noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
hormone replacement therapy
nicotine replacement therapy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hip
▪ With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
▪ For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement.
▪ One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
▪ Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
▪ She's due to have a hip replacement operation in a few weeks time.
▪ She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
▪ I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement.
▪ A genetic disorder led to her using a cane and seeking a hip replacement.
joint
▪ Brian Tighe discusses polymers in ophthalmology and Peter Marquis describes the application of high performance ceramics in bone and joint replacements.
▪ A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
▪ More sophisticated computer-designed prostheses for joint replacements allow many more patients to benefit.
▪ Examples are hip joint replacement, cataract extraction, prostate resection, and cardiac pacemaker insertion.
▪ Thirty elderly patients are available for a study of hip joint replacement.
permanent
▪ But permanent replacements for the other posts took longer to fill.
▪ Library Commission President Steven Coulter said it would take at least six months to find a permanent replacement.
▪ Many strikers had lost their jobs, through permanent replacements.
▪ He waged a valiant fight against the permanent replacement of strikers.
▪ And a temporary skipper was placed in charge of the sub until a permanent replacement was named.
possible
▪ Normally, cowls require considerable maintenance and possible replacement every ten years - a costly consequence of owning an oast.
▪ Only text in the highlighted block will be searched for possible replacement.
▪ We are currently examining a possible replacement for the storage facility.
▪ Decisions relating to the possible rebuild or replacement of the aircraft have yet to be made.
▪ In the longer term, the company sees the tags as a possible replacement for barcodes, with a multitude of applications.
■ NOUN
cost
▪ This highly detailed yacht has been maintained to perfection and is for sale at less than half her replacement cost.
▪ Bovard estimated a minimum of 10,000 volumes were flooded, at a replacement cost of $ 10 million.
▪ Consultants undertook the highways valuation on a depreciated replacement cost basis.
▪ In the current cost version, capital is measured in terms of its current value, which in many cases is its replacement cost.
▪ Stocks are also most often shown at their replacement cost.
▪ In times of inflation the replacement cost of an asset may be much greater than its original cost.
▪ This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained.
▪ The answers using historic cost, replacement cost and net realizable value basis are as follows.
hormone
▪ If they are elevated, you should consider alternative measures, such as hormone replacement, to prevent osteoporosis.
▪ The controls were 713 postmenopausal women aged 45-65 not taking hormone replacements.
▪ Some hormone replacement formulas now contain testosterone as well as estrogen and progesterone.
knee
▪ But under the Government's health reforms, routine surgery like a knee replacement, can easily be referred elsewhere.
level
▪ More realistic estimates are based on the assumption that fertility will gradually decline to around replacement level.
▪ Fertility in the vast majority of industrialized nations has now dipped to below replacement level.
▪ Fertility has dropped to below replacement level.
rate
▪ Economic evidence, then, confirms the more direct pointers to population changes such as the study of replacement rates.
▪ Does he realise that, given the present replacement rate, the average bus will be on the road for 30 years?
▪ Thus the presence of helpers increased the replacement rate of the jay family by a factor of 2 - 3.
▪ How these measures have affected the replacement rates can be seen in table 14.2.
▪ None the less, women married for the first time in the 1930s actually had family sizes only just below replacement rate.
therapy
▪ During the intervening seven years, he has become replacement therapy for little girls who have just donated their dolls to Oxfam.
▪ In this instance, with intact parathyroid and renal function, replacement therapy with vitamin D2 is the therapy of choice.
▪ The manometer readings provide the best guide to circulatory volume and thus allow fluid replacement therapy to be accurately calculated.
▪ It may reduce the accelerated bone loss of menopause, even in the absence of estrogen replacement therapy. 3.
▪ Clinical trials have shown nicotine replacement therapy is the only treatment which can effectively treat tobacco dependence.
▪ Only the benefits of estrogen replacement therapy have been clinically proven: It guards against heart disease and osteoporosis in post-menopausal women.
▪ If magnesium depletion is the cause of the hypocalcemia, replacement therapy with magnesium should be instituted.
window
▪ It could cost from £1,200 for professionally installed secondary windows, and from £3,500 for replacement windows in maintenance-free materials.
▪ Untraveledroadie: You listen not to the solicitations for replacement windows, with reasonable financing available.
▪ This product split is regarded as well balanced, mirroring the demand for replacement windows in the market.
▪ If yours are past their best, we offer help by taking a look at what's available in replacement windows.
worker
▪ It ended with replacement workers being hired.
▪ Giant started the week advertising for temporary replacement workers for its warehouses.
▪ Giant abruptly decided not to hire the temporary replacement workers.
▪ They were in-stalling trailers to house replacement workers, and getting helicopters and squads of guards to police the area.
▪ When they went back to their desks to collect their belongings, they found younger replacement workers already in their seats.
■ VERB
buy
▪ When his house burned down he bought a smaller four-bedroomed replacement.
