time.
▪ The initial attempts at the solution of this problem are mentioned in the next chapter.
▪ As mentioned in Chapter Two, Terry began with an appeal to intellectual understanding.
▪ As we mentioned in Chapter 3, the new Age of Psychology promotes and emphasizes the development and self-fulfilment of the individual.
▪ The danger of working wet land has already been mentioned in Chapter 4.
▪ Hartley Coleridge's comment has been mentioned in an earlier chapter, and it emphasises his industry.
fact
▪ I usually don't mention the fact that I once trained as a social worker.
▪ He never mentioned the fact that Tucson detectives had shown him her photo.
▪ I mentioned the fact that he always took his car on camping trips.
▪ Right, I believe you mentioned the fact a couple thirty, forty times now.
▪ I would prefer that you did not mention the fact of such a meeting to anymole ....
▪ I find it strange that a new name is mentioned despite the fact that we've just won two away games.
name
▪ I could mention the names of several persons whose influence over their flocks was solely attributable to this circumstance.
▪ It solves some of the puzzles mentioned for proper names.
▪ Clare had evidently mentioned my name to her.
▪ Not a soul talked to me about Dickie or even mentioned his name.
▪ If Simone had not mentioned his name she would completely have forgotten his existence.
▪ Disappointingly, none of the reviews mentioned Alvin by name.
▪ The original title-page was replaced with one that did not mention Shakespeare's name.
▪ The original script never mentioned the name Cyrex.
word
▪ I mentioned the word revelation just then.
▪ These terms are carefully coded and they are significant because they enable people to speak about race without mentioning the word.
▪ But mention the word kitsch in their company at your peril.
▪ Not to mention the words they need to describe manufacturing processes, distribution systems, schedules, and sales performance.
■ VERB
fail
▪ New Labour failed to mention the theatre in one of its early cheerleading manifestos for Cool Britannia.
▪ But he failed to mention one key appeal: fun.
▪ Modern censures on Herodotos for failing to mention this obstacle have, here as often, been proved unjustified.
▪ They offered no explanation for why they failed to mention the excessive airborne formaldehyde last week.
▪ The reader can no doubt think of other properties usually ascribed to Z which we have so far failed to mention.
▪ Don't fail to mention previous letters you have written and which haven't been answered. 3.
▪ You also failed to mention safe transport schemes for women.
▪ Either by accident or design, has also failed to mention several of the chief features of the new law.
forget
▪ She forgot to mention the noise.
▪ I forgot to mention that we had a mild, almost balmy day on Saturday.
▪ I just forgot to mention it.
▪ And then he forgets to mention inflation.
▪ I forgot to mention that to Becky, but there won't be any problem.
▪ Did I forget to mention Stonehenge?
▪ Sorry, I forgot to mention the ghosts.
▪ You forgot to mention that they are guests of the company, not mine personally.
neglect
▪ Scriven had neglected to mention this in his presentation.
▪ It could mean that, unknowingly, he has neglected to mention some crucial detail.
▪ Sadly he neglects to mention whether they also gave his feet a bit of a squeeze.
▪ The article neglected to mention the large percentage of homeowners who rebuilt early and subsequently tried to sell their houses.
▪ For some reason Ted neglected to mention the deals when he was responding to questions from the board.
▪ What he neglects to mention: The Diamondbacks' season tickets will be the most expensive in organized baseball.
omit
▪ Why then omit to mention Walter?
▪ It omitted to mention how much of its ever-increasing charges it contributed to WaterAid.
▪ My diary records the incident in a tone of self-righteousness, omitting to mention my feeling of incompetence.
▪ There's one of those towns marked with an asterisk that you omitted to mention.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glancing reference/mention
mention/note sth in passing
▪ He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.
▪ In Exodus the quails were mentioned only in passing.
▪ Like many more, presumably, we mention Ribblehead in passing.
to name/mention but a few
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Why didn't you tell me?" "It didn't seem worth mentioning."
▪ As I mentioned earlier, sales this year have been lower than expected.
▪ Did he mention where he went to school?
▪ Did I mention I saw Lee and John yesterday?
▪ Eve mentioned that you might be looking for a temporary job.
▪ He mentioned something about a party, but he didn't say when it was.
▪ I forgot to mention that I won't be in tomorrow.
▪ It is worth mentioning that young children are particularly vulnerable to accidents in the home.
▪ Now that you mention it, I did think she was behaving a little strangely last night.
▪ She had started having nose bleeds, but when she mentioned this to her doctor, he told her not to worry.
