I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a secure/stable home (=a caring family without a lot of changes)
▪ He had grown up in a stable home.
a sound/firm/secure footing
▪ They managed to get the business onto a more secure footing.
a sound/secure base
▪ A child needs a responsive mother in order to form a secure base for future development.
ensure/secure/enforce compliance
▪ The staff involved should be monitored to ensure compliance with the policy.
financially secure
▪ He was successful and financially secure.
obtain/secure a conviction (=make someone be found guilty)
▪ The prosecution had obtained a conviction based on false evidence.
obtain/secure employmentformal (= get employment)
▪ He found it difficult to obtain employment because of his criminal record.
secure a loan (on sth) (=agree to give the lender something if you do not pay back the loan on time)
▪ The loan was secured on his home.
secure a majority (=win a majority)
▪ They failed to secure a majority.
secure accommodation
▪ secure accommodation for young offenders
win/obtain/gain/secure a concession
▪ In the end, the strikers returned to work having won few concessions.
win/secure a nomination
▪ Do you think she has enough votes to win the nomination?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
financially
▪ We invested in Equitable Life because it was constantly listed as one of the oldest, most financially secure and efficient companies.
▪ He was successful and financially secure.
▪ Everybody outside the financially secure, self-serving and blinkered Cabinet.
▪ Aunt Glegg and Aunt Pullet are financially secure and their husbands are equally so.
▪ He had worked his way up the bureaucratic ladder, but he was no more financially secure than when he had begun.
▪ Today, they are financially secure, free to work less and to enjoy life more.
■ NOUN
accommodation
▪ At present, too many young offenders are being remanded in prisons because local authorities lack enough secure accommodation for them.
▪ They are the result of a conference held last year for young women in secure accommodation.
▪ The boy, who had only been in care for a short while before the incident, is now in secure accommodation.
▪ And in the last two years only three children under 14 have had to be placed in secure accommodation.
▪ There will be an interim secure accommodation order for three weeks from today.
▪ It is clear that the planning meeting was for the purpose of deciding how the period in secure accommodation should be managed.
▪ However, I wish to address one potentially significant impact of the Act in relation to secure accommodation applications in civil proceedings.
▪ On 7 December 1990 a secure accommodation order was made by the justices under section 21A of the Child Care Act 1980.
base
▪ From a secure base parish musicians can be adventurous in exploring new music and in experimenting with differing styles.
▪ But they are not a secure base, particularly in northeastern states.
▪ The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward.
▪ Coupled with the committed Management of National Office, I am sure we will create a secure base for progression.
basis
▪ Cabling upgrading, allied to netware improvements, will provide a secure basis for all future network requirements.
▪ The other is that observation yields a secure basis from which knowledge can be derived.
environment
▪ These types are intended to provide a structured and secure environment for data addressed by many different programs.
▪ Up to a point, regulation may attract business by offering a more secure environment.
foundation
▪ If faith is to be solidly grounded at all, it must rest on some more secure foundation than that.
▪ Then mathematics would be placed, once and for all, on an unassailably secure foundation.
▪ The shed has secure foundations of concrete.
▪ In sum, culture provides no secure foundation for defining a national group.
future
▪ A secure future in their home from an established landlord.
▪ Many entrepreneurial companies simply can not even match six percent pretax margin or look forward to a secure future.
▪ Adoption offers the most secure future.
▪ There are exceptions, of course, but a good education is still the ticket to a secure future.
▪ These people were all robbed of a secure future by Robert Maxwell.
▪ And it should mean the 370 employees working on propellers can look forward to a more secure future.
▪ The new order should mean a more secure future for the remaining staff.
▪ Few young people face a secure future.
home
▪ The occasional smack meted out in a happy, secure home is not going to scar a child's psyche.
▪ Therefore when there is trouble afoot, they will move their young to what they regard as a more secure home.
▪ She could write her books and try to make a secure home for her baby.
▪ It also funds innovative schemes to provide secure homes for young and old.
job
▪ Directors of licensed dealers rarely have secure jobs.
▪ What people need to know is that there are no secure jobs any more.
▪ It will provide 40 quality secure jobs in the operation of the station once it has been built.
▪ I had no secure job, no type of savings in the account.
▪ Only the gunmen had secure jobs.
▪ Many academics, being civil servants, have secure jobs guaranteed for life.
▪ It also means a more profitable company and more secure jobs.
▪ Security for the company translates into secure jobs for the workers.
place
▪ These islands are secure places and are used as sites for villages, small towns and even imposing fortresses.