▪ It will do so irrespective of whether the buyer actually used the opportunity to buy replacement nuts.
▪ I tried to get them repaired, but was told that it would be much cheaper to buy replacements.
▪ Wilko bought Rocky as a replacement for Strach, when he had his back operation.
▪ Sadly, this is a fact a lot of drivers seem to forget when they buy replacement parts.
▪ Manager Ian Porterfield is to buy a replacement after Beasant had another nightmare match in the 3-2 home defeat by Norwich.
▪ Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first.
▪ Tie up the valve, unscrew the float, and buy a matching replacement.
find
▪ He wasted little time in finding a replacement, choosing the widowed Mary of Guise.
▪ This was a thinly disguised device designed to give Harleston the opportunity to ease Jeffries out painlessly and to find a replacement.
▪ We had barely a week to find a replacement.
▪ The commission now has to find a replacement for Dowlin and deal with the budget gap.
▪ But as the search goes on to find a replacement for peat scientists are optimistic.
▪ Library Commission President Steven Coulter said it would take at least six months to find a permanent replacement.
▪ Unfortunately, Mr Clewes fell sick and could not find a replacement driver.
▪ The school district found a replacement before school started but maintained that Walker was still required to pay damages.
include
▪ His brief will include homelessness and the replacement for the poll tax.
▪ This is three times as long as the Canon's heads, so I haven't included replacements in the page costs.
▪ Several devices that have been successful in modern surgery include hip replacements, contact and intraocular lenses, heart pacemakers and so on.
▪ The work will include replacement of traction motors, interior lighting, seats and air-conditioning.
lead
▪ The incident has also led to the replacement of the Minister's deputy.
name
▪ Eventually a solid relationship emerged, and Mr Johnson was recently named as a replacement to his boss who was also promoted.
need
▪ To keep the example simple, assume that there is no depreciation so that we do not need to worry about replacement investment.
▪ Locomotives weighing thirty or forty tons caused havoc where wheel met rail, iron rails sometimes needing replacement every two years.
▪ Wednesday lost 2-1 at home to Coventry and convinced Francis that he needed a stop-gap replacement for his crocked goal ace.
▪ Kaiser hospitals in Northern California are about half full, and several of them need replacement or modernization.
▪ She says she knows people who need hip and elbow replacements.
▪ Once, recounted Charles Shartle, a gear broke and needed replacement.
▪ He was going to need a goodly few replacement parts if he ever hoped to restore it.
▪ Craddock in a year or two would be retiring and he would need a replacement.
provide
▪ They are the official repairers for most of the leading makes and can also provide original replacements for soles and midsoles.
▪ Since Shimano is providing the replacement crank free, there should be no charge for it.
▪ Thus, for example, when specific prices are rising, depreciating the historic cost of the asset will not provide for replacement.
▪ Under the policy we are only responsible for providing a replacement item and are not responsible for supplying matching items.
▪ Why is it unlikely that depreciation will provide for replacement of the fixed asset?
▪ These proposals provide for the replacement of the present local authorities in the area.
▪ To compensate for the inconvenience, the company will be providing two battery replacements.
require
▪ The pipes or cables must require repair or replacement due to accidental damage not due to wear and tear.
▪ Additionally, some of the chairs in use at workstations are not adjustable, and will require replacement.
▪ Underlay will most likely require replacement following water damage.
▪ Unfortunately the engine is beyond repair and requires a replacement.
▪ Such items are obviously subject to wear and require periodic replacement.
▪ Getting rid of PAHs requires the replacement of old cast iron mains lined with coal tar paper.
▪ To sort and tabulate data, the devices employed delicate metal parts that required constant replacement.
▪ He had lost blood during the operation and had required a replacement transfusion of 4 units of blood.
seek
▪ Did he really seek a replacement for his dead daughter, was he searching for comfort in his old age?
▪ It means offering existing customers the new model two weeks before they seek a replacement from your competitors.
▪ A genetic disorder led to her using a cane and seeking a hip replacement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I'm just a temporary replacement for the receptionist.
▪ Steve just announced he was leaving, but the coach has already started looking around for a replacement.
▪ They asked Barbara to stay on until they could find a suitable replacement for her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A little more than a week later, the Dodgers purchased the contract of Mike Busch, a former replacement player.
▪ And when her Ford Capri was in a crash the replacement was a diesel-powered Ford Sierra.
▪ At a surprise meeting before evening chow, he announced his retirement to Saigon and introduced his replacement, Major Williams.
▪ Consultants undertook the highways valuation on a depreciated replacement cost basis.
▪ If renal function is adequate, diuresis should be instituted after volume replacement, to induce urinary calcium losses.
▪ She wondered what his replacement would be like.
▪ Underlay will most likely require replacement following water damage.
▪ Your business would probably soon begin to struggle, as the search for a replacement proceeded.