noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a banned substance/drug (=a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance)
an illegal substance (=an illegal drug)
▪ Customs officials found an illegal substance in Smith’s luggage.
banned substance (=a drug that people competing in sport are not allowed to take)
▪ He was suspended for using a banned substance .
controlled substance
▪ an arrest for the possession and sale of controlled substances
substance abuse
toxic chemicals/substances/fumes/gases
▪ Toxic chemicals were spilled into the river.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
addictive
▪ Addictive behaviour is used just as addictive substances are used by people who are prone to addictive disease.
▪ Relapse can be seen in changes of mood before it leads back to use of the addictive substance or behaviour.
▪ She had an overwhelming fear of syphilis, and the pattern of her tippling was similar to that with other addictive substances.
▪ While still suffering, the negative feeling of fearful projection may result in craving for the addictive substance or behaviour.
▪ By learning to let the sufferer take the full consequences of the use of addictive substances or behaviour.
▪ Detoxification from alcohol or drugs and weaning from other addictive substances or behaviours.
▪ The alternative to the hopeless choice between continuing disorders of mood or continuing recourse to addictive substances or behaviours.
chemical
▪ This symposium will address the question of effects of chemical substances on reproductive systems to both females and males.
▪ She took him to a place called the Loneliness Bar, where the hostesses wore swimsuits treated with a chemical substance.
▪ The naming or nomenclature of chemical substances falls broadly into two categories: inorganic nomenclature and organic nomenclature.
▪ Women Inventors All matter is composed of chemical substances.
▪ The latest system lists over 68000 chemical substances, their hazards and remedial actions.
▪ Some chemical substances have the potential to crystallize in two alternative ways.
▪ Mixtures All chemical substances, whether elements, compounds or mixtures, are made up of three types of particles.
dangerous
▪ Protect your hands with rubber gloves because it can be a dangerous substance in such a concentrated form.
▪ Others might think it takes a controlled dangerous substance or shock therapy.
▪ Dangers to the general public can also arise at fairgrounds, demolition sites or from the carrying of dangerous substances by road.
▪ Also, since this reaction does not use tritium, it does not require the manufacture or transportation of this dangerous substance.
▪ There was also a debate about what would happen to the most dangerous substances in the Windscale cocktail, particularly plutonium.
▪ Because Britain has been covered, during the last few weeks, with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances.
▪ No scientist is careless enough to handle dangerous chemicals or substances without suitable protection.
▪ Even outside a nuclear weapon it is a highly dangerous substance - fatal to humans if ingested in even minute quantities.
different
▪ And the cold air - like getting a different substance into your lungs, water or another element.
▪ He remained apart and of a different substance.
▪ How does it come about that different substances are found in different parts of the body?
▪ Like all chemical compounds, minerals are homogeneous: A mineral can not be separated mechanically into different substances.
▪ To compare the effect of different substances on gastric acid secretion proper control solutions comparable with the test solution should be used.
▪ We must have worked on well over a hundred different substances and there was absolutely no doubt about it.
▪ Therefore the choice is between leaving things as they are and adopting a new definition which is different in substance.
▪ When different substances are combined underground or burned, chemicals hazardous to human health can result.
harmful
▪ So when it's added to harmful substances, it makes them unpalatable.
▪ When Delaney offered his amendment, scientists could identify traces of potentially harmful substances down to a level of parts per million.
▪ Use aquarium gravel, as it should not leach harmful substances into the water.
▪ How to use charcoal Charcoal will take up a number of harmful or nuisance substances by adsorption.
▪ Bogwood is semi-fossilised, and should not contain harmful substances, but it may stain the water dark brown.
▪ Accidents, both from injuries or harmful substances entering the eye, can cause scarring and ulceration.
hazardous
▪ There are also other consents which are required, for example, before introducing hazardous substances.
▪ Afterwards, the city discovered the hazardous substances in the groundwater that threatened the nearby public drinking water supply.
▪ A number of hazardous substances are resistant to biodegradation.
illegal
▪ When I die they can perform an autopsy and they will find that I have never ever taken an illegal substance.
▪ Sure, there are people using illegal substances in the Olympics, just as there are those among the general population.
▪ Touch illegal substances, touch people.
▪ Samaranch did not elaborate, but he may have been referring to a more high-powered device to detect illegal substances.
▪ It covers the use of illegal substance, lifting the seam and scuffing the leather.
natural
▪ From a strictly medical viewpoint, I should point out that not every natural substance is harmless.
▪ The drug, Prostacyclin, is a synthetic version of a natural substance that is produced by the linings of blood vessels.
▪ Patients are given highly diluted doses of natural substances which, say practitioners, boost the body's natural healing ability.