▪ Cabbage has earned a secure place in the winter repast for its unpretentious, wholesome goodness and its versatility.
▪ They should be kept in a rigid container made for the purpose and stored in a secure place.
position
▪ Normal growth resumes when the fish has a secure position.
▪ James is certain that the railway is now in a more secure position and will go from strength to strength.
▪ The young bride in her husband's family does not automatically receive love and a secure position.
▪ Using these newly acquired turning skills the board can be lined up into the secure position from which you can start sailing.
▪ Setting Off Remember that before you start to sail the board must be in the secure position.
unit
▪ Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley has now given council chiefs permission for him to be held in a secure unit.
▪ Earlier Bill Scanlon, a solicitor representing the boy's guardian, said accommodation at the secure unit is £500 per day.
▪ New secure units to hold hardened young criminals would stop bail bandits in their tracks.
▪ In the past they've called publicly for notorious joy riders to be held in secure units.
▪ Many courts rubber stamp them and those children who like being in secure units may not press to leave.
▪ He was brought back to Gloucester, and has now been transferred temporarily to a secure unit in Bristol.
▪ Two young men, both slightly overweight, have lost their strong Liver pool accents during their years in the secure units.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a secure area near the governor's office
▪ Children need to feel safe and secure about the world they grow up in.
▪ Gorbachev's place in history is secure.
▪ He kept his savings under his bed, secure from the prying eyes of his roommate.
▪ I don't think Marie is as secure as she would have liked us to believe.
▪ If your password gets known by anyone else, your data may not be secure.
▪ Keep your passport in a secure place.
▪ Make sure the building is completely secure before you leave.
▪ People should feel secure when they walk the streets of this city.
▪ She felt much more secure now that she had put a bolt on the door.
▪ The children all slept together in the same bed, snug and secure.
▪ Wilson had no secure job.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A secure soloist, it is implied, might not be given much guidance.
▪ A new start, far away from Hugh, in this novel but secure haven.
▪ After that Corbett just had to wait, pleased to rest and stay in the monastery where he felt secure and safe.
▪ Being in charge and feeling legally secure seems necessary for whoever carries out the parenting role.
▪ She was no more secure than she'd ever been - one mistake, and she'd be out on her ear!
▪ The majority had therefore experienced secure employment for relatively long periods of time.
▪ There is also an emerging globalisation of ethical and judicial standards, which should render social and individual rights more secure.
▪ These tenants can frequently be living in the least desirable and least secure of all housing in rural locations.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
agreement
▪ At the first meeting with the students we discussed with them the arguments for this way of working and secured their agreement.
▪ The credit facilities replace a secured, two-year credit agreement totaling $ 170 million and set to mature Jan. 31.
▪ His next triumph was to secure agreement from important Frontier leaders to an agreed constitutional solution.
▪ With an established, respected management company it is unlikely that any band would secure an agreement for less than five years.
▪ Our most important priority is to secure the agreement of the industry to effective voluntary agreements and then to police them robustly.
attempt
▪ This was an obvious attempt to secure his silence in return for a plea-bargain and suspended sentence on the passport charge.
▪ While pledging themselves publicly to legislation, they worked privately to block many of the attempts to secure new acts and statutes.
contract
▪ During the year we renegotiated the Rustenburg agreement securing this important contract into the next century.
▪ Swan was the favourite to secure the lucrative contract until the yard was placed in receivership in May.
▪ What else would you expect from Lisa Leslie, who has secured a modeling contract as a side gig?
▪ Hence they were predisposed to secure contracts under the state scheme which preserved their freedom.
▪ These items should include the salary group classed as permanent, as temporary, or as services secured on a contract basis.
▪ Why should they study when they imagine a future secured by a seven-figure contract?
deal
▪ Licensing deals have secured Dior's reputation.
▪ However, Romley left a loophole in the deal by not securing in writing the promise that Carey would resign.
▪ But the deal has still to secure planning permission from Birmingham City Council.
▪ Though his early death traumatised Pierre, his shrewd business deals secured the family a $ 1m fortune.
effort
▪ This will keep the board informed of fundholders' efforts to secure high standards and improved quality of care.
▪ Hence also the efforts to secure West Irian.
▪ By placing Franco in overall command, the Nationalists made a quantum leap forward in their efforts to secure victory.
▪ The Herrera administration went even further in its efforts to secure aid from the United States.
▪ From now to the end of the year we can expect governments to make a big effort to secure a settlement.
▪ Joe was not so successful in his effort to secure a commission.
▪ They will continue their efforts to secure the release of hostages in the Middle East.
