noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a relief effort
▪ The UN is organizing the relief effort to the region affected by the earthquake.
a sense of relief/panic/guilt etc
▪ We reached the medical centre with a sense of relief.
a sigh of relief/exasperation/satisfaction etc
▪ At last the girl stopped eating and sat back with a sigh of satisfaction.
a wave of panic/relief/sympathy
▪ A wave of relief washed over Harry.
an aid/relief/humanitarian convoy (=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas)
▪ The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
breathe a sigh of relief
▪ When he had left, Miranda breathed a sigh of relief.
comic relief (=a situation in a serious story that makes you relax a little because it is funny)
▪ The song provides some comic relief from the intensity of the scene.
debt relief
disaster relief (=money, food, clothes etc for people in a disaster area)
▪ an emergency appeal for disaster relief
emergency aid/relief/help (=things such as food and medicine that are given to people when they are in a very dangerous situation)
▪ The charity made a television appeal for emergency aid to the region.
heaved a sigh of relief
▪ Rebecca heaved a sigh of relief.
high relief
humanitarian aid/assistance/relief
▪ Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.
pain relief (=a drug or treatment that makes pain less severe)
▪ These drugs offer effective pain relief for the very sick.
relief map
relief road
▪ an eastern relief road for city traffic
relief/emergency aid (=given when there is a disaster, a war etc)
▪ Surrounding countries supplied disaster relief aid.
tax relief
▪ You can get tax relief on private health insurance premiums.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
comic
▪ Interspersed between tragic stories are a few songs supplying pointed but comic relief.
▪ And me-what was I there for? Comic relief?
▪ He was, and he remained for the time being, a figure of comic relief.
▪ What I did was to provide him with some comic relief.
▪ Did you raise money for Comic relief?
▪ I raised £7.41 for comic relief by eating jelly with chopsticks.
▪ But I do so like having you in the game. Comic relief, you know.
▪ For comic relief, obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
great
▪ Anna felt a great sense of relief.
▪ It was a great relief to write these things.
▪ But perhaps ... She opened the surgery door and Helen greeted her with a great sigh of relief.
▪ It had been a great relief to Bob.
▪ I must say it was a great relief not to have to try to understand it all from books.
▪ It came originally from my father, who employed the technique with great relief on many occasions.
▪ This I can tell you is a great relief.
▪ The final whistle was a great relief.
high
▪ Their seven children, carved in high relief in diminishing size according to age, clustered round their feet like rabbits.
▪ It passed because taxes were too high and relief was needed.
▪ There is also a carved and painted wood pulpit with high relief figure-decoration.
▪ He was too high on exultant relief to be deflated so easily.
▪ The fact may stand out in higher relief if the residuals are plotted against the fitted values.
▪ There are 16 panels depicting high relief figures on a low relief and incised background.
▪ Digital terrain modeling can be applied to computer transformations in places where the ground is undulating or has high relief.
▪ He concludes that high relief was essentially a response to high food prices rather than to perception of a chronic employment problem.
international
▪ A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.
▪ Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.
light
▪ I have to be allowed a bit of light relief.
▪ The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.
▪ However, the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 16 should bring everyone to their senses and give some light relief.
▪ It seems that the staff were inclined to regard the women as light relief from the sombre business of teaching science.
▪ After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
▪ Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
▪ Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials.
poor
▪ Even so, those who were fully employed were the fortunate ones, for half the population of Nottingham was on poor relief.
▪ There is a high level of consensus among historians of the eighteenth-century Poor Law that relief in general was neither ungenerous nor ineffective.
▪ In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.
▪ Nevertheless, the case for a review of the poor relief system was strong.
▪ Many who had no wish to see the principles of 1834 modified were alarmed by the rise in poor relief expenditure.
▪ At the third tier, parish councils were created in 1894 and charged with administering poor relief.
▪ Women were more likely than men to be dependent on poor relief.
▪ This leaves no doubt of his feelings about justices' powers in other areas of poor relief.
sharp
▪ The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky.
▪ Former Giant Dennis Cook pitched 1-3 / 4 sharp innings of relief for Florida.
▪ Such excellence threw the next hour into even sharper relief with two sides growing increasingly scrappy.
▪ The dark sky had forced an eerie light on to the buildings, causing colours to jump out in sharp relief.