▪ Homoeopathy, the Bach remedies and herbalism are all different ways of utilizing the healing properties of plants and other natural substances.
▪ Cholesterol is a natural substance found in the body tissues of animals but not plants.
▪ Vitamins are natural substances vital for growth and health.
▪ But so far as natural substances go we are all gazing countrymen.
▪ F Filter bacteria: Almost every natural substance can be broken down by bacteria. and fish wastes are no exception.
noxious
▪ The normal gastric mucosa can prevent bypass diffusion of potentially noxious substances from the gastric lumen.
▪ The site was contaminated with copper arsenate, a fairly noxious substance, but the fern was apparently thriving.
▪ Other noxious substances may be very good drugs too if they are understood and properly used.
organic
▪ Thus, falling into the technocrats' natural sin, it mistook administrative device for organic substance.
▪ They are producers, the only organisms able to develop organic substances from inorganic mineral elements and their compounds.
▪ QACs are badly affected by hard water and are progressively inactivated by dirt and other organic substances.
▪ The secret of the remarkable production by plants of both oxygen and organic food substances is of course photosynthesis.
▪ Most interesting organic substances are non-conducting, and biologists like to put their samples on insulating glass slides.
▪ All varieties of this species withstand hard water as well as water with surplus or organic substances.
▪ First its value was enhanced because, despite being an organic substance, ivory is remarkably durable.
other
▪ Although the status of pearls among other precious substances varied in different parts of the world, their appeal was exceptionally widespread.
▪ Many other substances were screened for antiviral activity and a few drugs with limited clinical application were found.
▪ She had an overwhelming fear of syphilis, and the pattern of her tippling was similar to that with other addictive substances.
▪ Homoeopathy, the Bach remedies and herbalism are all different ways of utilizing the healing properties of plants and other natural substances.
▪ QACs are badly affected by hard water and are progressively inactivated by dirt and other organic substances.
▪ Because Britain has been covered, during the last few weeks, with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances.
▪ Gaseous oxides formed from sulphur, nitrogen and other substances also have to be scrubbed out and neutralised.
▪ Many other substances play a minor role as insect pigments, occurring either in small amounts or only in a few species.
poisonous
▪ Botulism toxin from bacteria prevents the release of acetylcholine and is the most poisonous substance known.
▪ If there is evidence or suspicion of drugs or poisonous substances having been taken.
▪ Hangovers are actually the body's response of shock at being subjected to a substantial dose of a poisonous substance.
▪ Cube Boxfish can release a poisonous substance if badly-handled or attacked.
▪ The thick, unbreathable atmosphere carries traces of what to us are corrosive and poisonous substances.
precious
▪ The emergence of stratified societies culminating in states increased conspicuous consumption of precious substances.
▪ For this reason temples and cathedrals frequently maintained artificers schooled in the use of precious substances.
▪ Although the status of pearls among other precious substances varied in different parts of the world, their appeal was exceptionally widespread.
▪ The attitude adopted to precious substances helps to confirm the force of inertia in history.
▪ A nautical lapidary accordingly recommended a variety of precious substances to ward off such dangers.
▪ As symbols wooden thrones have traditionally attracted some of the most precious substances.
▪ One way of showing them respect was to enclose them in reliquaries and enrich these with precious substances.
▪ Again, methods for displaying precious substances were of an elementary character.
radioactive
▪ Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released.
▪ The half-life of a radioactive substance is the time interval taken for the radiant species present to lose half its radioactivity.
▪ Low-level waste is primarily the product of industrial and medical use of radioactive substances.
▪ This has been particularly useful in the nuclear industry where highly corrosive toxic and radioactive substances cause severe maintenance problems.
▪ The activity of a radioactive substance is the number of nuclei decaying per second.
▪ They've been injected with plutonium in an effort to find out exactly how the radioactive substance affects people.
real
▪ But, unfortunately for Bovis, there was real substance to Braehead's counterclaim.
▪ But I fear there is still a problem. Real substances are not infinitely hard and rigid.
▪ Both sides shall give real substance to the agreement on the creation and work of cultural centres and fully exploit them.
▪ There is one further practical objection which, in my view, has real substance.
▪ This in itself gives strength to the contention that neither can be based on beliefs of real substance.
▪ I believe this is an objection of real substance.
toxic
▪ New nosodes have also been added to the armamentarium and special remedies prepared from specific antigens and toxic substances.
▪ Well, he claims that her problems are caused by toxic substances she must have eaten as a child.
▪ This is the first time that plutonium, the most toxic substance in the world, has been discovered in scrap metal.
▪ Occupational health laws regulate toxic substances in the work environment.
▪ Be careful with toxic substances and always follow the directions on the bottles with great care.