▪ Yet the party leaders also used various forms of manipulation and intimidation in their efforts to secure a victory.
future
▪ We believe that we have charted a way forward which will secure our future.
▪ Thus, if the sales department is able to secure firm future orders, it becomes the most powerful department.
▪ If you're paid in advance for something, you secure your future.
▪ Having acquired a wife, Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future.
▪ Leapor had probably done some arithmetic of her own, and indulged the hope that the subscription might secure her future.
▪ Its purpose is to keep secure the future of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society.
▪ The earl is currently struggling to secure the future of his stately home, Bemersyde, near St Boswells.
job
▪ He or she will hope to secure a job that involves the initiation of policies from the party's programme.
▪ However, the disabled person has to secure the job first.
▪ He secured 11 ministerial jobs, including home affairs and justice, during the Fourth Republic.
▪ Every young person who has achieved the Compact goals will have an equal chance of securing a Compact job.
▪ His move secures the 14 jobs at the site and keeps the famous A3 landmark alive.
▪ The increasing use of Sharpness docks for imported goods is undoubtably good news for workers there; helping to secure their jobs.
▪ It marks the opening of the company's £190 million engine factory which will both secure jobs and create new ones.
loan
▪ Careful arrangements were made to secure loans.
▪ It was alleged that the shares were deposited at National Westminster Bank and used to secure loans for the Maxwell companies.
▪ While others advertise building societies, he has enough problems securing a loan.
▪ The new guarantee is designed to help farmers establish a base farming income, needed to secure agricultural loans.
▪ Even those Junkers who managed to secure loans were already heavily in debt.
▪ Government favour also helped firms secure loans from private banks.
▪ Lendoiro secured a loan to wipe out the club's debts and give the club some clout in the transfer market.
majority
▪ The draft was due to be discussed with opposition parties in September with a view to securing a parliamentary majority.
▪ However, with his defeat at Puebla, the moderates secured a majority in Congress and determined to make peace.
▪ President Herzog granted the Labour leader a further 15 days in which to secure majority support.
▪ Leaders of several parties might form a coalition in order to secure majority support for certain policies.
▪ The way to avoid this was to vote Tory and secure a majority government maintaining the existing system.
▪ National secured an absolute majority with only 35.1 % of the vote.
▪ They hoped and believed that Bonar Law would fail to secure an overall majority for the Conservative Party.
▪ Election results Mahathir's coalition won 127 parliamentary seats, thereby securing its two-thirds majority.
place
▪ But the number of graduates securing places on training courses to teach these subjects is still being squeezed.
▪ Lebed has, indeed, secured a place for himself in the fanfare.
▪ The stoppage means some students will have to wait longer to learn whether they've secured a college place.
▪ We were lifting metal girders on to a lorry and securing them in place with wooden slats which we nailed together.
▪ Having secured miners' place at the top of the manual wages league, there was nowhere for that economism to go.
▪ Played well against Midlands and needs a sound game to secure a Test place.
▪ Buck still had to putt and secure second place.
position
▪ She felt her legs being secured in that position, so she was doubled over to look like a sandwich.
▪ Late in 1822 he arrived back in London and Place secured him a position as a correspondent for the Morning Chronicle.
▪ Peter would have liked to sit next to Kate but he had lacked the necessary social agility to secure the centre position.
▪ I came here at the instigation of your letter, believing myself to have secured a position.
▪ Tailor the sail over the frame for a fit, then sew the tags secure in their positions.
▪ As a result of the agreement the defendants secured their position commercially.
▪ But a boardroom vote of six to one in favour was not enough to secure him the position.
▪ Taking part in protests could jeopardise any existing opportunities of securing a decent employment position for those coming up to graduation.
release
▪ You feel that the music carries the words along on the back of its urge to secure release.
▪ Relatives of the men were confident the new evidence would eventually secure their release.
▪ In Fennell a father sought to secure the release of his son who had been arrested for participating in an affray.
▪ They will continue their efforts to secure the release of hostages in the Middle East.
▪ Often we can secure the release of refugees from detention if we can find them somewhere to live.
▪ Video cameras could accompany Amnesty missions to secure unique footage for release to television worldwide.
▪ He said his membership of the Legal Aid Foundation helped to secure his early release.
▪ Samuelson secured a short-lived distribution arrangement with First National Exhibitors' Circuit, and various other films secured some sort of release.
seat
▪ The Liberals themselves secured only 59 seats.
▪ A few people close to their chairs amuse themselves by watching the others engage in mortal combat to secure a seat.
▪ In the election of 1983, however, third parties polled some 28 percent of the vote and secured forty-four seats.