▪ A further trick of the light throws their roller-coaster ridge into sharp relief, like a cardboard cut-out.
▪ Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights, and the stars sprang into sharp relief.
▪ The above brief account throws into sharp relief the essential differences between the Keynesian and classical theories of labour market adjustment.
▪ The literature throws into sharp relief the essential dichotomy in the approach to this issue between economics and economic history.
welcome
▪ But for most Tories, excluding a minority who thought he was too soft, this budget was welcome relief.
▪ The cool water slipping down her throat was a welcome relief.
▪ Some will find it a welcome relief, others an indication of personal failure, and the cause of personal guilt.
▪ Posy Simmonds' whimsical humour comes as a welcome relief in a medium that is surprisingly low on laughs.
▪ Competitions were suspended although friendlies were welcome light relief.
▪ For others, Christmas is a welcome relief from the pressure of work and a time to recuperate.
▪ Fishing is from boats only, but outboard motors are allowed. Welcome relief on this exposed, often windy water.
▪ This provided a welcome relief from the constant travelling of the last three days.
■ NOUN
agency
▪ At the same time, the net has helped relief agencies raise further awareness-and money-about crisis situations.
▪ Jobs and relief agencies were scarce in northern cities, where anti-Negro sentiment kept growing.
▪ Whenever famine strikes, Western public and private relief agencies converge upon it with cargo planes, helicopters and land cruisers.
▪ The group mobilizes franchise systems' resources to help relief agencies during emergencies.
convoy
▪ They were afraid of reprisal because the Arabs had just ambushed a relief convoy at Kubri.
debt
▪ So far their progress on debt relief has been agonisingly slow.
▪ Pledges on debt relief that have not been met.
▪ The debt relief campaign throws into stark relief the central contradiction of globalisation: it is to do with time.
▪ As things stand, only 14 countries are likely to qualify for HIPC2 debt relief this year.
▪ This is a serious loss; the movement has raised the profile of debt relief and poverty reduction.
▪ Usually, the study points out, the creditors expect to get the lion's share of any debt relief.
▪ Anti-#debt groups in the South are aware of the divisive effect of selective and exclusionary debt relief proposals.
▪ International debt relief is at last getting serious attention, but personal debt continues to be a festering problem.
disaster
▪ Shawcross raises these questions within the context of disaster relief but they have a broader setting.
▪ For the first time the Soviet Government allowed foreign disaster relief organisations to enter its territory on a massive scale.
▪ The Mango concept is based on the well-established RedR service which helps agencies to recruit engineers for disaster relief operations.
▪ This allowed disaster relief experts to construct a new stone wall to reinforce the dam.
effort
▪ More tremors hit Cairo More earth tremors have hit Cairo impeding the relief effort following the major earthquake.
▪ In a regional disaster such as a flood or earthquake, there was no way to coordinate relief efforts.
▪ A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.
▪ But sending out supplies is just part of the relief effort.
▪ This factor, together with the severe damage caused to the roads and power supplies, greatly hampered relief efforts.
▪ But the escalating crisis may now force Western leaders to use military air power to protect relief efforts.
▪ The Soviet relief effort is also employing aircraft.
▪ No relief effort will work if war and politics get in the way.
famine
▪ A special series of graded poll-taxes towards famine relief began in February 1922.
▪ Then there was the famine relief work, the Ethiopean situation, the Kurdish situation.
▪ Even the famine area was made to pay one-half of the supplemental tax levied for famine relief.
▪ Join a pressure group or raise money for famine relief.
▪ The national union of workers in education and the arts gave 5 percent of their pay for famine relief.
interest
▪ There is no comparison between this form and the one on which people claim for mortgage interest relief.
▪ In this sense, therefore, it is narrower than the purposive test for interest relief for management described in s4.4 above.
▪ These benefits are not confined to mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief; there are over a hundred.
▪ For the other conditions that need to be satisfied for management to obtain interest relief, reference should be made to s360.
▪ Make sure that switching lenders will not result in any loss of mortgage interest relief.
operation
▪ Nevertheless, there was widespread criticism that the relief operation was slow and badly organized.
▪ They warned, however, that relief operations were being seriously reduced by soaring fuel costs.