▪ The toxic substances department must approve it and hammer out a legal agreement with the group before moving forward.
▪ Some genetic disorders predispose individuals to the toxic effects of substances found in the workplace or environment.
▪ Groundand balloon-carried sensors tested the air for toxic substances.
■ NOUN
abuse
▪ Finally, the policy also aims to provide assistance to employees with other substance abuse problems.
▪ Maybe, I am thinking, they should specialize in substance abuse.
▪ The differential diagnosis includes both primary psychiatric illness and a wide range of organic acute brain syndromes, including substance abuse.
▪ These guys should get into substance abuse.
▪ In each case the primary diagnosis was substance abuse, and initial treatment was given accordingly.
▪ Remember that substance abuse treatment must address queerness.
▪ Another jockey needs treatment for substance abuse.
■ VERB
contain
▪ Some of the herbal supplements are more difficult as they may naturally contain non permitted substances. 11.
▪ Many packaging materials contain highly flammable substances that could make a fire suddenly flare up.
▪ Bear in mind that cold cures and certain drinks contain prohibited substances that show up in a drugs test.
▪ To combat chest congestion, Angol took an over-the-counter medication which contained a substance on the Olympic banned list.
▪ Bogwood is semi-fossilised, and should not contain harmful substances, but it may stain the water dark brown.
control
▪ In future we will need to control all such substances.
▪ Anabolic steroids, a controlled substance in the United States since 1988, are not detectable by drug-sniffing canines.
▪ This prescription is for a controlled substance.
▪ Others might think it takes a controlled dangerous substance or shock therapy.
▪ Lee was charged with felony sale of controlled substances and possession for sale of a controlled substance.
▪ Iverson was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of firearms with a controlled substance.
give
▪ The strongly evoked historical setting gives the story substance and originality.
▪ Second, the animals given these substances are bred in a manner that probably increases their susceptibility to cancer.
▪ Further, there is a significant grief reaction to giving up the substance or process of addiction itself.
▪ His lordship was attractive enough to give substance to otherwise tenuous connections.
▪ Similarly, a historian will make use of statistical techniques to give objective substance to intuitively sensed historical processes or trends.
▪ It is broadsheet agony-column material given fictional substance.
▪ All the same, some general remarks may serve to give this conjecture more substance.
▪ Both sides shall give real substance to the agreement on the creation and work of cultural centres and fully exploit them.
lack
▪ It lacked substance - almost as much as had my fantasies that Edward was deliberately keeping us apart.
▪ In a sports-talk world lacking a lot of substance, his callers come hard.
produce
▪ Some sponges produce a soft flexible substance around their cells which supports the whole organism.
▪ Some kinds of facilities that use, process, produce or store such substances may be exempted from regulation under these laws.
▪ Cases of pulmonary haemorrhage have occurred in workers in factories producing these substances.
▪ He has a number, many quite apt, which he is liable to produce to lend substance to his conversation.
use
▪ Relapse can be seen in changes of mood before it leads back to use of the addictive substance or behaviour.
▪ Sure, there are people using illegal substances in the Olympics, just as there are those among the general population.
▪ As emphasised, sufferers in relapse do not necessarily return to use of the substance or behaviour of addiction.
▪ Reality becomes so painful that the sufferer uses his or her substance or process of addiction in order to survive the emotional carnage.
▪ Armonatherapy uses naturally grown aromatic substances to treat patients.
▪ I'd had twenty-five years of booze and using other recreational substances.
▪ The return to use of the substance or behaviour of addiction is only the final stage of relapse.
▪ But already plans to use the substance have stirred up controversy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Brown did not contest the substance of the reports.
▪ It was an entertaining speech, but without much substance.
▪ Poisonous substances, such as garden chemicals, should be clearly labelled.
▪ Resin is a dark, sticky substance.
▪ She was arrested for smoking marijuana, an illegal substance.
▪ The substance of Marx's views is the same in both of these books.
▪ The green colour of the leaf is due to a substance called chlorophyll.
▪ the problem of disposing of radioactive substances
▪ The transportation of flammable substances is tightly regulated.
▪ toxic substances
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although Mr McKinnell's style is more approachable than his predecessor's, close observers reckon his substance is just as strong.
▪ But after seven months the teams were adrift, and had accomplished little of substance.
▪ Energy, after all, depends upon the speed with which that substance is travelling.
▪ Some substances have the ability to soak up, or adsorb, other chemicals.
▪ The half-life of a radioactive substance is the time interval taken for the radiant species present to lose half its radioactivity.
▪ They're asking people to look out for the substances which were in a large grey plastic box.
▪ They took it in turns to breathe in the smoke, as the substance sizzled with a malicious delight.
▪ When the water drops, the substances drift back along the passageways and soak into the water table.