▪ He had been publicly humiliated by widespread accusations that supporters had rigged the results of the poll to secure him a seat.
support
▪ The five other parties contesting the election failed to secure sufficient support to gain representation.
▪ These figures in turn played a major role in securing the support of Sen.
▪ Leaders of several parties might form a coalition in order to secure majority support for certain policies.
▪ President Herzog granted the Labour leader a further 15 days in which to secure majority support.
▪ He secured the support of mayors south of Jerusalem, and clearly hoped to extend his influence northwards.
▪ Labor secured Green support in the Ryan byelection only after promising to ban the clearing of native woodlands in Queensland by 2005.
▪ The entry of the new Lander would, however, have to secure two-thirds support in the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
victory
▪ By placing Franco in overall command, the Nationalists made a quantum leap forward in their efforts to secure victory.
▪ Her machinations appear intended to secure a Bush victory-nothing else.
▪ Ladies al; so will have an enormous challenge in trying to secure a coveted victory.
▪ McCoy grabbed the rebound and Dollar hit two free throws to secure the victory.
▪ However, independent political analyst Andrew MacMullen says Labour could still secure victory with a smaller swing in its favour.
▪ Pasok by-election victory Pasok secured a convincing victory in a by-election in the Athens B district on April 5.
▪ Yet the party leaders also used various forms of manipulation and intimidation in their efforts to secure a victory.
vote
▪ A candidate would be elected not by securing a plurality of votes but by securing a quota of votes.
▪ Thomas F.. Birmingham, who has the secured the necessary votes to take over the post.
▪ A candidate would be elected not by securing a plurality of votes but by securing a quota of votes.
▪ In the second ballot for the vacancy left by Bryan Gould's resignation, he secured 125 votes.
▪ This is a pity for his achievement in securing the crucial Committee vote deserves the members' recognition for his astuteness.
■ VERB
fail
▪ At the general election on March 5, Haglelgam failed to secure re-election as the at-large senator for Yap.
▪ Gradualism had failed to secure the collaboration of masters or their agents in educating or providing religious instruction for the slaves.
▪ They hoped and believed that Bonar Law would fail to secure an overall majority for the Conservative Party.
▪ Prospects were bleak a year ago at Thornaby Impasse after it failed to secure funding.
▪ Tranmere failed to secure Rosenthal's services on loan last season and his name has now been circulated to Premier League clubs.
▪ The subject attracted no interest, and they failed to secure enough participants for the proposed 2-hour discussion.
hope
▪ He or she will hope to secure a job that involves the initiation of policies from the party's programme.
▪ We hope to secure the signatures of two-thirds of our registered voters, thus bypassing the need for an incorporation election.
▪ Motherwell College hopes to secure funding to reciprocate the visit.
▪ Mr Theron hopes to secure immunity from prosecution by testifying.
manage
▪ He strolled over towards the New Town in which Sylvia had managed to secure a flat.
▪ Even those Junkers who managed to secure loans were already heavily in debt.
▪ More importantly, she was learning that she must manage him to secure her own comfort.
need
▪ The move is needed to secure profitability which has fallen due to world-wide over capacity in uranium enrichment.
▪ The new guarantee is designed to help farmers establish a base farming income, needed to secure agricultural loans.
▪ A few extra nails may be all that is needed to secure them if they loose.
▪ At 12-4, Washington needs two wins to secure its first winning season since 1987.
▪ But they need strong evidence to secure a conviction.
▪ The Senate majority leader already holds more than one-third of the delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination.
▪ Those who live alone perhaps need to be especially secure from harm coming and going from their home.
▪ Only a handful of polls since Christmas have given either party the lead they would need to secure an outright majority.
try
▪ Ladies al; so will have an enormous challenge in trying to secure a coveted victory.
▪ It rejects the divorce between law and politics that a conventionalist theory with the motives I described tries to secure.
▪ The committee held that a direct approach should be made to Moscow to try and secure progress in the Joint Committee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Fox had used company money to secure a personal loan.
▪ France was able to secure the release of two of its hostages.
▪ Ms. Ferrer and Santos are working together to secure the hostages' release.
▪ Oregon secured a place in the NCAA basketball tournament.
▪ Schiller secured funds for the special education project.
▪ Troops were brought in to secure the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Fairfax is securing its wheels with rocks.
▪ I congratulate him on securing this debate today.
▪ On Wednesday, I contacted DeltaTech so l could determine the next step I should take to secure this important account.
▪ They would be securing the boats, and perhaps some of the stock, and looking to the hay and peat-stacks.