▪ Then he remembered that Liz had mentioned in passing that her father was a lawyer.
▪ We didn't really discuss the price, but somebody mentioned a figure of £300.
▪ When I mentioned her name, he looked embarrassed.
▪ When you were talking to Barbara, did she mention her mother at all?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An Inhibition as mentioned above, is rarely used.
▪ As mentioned at the beginning, oil paints dry by oxidisation.
▪ As mentioned, later on we will talk about the importance of being a brand.
▪ As I mentioned earlier, not all children who are aggressive display these physical characteristics.
▪ At that stage the inspector did not mention spent nuclear fuel.
▪ He didn't mention which limb though.
▪ She mentioned this every year until the year our parents died and she betrayed me, paying me back.
▪ The insurance industry has all the power, not to mention our friend Chuck Quackenbush as state insurance commissioner.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brief
▪ Work on automatic classification should not be overlooked, although a brief mention only is permitted.
▪ Second, brief mention should be made of the law relating to adultery.
▪ Two other political phenomena deserve brief mention in this context.
▪ Nevertheless, one aspect of the AD-AS approach deserves brief mention.
▪ In this final section, brief mention will be made of that particularly complex policy area, urban finance.
early
▪ Stratford Mill's earliest mention comes in 1607 in the will of Edward Stratford.
▪ An early mention in Wisden came in 1976.
further
▪ Again there is no further mention of this incident in the study.
▪ It goes without further mention that all authors of scales or other instruments should be given full credit for their work.
▪ Chapter Eight contains further mention of its application in dealing with high-status people and conflict.
▪ As these matters are not generally relevant to mainstream public company takeovers, no further mention is made about them here.
honorable
▪ History owes a page of honorable mention to the Federal capital on this occasion.
▪ Red, who was an honorable mention on the Pac-10 team, is having a huge defensive night with fourteen rebounds.
honourable
▪ Both projects were shortlisted and received an honourable mention in the 1991 awards.
▪ Rickenbacker deserves an honourable mention for the most significant non-advance in design.
▪ He also deserves an honourable mention for working with Graham Knight and Carlton Brown, and retaining a sense of humour.
little
▪ Idealism apart, this long chapter has made strikingly little mention of individual motives or decisions.
mere
▪ Some scholars, however, see Matthew's interest in the Church as going beyond the mere mention of the word.
▪ A mere mention was enough to remind me that I was not free, yet.
▪ There are lawyers who are proud of their craft, and get defensive at the mere mention of lawyer-bashing.
▪ I normally throw up at the mere mention of footy management, but Soccer Rivals is darn good.
▪ Ruth's heart jumped; escape was precisely what she'd thought of, at the mere mention of Fincara.
▪ The mere mention of precious Graham seemed to enrage Eunice even more.
▪ Pulses quicken at the mere mention of the name; grown men develop a glazed look in their eyes.
passing
▪ I believe in trickle filters, but they rarely get more than a passing mention.
▪ Tonight was not about money, but about winning, fun, maybe a passing mention in the morning's racing press.
special
▪ David Whitehead of the University of Sheffield received a special mention and a prize of £100.
▪ Tonight, she figures her contribution on the court is worth special mention.
▪ And there are neighbouring glens on the east side of the watershed, also lovely and deserving of special mention.
▪ Two of these behaviors deserve special mention.
▪ In a month-long seat belt campaign during 1992, this group received special mention and considerable media attention.
▪ The chairman thanked all committee members, with special mention of Violet Scrace's Friday coffee mornings.
▪ One other case deserves special mention.
specific
▪ There is no specific mention of Catholics as rioters.
▪ Lucy could only conclude that, whatever Charlie had been saying, it hadn't included specific mention of her name.
very
▪ But she sees him suppress what could only be a smirk at her very mention of a dybbuk.
▪ The very mention of Sylvie's name filled her with a rage which was instantly followed by guilt.
▪ The very mention of her name aroused fury.
▪ But the very mention of Greg Martin's name was painful to Hugo.
worthy
▪ Two of these we shall not need here, but they are worthy of a mention.
▪ Two other documents are worthy of mention.
▪ The question then arises: What might Morris say that might be worthy of mention before the lecture?
▪ But the brick dropped by a local Sunday newspaper last weekend is worthy of mention.
▪ Before I leave the period of the great map makers and engravers, there is one more map worthy of mention.
▪ Out of the team, only Platt, Ince and Ripley were worthy of mention.