▪ But the emergency relief operation, say the aid-agencies working among them, is in danger of passing them by.
▪ The Mango concept is based on the well-established RedR service which helps agencies to recruit engineers for disaster relief operations.
▪ Worst of all, she has undermined the credibility of the Government's relief operation.
▪ Consequently no clearly visible political strings were attached to relief operations there.
pain
▪ It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief.
▪ The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.
▪ This type of pain is probably like a growing pain-essential. Pain relief is as follows.
▪ Objective assessment of pain in necessary to ensure adequate pain relief.
▪ Give drugs regularly and let the doctor know if you think more pain relief would be helpful.
▪ Particular care needs to be taken over: i. accidents or surgical procedures where anaesthetics and appropriate pain relief must be given.
▪ Such forecasts are like aspirins: they have no long term effect but do bring immediate pain relief.
▪ So, next time these problems come along, you can be sure of fast, effective pain relief with Calpol.
supply
▪ Delivery of relief supplies is hampered by security concerns, as well as the refugee camps' inaccessibility.
tax
▪ Some 93% of the investment will be available as tax reliefs: 78% in 1992/93 and 15% in 1993/94.
▪ Tax Relief - Only interest on the first £30,000 of the loan is eligible for tax relief.
▪ He is also expected to announce tax relief for overseas donations of existing drugs by pharmaceutical companies.
▪ The pension benefits are taxed, taking into account personal tax relief.
▪ Once you remortgage, tax relief will be limited to the first £30,000 of your loan.
▪ A valuation may on occasions be necessary because of the interaction of holdover relief and other capital gains tax reliefs.
▪ But it said gift aid and income tax relief would raise income by £30 million.
▪ I have no savings interest and claim tax relief on £5 a week paid to my ex-wife.
work
▪ She said the fighting had halted virtually all relief work in Mogadishu.
▪ During World War I she was conspicuous for her public relief work on the home front.
▪ Aid agencies say that although well-meaning, the volunteers are threatening official relief work by making aid lorries vulnerable to attack.
▪ Then there was the famine relief work, the Ethiopean situation, the Kurdish situation.
worker
▪ For the relief workers, trying to cope is an overwhelming ordeal.
▪ In Baidoa, we told how 300,000 people were flooding into feeding centres hastily set up by relief workers.
▪ He said that relief workers and soldiers were now forcing people to evacuate.
▪ The technical team also visited Kismayo, Baidoa and Beletuen, speaking with relief workers and other militia leaders.
▪ Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.
▪ For surveyors and civil engineers, relief workers and war correspondents, the ultimate mobile phone looks like a bargain.
▪ Repercussions of these disturbances came to the attention of foreign relief workers.
■ VERB
breathe
▪ In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.
▪ He directs me. Breathe sigh of relief. 10.55: Arrived at B's home.
▪ The Government could breathe a sigh of relief at the disappearance of some of its fiercest critics.
▪ Marie breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ She put her cold arms to bed and lay warmed and breathing slowly in her relief.
▪ The deadline came, the flood gates opened and we breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ He breathed a sigh of relief as he bumped over the crest.
bring
▪ Live yoghurt applied vaginally can often bring considerable relief from the itching, so long as you can contain the mess!
▪ Cold or hot compresses and/or a gentle massage may bring some relief.
▪ There were several alarms, bringing laughing giggles of relief when they came to nothing.
▪ Tuition hikes have slowed a bit in recent years, but that has not brought students much relief.
▪ A smack terminates the child's naughty behaviour, thus bringing relief to the harassed parent.
▪ The guilty verdict and death sentence brought little relief.
claim
▪ Farah Aydid had claimed that relief aid arriving in Mogadishu was not reaching targeted populations.
▪ He will be able to claim tax relief on a lot of his expenses at this time of year.
▪ Another plus of the pension mortgage is that you can claim tax relief on your pension contributions.
▪ If you pay higher rate income tax you can claim additional income tax relief on top.
▪ The self employed may claim income tax relief as an allowance in their income tax assessment.
feel
▪ Charles felt enormous relief that he wasn't Bill Holroyd.
▪ After the initial shock brought by his rather sudden decision had worn away Henry says, he felt mostly relief.
▪ A different door - larger, special - and she felt relief wash over her.
