I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
accredited representative
▪ the UK accredited representative
House of Representatives
sales representative
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
broadly
▪ Responses have been received from all over the country, and in geographical terms, can regarded as broadly representative.
▪ Training and Enterprise Councils will be retained, reformed and made more broadly representative of their local communities and given stable budgets.
▪ What really rankles is the loss of the idea that these bodies are broadly representative of the communities they serve.
nationally
▪ Using a nationally representative sample, this study examines the effects on family life of elderly persons in the household.
▪ These recent percentile curves are based on large, nationally representative samples of children.
▪ These interviews will be followed by a large-scale postal survey of a nationally representative sample of marketing executives.
truly
▪ It is with this approach that we make the Group's work truly representative.
▪ Mr Denham replied that an independent appointments commission should ensure that forums were truly representative of the communities they service.
▪ From that particular point of view, of course, no case is truly representative.
▪ If this was truly representative of tomorrow's task then the event would be fiercely contested.
▪ The result is an absence of diversity - a key requirement for a truly representative press and one suited for political democracy.
▪ But the question remains, how confident can we be that a formula score is truly representative of the overall difficulty level?
■ NOUN
assembly
▪ For instance, I've heard of representative assemblies of large co-operatives choosing their own director.
▪ A representative assembly should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large.
▪ Much the same point may be made about the representative assemblies of advanced capitalism.
▪ He refused a seat on the dominion council because the new government lacked a representative assembly.
body
▪ First it will examine the consultative arrangements which exist between a number of key government agencies and representative bodies.
▪ It is the representative bodies within each business that will work out how to interpret the consensus on employee rights.
▪ Each group of intermediaries also has its own representative body which usually publishes an annual report of activities.
▪ No significant employer representative body in the United Kingdom has done anything other than condemn those irrelevant and damaging proposals very roundly.
▪ The proposal came at a meeting organised by the National Consumer's Council, a representative body established by statute in 1975.
▪ The Institute worked closely with other professional and representative bodies on such matters.
▪ He told the representative body that the talks were too confidential for us to be let into the secret.
▪ In that way, the Association can retain credibility as a representative body.
democracy
▪ What constraints are imposed by representative democracy?
▪ The wired village will inevitably lead the world in the direction of more direct rather than representative democracies.
▪ But neither has found an authentic expression in the institutions of representative democracy.
▪ Part I examines representative democracy and the end of the old politics.
▪ Furthermore, the nature of political authority in representative democracies means that governments are bound by doctrines of accountability.
▪ In both cases therefore a system of representative democracy is adopted.
government
▪ It is not simply ideas of fairness that move the public, but a desire for representative government.
▪ It seeks to put legislative power directly into the hands of the people and circumvent the long-standing institutions of representative government.
▪ Old-fashioned and boring representative government has its strengths as well as its weaknesses.
▪ Death will before long end their mockery of representative government.
▪ They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely, in all representative governments....
▪ This is because a commitment to representative government and loyalty to democratic institutions are themselves fundamental constituents of our collective political morality.
▪ They discard the traditional system of checks and balances of representative government.
sample
▪ These recent percentile curves are based on large, nationally representative samples of children.
▪ Were those asked for an opinion a representative sample of the group to whom the opinion is attributed?
▪ The schools are chosen as a representative sample, and neither individual students nor schools can be identified.
▪ A representative sample of case histories follows.
▪ All employees or a representative sample answered the questionnaire.
selection
▪ A representative selection of your views will be published in the next issue.
▪ Let us examine a representative selection of models.
▪ In the preface, the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed.
▪ The range of chemicals that have been identified as causing problems is enormous - Table 3 shows a representative selection.
system
▪ While coercion may have been appropriate enough before 1945, the plurality of power in a representative system makes it inappropriate thereafter.
▪ In theory, our representative system of democracy gives us that ownership.
▪ Virtually everywhere today, democracy is taken to be synonymous with some kind of representative system.