■ VERB
contain
▪ Most of his property was left to her, in a will containing no mention of any children.
▪ Ephriam Dickson had read everything ever written that contained a mention of Crazy Horse.
▪ Chapter Eight contains further mention of its application in dealing with high-status people and conflict.
▪ Her letters, three of them, contain no mention as to her health, or how she is feeling.
▪ The partnership agreement should contain express mention of the following matters: 1.
deserve
▪ Two of these behaviors deserve special mention.
▪ One other case deserves special mention.
▪ Two other specialist texts deserve special mention.
▪ Bryn Terfel also deserves special mention as a stunning bass who is actually in tune, and whose words are clearly understood.
▪ Before we leave his cricket career two particular stories deserve a mention.
find
▪ Dunn and Hack began to scour the literature, but found no mention of the muscle.
▪ Strangely I could find only one mention of a plant parasite - in a figure.
▪ There you will find mention of F Taylor.
▪ Ever since Ben had first found that single mention of him in the journals.
▪ Nowhere will a visitor find a mention of such things as Whitewater.
▪ We find few mentions of the bishops living at Halling now, although they still continued to use Trottescliffe.
▪ I found mention of it in the archives.
get
▪ What teaching quality might look like in drama, physical education, music and art, for instance, scarcely gets a mention.
▪ Totally different point, we got a mention on the Newman and Baddeil show last night.
▪ Even Fergie got a mention in a spurious gag about how he and the Royal got together.
▪ Retailers, publishers etc make sure your product gets a mention - contact FlyPast before October 23.
▪ Jimmy Tarbuck would probably get a mention too.
▪ But it was local craftsmen who built the cloisters and they all get a mention on the windows.
▪ Did we ever get a mention in the programme?
hear
▪ She heard mention of six months' imprisonment, and was terrified that she'd be locked up for doing nothing.
include
▪ It is therefore surprising that none of the articles includes any mention of the costs that might be incurred.
▪ Lucy could only conclude that, whatever Charlie had been saying, it hadn't included specific mention of her name.
make
▪ She never made mention of her constant realignment of interests in any of her occasional letters, periodic updates of the trivial.
▪ Kavanagh's book makes no mention of Katherine's name.
▪ Biblical writings, which lie at the root of Western culture, make numerous mention of portents in the heavens.
▪ Faculty minutes likewise make no mention of any admissions decision concerning him.
▪ He had made no mention of the previous evening, nor had she expected him to.
▪ The constitution makes separate mention of impeachment.
merit
▪ Environmental considerations and costs do not even seem to merit a mention.
▪ It would hardly merit a mention except for the presence in the market of one incredible wine.
▪ The headlines were smaller this time and Bayly's religion didn't merit a mention in the Press.
▪ Integrity, validity and reliability merited one mention each and objectivity got two.
omit
▪ Wharfe is omitted from mention in official guides to the district and doesn't mind it all.
▪ Predictably, Communist historians omit any mention of this atrocity in their accounts of the period.
▪ Indeed, in its Manifesto to Members, the Institute omits any mention of members' interests.
receive
▪ David Whitehead of the University of Sheffield received a special mention and a prize of £100.
▪ She received just four passing mentions in Mr Brown's speech last week.
▪ Both projects were shortlisted and received an honourable mention in the 1991 awards.
▪ But basic biographical details which are referred to in the letters often receive no mention in the main text.
▪ Surprisingly it does not receive a mention in the parable of the Fall.
▪ Lice, made much of by combatants on other fronts, receive little mention.
singled
▪ Along the way, scientists came up with two key innovations that were singled out for mention in the book.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glancing reference/mention
any ... you care to name/mention
mention/note sth in passing
▪ He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.
▪ In Exodus the quails were mentioned only in passing.
▪ Like many more, presumably, we mention Ribblehead in passing.
to name/mention but a few
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Mr Franks made no mention of any changes at the top of the company.
▪ The case even got a mention in some of the national newspapers.
▪ There was no mention of a pay rise.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Ever since Ben had first found that single mention of him in the journals.
▪ Faculty minutes likewise make no mention of any admissions decision concerning him.
▪ Omit any mention of a short-term job that you left on poor terms?
▪ Players not even worth a mention now can change everything with a good game or two.
▪ Please don't switch off at the mention of maths, if you can use a calculator, you an do this.
▪ The next thing to disappear without mention was the Ransome.
▪ Tonight, she figures her contribution on the court is worth special mention.
▪ Two other specialist texts deserve special mention.