▪ Did anyone else feel a little relief when Theodore Kaczynski was found living in Montana?
▪ These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.
▪ For a moment I felt relief, since if these ducks could term Armand, of course I could term the ducks.
▪ She suddenly felt totally drained; relief at getting home again had brought about a release of all her emotions.
▪ She was ashamed, but I felt enormous relief.
give
▪ Hank came in and did a lot of recordings, which I was glad of because it gave me some relief.
▪ We can do both, give tax relief to families and balance the budget.
▪ He gave a sigh of relief and started walking again.
▪ I start swallowing antihistamines; they give me some relief.
▪ It gave him relief from the tension of sharing the young man's terrible anguish.
▪ Once a group is formed, the learners and the teacher too are given some relief from this imbalance.
▪ Some will look to selective internment, of loyalists and republicans, to give relief.
▪ As she turned away from the house, into the lane, she gave a shudder of relief.
grant
▪ I am therefore prepared to grant the relief sought by Glasgow and will hear counsel as to the exact terms of the declarations.
▪ In either case this Court does not have authority to grant the requested relief.
▪ The applicant sought judicial review of that decision, and the Divisional Court granted him relief in the form of a declaration.
▪ Of those, only a fraction are granted relief.
▪ The jurisdiction to grant relief for breach of covenant other than to pay rent is discretionary, and may be given on terms.
▪ Where leave was given, it was not uncommon to find on investigation that there were no grounds for granting any relief.
heave
▪ The water companies are heaving a sigh of relief.
▪ Those whose companies' dealings with Codelco declined during that time frame say they are heaving sighs of relief.
▪ However, as far as the retailers' 1992/93 profits are concerned, they have heaved a sigh of relief.
▪ When Tom Hanks passed on the news that evening on his way home, Seb heaved a sigh of relief.
▪ But the country's 150m neglected tenants heaved a sigh of relief.
▪ Elizabeth heaved a sigh of relief upon reaching Aumery Park Farm.
obtain
▪ The second part clarifies when employers may obtain tax relief for the costs of providing childcare assistance for their employees.
▪ When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil.
▪ For the other conditions that need to be satisfied for management to obtain interest relief, reference should be made to s360.
▪ In the tax computation this amount is added back as a disallowed expense and hence the company obtains no tax relief.
▪ Bodybuilders can obtain relief from vitamin C for the aches and pains they suffer in the shoulders and elbows.
▪ On the other hand one wonders whether the fish obtains temporary relief from the irritation by having a scratch?
offer
▪ Higher imports are unlikely to offer much relief as cheese consumption is rising fast in most Continental countries.
▪ For government officials who are intimidated or confused by welfare reform, the idea might offer relief.
▪ I recommend that to the House because it will offer great relief to people who live alone.
▪ The sixteenth offered little relief, it called for a wooden club for practically everybody.
▪ In fact it offered a relief that, after all, one did have an acceptable motherland.
▪ Freeman suspects that nicotine offers very short-term relief.
provide
▪ The parishes were required to levy rates to provide for the relief of the poor.
▪ The reader should not miss his insights that provide relief from stresses.
▪ In addition, contempt has the singular advantage of providing moments of light relief within what is essentially a serious framework.
▪ We were pleased to work out a reasonable accommodation with Senator Sher to provide some relief to tenants.
▪ However, the authorities can provide the debt relief badly needed to stabilise the economy by nationalising the banks.
▪ Most of these ideas are ill-founded, some are downright harmful, and a few actually provide some relief.
▪ The scheme was not designed to provide widespread relief in a period of mass unemployment.
▪ It provided massive relief for thrifts.
receive
▪ So the single person now receives the same tax relief on a £30,000 mortgage as a couple.
▪ Employees who donate up to £480 to charity through their pay at work will receive tax relief.
▪ You can also receive tax relief on the donation.
▪ People holding mortgages will have the choice of moving to housing cost relief or continuing to receive mortgage interest tax relief.
▪ However if you were receiving the extra transitional relief in 1990-91 then you should not need to apply again.
▪ The result was a fall in the numbers receiving out-door relief.
▪ Eight countries that have received debt relief are still paying more on their debts than on health and education.