▪ We conclude with a brief discussion of the interaction of some recent participatory initiatives with the local representative system of democracy.
▪ Liberal representative systems ensure an open, competitive ruling class.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the House of Representatives
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ For our survey we asked a representative sample of voters to give us their opinions.
▪ These paintings are representative of the kind of work being done by young artists nowadays.
▪ Would you say that his views were representative of the majority of French voters?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the representative findings of the expression of pre-S2 in the liver.
▪ It does not matter what method of straining is chosen if it can determine A1 since the volume is a representative one.
▪ It is not possible to judge whether the social context or the people studied are in any way typical, or representative.
▪ These large juries were clearly intended to provide a reasonably representative sample of popular opinion.
▪ They discard the traditional system of checks and balances of representative government.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appointed
▪ We will pay the injured person or his or her appointed legal representative.
▪ The remainder of section 44 governs the relationship between an appointed representative and his or its principal.
▪ The effect of the section is to make the principal responsible to investors for the business carried on by the appointed representative.
▪ Independence - solicitors may not be tied agents or appointed representatives of, for example, a life assurance company.
▪ Winchester was, at the material time, an appointed representative of Norwich Union, and therefore an exempted person.
▪ The authorised persons, as principals, control their appointed representatives who are thus exempted persons.
▪ That insurer has 1,500 appointed representatives and another 1,000 tied agents pushing its policies.
elected
▪ Voters are interested in assessing the performance of their elected representatives.
▪ Daniel Omara Atubu and other elected representatives apparently protested at these mass arrests.
▪ The aerospace companies, and the elected representatives of their employees, are keen to salvage what jobs they may.
▪ It is arguable that such determinations are best left to the elected representatives.
▪ It was argued that the political benefits of expenditure are more visible to elected representatives than the political costs of taxation.
▪ It will increase citizens' control over their elected representatives, by abolishing safe seats.
▪ Legislation passed in 1912 to establish funds for accident and illness insurance for workers created councils to which workers elected representatives.
▪ Finally, we have not discussed the way in which elected representatives themselves reach decisions in the legislature and its committees.
legal
▪ Also, if the deceased person leaves any estate, the local authority will claim its expenses from the legal personal representative.
▪ It is vital to check the credentials of any purported legal representative on the other side.
▪ Indeed, my legal representative has strongly advised me against making it.
▪ We will pay the injured person or his or her appointed legal representative.
▪ Probation officers may also become part of the process as may legal representatives, judges, juries and the higher courts.
▪ Preliminary enquiries should be treated seriously and the seller's legal representatives should do their best to supply full answers.
▪ These require foreign heads of state and their legal representatives to explain away the funds they are depositing.
local
▪ If you would like to apply for help, or find out who your local representative is, contact your welfare officer.
▪ The local representative promised to visit them in Seattle.
▪ Our local representative has a full programme on offer; the boat party is everybody's favourite.
▪ A local Celtic representative was there to see Byrne inspire Bangor to a thrilling 2-1 win.
▪ Permits are required, ask our local representative for details.
▪ Most were looking for a local representative.
▪ He said the council was involved in such debate with local representatives of Caldaire and he found Mr Widmer's remarks surprising.
▪ Each had a board of civil servants to bring together local representatives of central departments related to economic development.
permanent
▪ It will meet in Vienna and be composed of the permanent representatives of the participating States. 19.
personal
▪ Where the proprietor of the legal estate has died, the sellers will be the personal representatives of the estate.
▪ Also, if the deceased person leaves any estate, the local authority will claim its expenses from the legal personal representative.
▪ Just one man - the personal representative of the President and operating entirely on his own.
▪ The personal representatives have the powers to maintain and advance children given to trustees by the Trustee Act 1925.
political
▪ To this threat, the political representatives of big business had to make a response.
▪ Stalin emerged as the chief political representative of the ruling bureaucracy.
▪ It is a pity more serious issues are not being pursued by our political representatives.