▪ He is set to increase the number of employees who may receive tax relief on share options in small, high-risk companies.
seek
▪ Newborns seek nourishment and relief from discomfort, with their reflexes determining behavior.
▪ The ambitious young company laid off workers, scaled back projects and went to government regulators seeking financial relief.
sigh
▪ Her exalted moment of remembrance expired, she sighed in her relief and in her certainty of purpose.
▪ We sighed with relief, congratulating our-selves on our vigilance.
▪ Kali sat down on a flat stone, sighing with relief.
▪ The liberal politicians sigh with relief and continue their efforts to enlarge the welfare state.
▪ As the plane taxied along the runway she sighed with relief.
▪ Lindsey followed, sighing her own relief as the noise faded behind them.
throw
▪ The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky.
▪ The debt relief campaign throws into stark relief the central contradiction of globalisation: it is to do with time.
▪ As she tilted her face upwards to answer, her bone structure was thrown into transitory relief.
▪ This quiet progress is both thrown into relief and varied by endless interruptions.
▪ In the darkness the angular planes of his face were thrown into stark relief.
▪ Hence they throw into relief and bring out the significant aspects of the phenomenon in question.
▪ Moreover, although these issues were thrown into sharp relief during the Thatcher administrations, Labour governments had been hardly more liberal.
▪ The consequences of that rift have been thrown into sharp relief by the present crisis.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gush of relief/self-pity etc
breathe a sigh of relief
▪ I breathed a sigh of relief that the boy had been found safe.
▪ As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.
▪ If the law lords tell Lord Young to publish, he will breathe a sigh of relief and obey.
▪ In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ Marie breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ She breathed a sigh of relief, and ran through to the living-room where she could hear Stephen's voice.
▪ The deadline came, the flood gates opened and we breathed a sigh of relief.
▪ The Government could breathe a sigh of relief at the disappearance of some of its fiercest critics.
▪ Yet the medical profession, seeing no upturn in the incidence of cancer, breathed a sigh of relief.
come as a surprise/relief/blow etc (to sb)
▪ And this might come as a surprise to our brethren in the popular national press - Thirty-eight.
▪ Buller's Hill House came as a surprise.
▪ Her answer came as a surprise.
▪ It comes as a surprise to find him boasting of his prowess as a rioter.
▪ Nevertheless, he said the sharp drop in the book-to-bill came as a surprise.
▪ Nor should it come as a surprise that these rules frequently get S corporation owners into trouble.
▪ So it comes as a surprise to discover that this is not always the case.
▪ This should not come as a surprise to people who are free.
light relief
▪ After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
▪ Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
▪ However, the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 16 should bring everyone to their senses and give some light relief.
▪ I have to be allowed a bit of light relief.
▪ It seems that the staff were inclined to regard the women as light relief from the sombre business of teaching science.
▪ The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.
▪ Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials.
throw sth into high relief
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ relief supplies
▪ A white envelope lay on the mat. Holmes felt considerable relief.
▪ Edwards commented that the convictions give him a feeling of relief that he hopes the victim shares.
▪ Ensign Korn turned over the watch to his relief.
▪ It was a great relief to know that the children were safe.
▪ It was such a relief to see Liz looking healthy again.
▪ Mary says it's a relief to have someone to talk to at last.
▪ She breathed a sign of relief when he finally answered the phone.
▪ tax relief
▪ Tears of joy and relief ran down Nina's cheeks.
▪ the relief of Khe Sanh
▪ The decision, announced on Thursday, came as a huge relief to the factory's 300 workers.
▪ The rains came this weekend, much to the relief of tomato growers in Florida.
▪ To Greg's relief, nobody asked to check his ticket.
▪ To her own surprise, she began sobbing with relief.
▪ To our relief, the deal went through without any problems.
▪ What a relief to finally get away from the office.
▪ What a relief! We were so worried about you.
▪ When the plane finally landed, we all felt a tremendous sense of relief.
▪ You could hear the students breathing a collective sigh of relief when the final bell rang.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For some time she had felt a curious weightiness, then sudden relief.
▪ Shawcross raises these questions within the context of disaster relief but they have a broader setting.
▪ She was ashamed, but I felt enormous relief.
▪ The company has played a leading role year in promoting tax and electric rate relief for Massachusetts businesses.
▪ These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.