▪ That is first and foremost the business of the political representatives here, who are elected by and responsible to the people.
senior
▪ This was attended by the Personnel Director and senior representatives from the various personnel branches.
▪ He was senior representative in King's Lynn during 1957 and area sales manager at Ipswich during 1961-1965.
special
▪ Some might decide to elect a special institutions representative, a steering committee, and a hospitality committee.
■ NOUN
company
▪ He comes over well as a person, with all the outer confidence you'd expect of a company representative.
▪ A company representative said they had not anticipated the great demand for Metrodin.
▪ Thus there is a requirement on the part of the company representatives - the panel or interviewer - to sell the company.
▪ Phone company representatives said they are willing to work with the county on devising the new laws.
▪ At one extreme it may be one company representative, at the other extreme there may be a series of interview boards.
▪ But company representatives played down the disaster.
▪ Training department need to ensure the competency of our company representatives before the Bond goes on sale.
▪ Those unable to gain immediate access to their offices were advised to go to Guildhall, where company representatives would be waiting.
industry
▪ The subcommittee questioned industry representatives on the role companies could play in improving the environment.
▪ Opponents to the technique claim that it can be dangerous, and poultry industry representatives are themselves cautious of adopting it.
▪ The new group is made up of industry representatives, academics and environmentalists.
▪ We have recently started work with the Industrial Society in this area to help bring industry representatives into schools.
▪ Twenty two trainers and other industry representatives have offered support and convoys of five to 10 vehicles are to follow next month.
■ VERB
appoint
▪ Recommendations on appointing representatives from Aboriginal communities to various local and national policy boards have been implemented.
▪ Wells has appointed a representative or two who occasionally show up at local events.
▪ Each functional manager appoints a representative who is responsible for the project within his department.
▪ On 13 March 1990 Winchester was formally appointed as appointed representative of Norwich Union by a letter of that date.
elect
▪ He was first elected a branch representative 20 years ago.
▪ Now our elected representatives are learning firsthand how petty and obnoxious federal regulation can be.
▪ Mr Tung must maintain momentum towards democratic reforms, increasing the number of directly elected representatives in the territory's legislature.
▪ It is important to note, however, that the assumption that electing representatives is all democracy requires is a faulty one.
▪ The majority of members serving on the Association's various standing committees are elected from the representatives on the council.
▪ Should the people elect their representatives?
▪ The people elected were elected as representatives and not delegates.
▪ Some might decide to elect a special institutions representative, a steering committee, and a hospitality committee.
send
▪ The hill peoples were sending their representatives to a gathering at Panglong in the Shan States.
▪ Leiser had to make do with Helsinki, where other record companies also sent representatives.
▪ While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan, the military conflict continued.
▪ President George W.. Bush sent representatives.
▪ It even opposed independent local attempts to send West Bank representatives to Arab countries to discuss political problems.
▪ The Western sectors of Berlin sent five representatives to the Parliamentary Council.
▪ In particular, missions led by ministers have proved a useful means of opening doors for companies sending representatives.
▪ Various groups have been invited to send representatives but the meeting is also open to anyone interested in the idea.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Japan has refused to send a representative to the talks in Geneva.
▪ John Kohorn is the company's representative in Prague.
▪ the representative from Belgium
▪ We discussed these issues with a senior representative of the company.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A representative from one of these schools can head you in the right direction.
▪ A local Celtic representative was there to see Byrne inspire Bangor to a thrilling 2-1 win.
▪ At both central and local level of government there are elected representatives and professional administrators and other staff.
▪ Decision making is split between adjudication officers and officers known as Secretary of State's representatives.
▪ He has since been joined by his elder brother, Jim, a sales representative.
▪ He was a representative of a mill called Waddells and he had a strange-looking horse-drawn vehicle, square shaped with high sides.
▪ Most of its people favor accepting; otherwise, its representatives would never bid.
▪ Opposition representatives were reduced to protesting outside the premises where the Socialists assumed office.