adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a personal alarm (= that you carry with you in case you are attacked )
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If you are nervous, invest in a personal alarm.
a personal ambition
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Crossing the Sahara was a personal ambition of mine.
a personal appeal
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Muslim leaders made a personal appeal for the hostage's freedom.
a personal appearance
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The First Lady is asked to make a large number of personal appearances for worthy causes.
a personal characteristic (= relating to someone’s character )
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What are the personal characteristics that a leader requires?
a personal dilemma
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The men who were on strike faced a personal dilemma over whether to return to work.
a personal disaster
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I’d taken some professional risks and survived a few personal disasters.
a personal failure (= a failure that is someone's personal fault )
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He considered his inability to form long-term relationships to be a personal failure.
a personal favour (= something you do specially for a particular person )
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As a personal favour, he let us use the hall to rehearse.
a personal friend
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Mr Hutton is a close personal friend of my father.
a personal grievance
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He has no personal grievance against Frank.
a personal grudge
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It is known that Ibarra had a personal grudge against Arellanos.
a personal interest in sth
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He took a personal interest in the lives of his workers.
a personal invitation
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Each parent was sent a personal invitation for the school's open day.
a personal letter
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I don’t want him reading my personal letters.
a personal loan (= money lent to a person, rather than a company )
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If you want money for a specific purchase, you can get a personal loan.
a personal message
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It was a personal message from Thomas.
a personal preference
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My personal preference is to eat meat only once or twice a week.
a personal question (= a question relating to someone’s private life )
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Can I ask you a personal question?
a personal relationship
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Drinking affects personal relationships.
a personal remark (= a remark about someone’s appearance or behaviour, especially an offensive one )
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He kept making personal remarks about Tom.
a personal tragedy
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He suffered a great personal tragedy two years ago when his son died suddenly.
a personal/private diary
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She later agreed to the publication of parts of her personal diary.
a personal/private fortune
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She is one of the richest women in Britain, with an estimated personal fortune of £90 million.
a personal/private matter
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We never spoke about personal matters.
a personal/private nightmare (= a very bad situation that affects only one person )
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His personal nightmare began when he was arrested for murder.
a private/personal pension (= one that you arrange with a private pension company )
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The percentage of the workforce with a private pension has declined.
be a matter of personal preference (= be something that you can choose, according to what you like )
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Which one you decide to buy is just a matter of personal preference.
first-hand/personal knowledge (= knowledge from experiencing something yourself )
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writers who had no first-hand knowledge of war
for personal reasons
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He resigned for personal reasons.
individual/personal liberty
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Any law that increases police power may be seen as a threat to individual liberty.
invasion of...personal space
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She objected to this invasion of her personal space .
mark sth personal/fragile/urgent etc
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a document marked ‘confidential’
of a personal/political/difficult etc nature
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The support being given is of a practical nature.
personal ad
personal aggrandizement
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the misuse of authority for personal aggrandizement
personal allowance
personal assistant
personal belongings
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an insurance policy that covers your personal belongings
personal charm
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He was a man of great personal charm.
personal column
personal commitment
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As a company, we expect a personal commitment from our staff to do their best.
personal communicator
personal computer
personal conduct
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You are expected to maintain a high standard of personal conduct at work.
personal contact (= seeing and speaking to sb personally )
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She never comes into personal contact with senior managers.
personal courage (= the courage of one particular person )
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Her recovery owed a great deal to her personal courage.
personal data organizer
personal details (= your name, address and other information about you )
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Please make sure that all your personal details are correct.
personal digital assistant
personal electronic device
personal exemption
personal experience
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He spoke from personal experience about the harmful effects of taking drugs.
personal fiefdom
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He regarded the company as his personal fiefdom .
personal fitness
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The gym offers personal fitness training by professionals.
personal glory
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He put the team's interests above any chance of personal glory.
personal habits (= the things you normally do each day, for example keeping yourself clean or whether you smoke )
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Some of his personal habits were unpleasant.
personal happiness
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In Oxford, he at last found personal happiness and intellectual fulfilment.
personal hardship (= hardship that affects you rather than other people or people in general )
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The personal hardship experienced by my client includes the loss of his home, his job and his family.
personal hygiene
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the importance of personal hygiene
personal identification number
personal liability (= when an individual person is legally responsible )
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Directors can incur personal liability for errors made by their companies.
personal loyalty (= loyalty to someone as a person, rather than to a company or organization )
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He inspired personal loyalty among his employees.
personal observation (= watching and understanding something yourself, rather than hearing or reading about it )
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I knew cigarettes were addictive from personal observation.
personal organizer
personal popularity
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While these changes were controversial, his personal popularity remained high.
personal privacy
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Some patients do not want counselling because they feel it interferes with their personal privacy.
personal problems (= relating to your private life and relationships )
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My daughter found it hard to talk about her personal problems.
personal pronoun
personal responsibility
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So far, no one had taken personal responsibility for the project.
personal responsibility
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I take personal responsibility for what went wrong.
personal reward
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I admire people who help the poor for no personal reward.
personal sacrifice
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She brought three children up single-handedly, often at great personal sacrifice .
personal safety
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She didn’t seem to care about her own personal safety.
personal satisfaction (= happiness with your own life or achievements )
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The job offered William little personal satisfaction.
personal security (= security of an individual person )
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The department is responsible for the President’s personal security.
personal shopper
personal space
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She objected to this invasion of her personal space .
personal stereo
personal supervision
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He was allowed to use the machinery without the personal supervision of the teacher.
personal ties
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Strong personal ties connect her to the area.
personal touch (= they do things in a friendly way )
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Our staff combine efficient service with a personal touch .
personal trainer
personal triumph
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Winning the championship is a great personal triumph .
personal/individual freedom
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Our personal freedom is being restricted more and more.
personal/private mail (= for one person to read and nobody else )
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He accused her of reading his private mail.
personal/professional/political etc integrity
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a man of great moral integrity
public/private/personal morality
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the decline in standards of personal morality
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The authorities are protectors of public morality.
sb's personal appearance
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Teenagers are very conscious of their personal appearance.
sb's personal income
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Average personal incomes rose by about 5% last year.
sb's personal possessions
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We were told that we could take only a few personal possessions with us.
sb’s personal assessment
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What’s your personal assessment of the risks?
sb’s personal goal
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They had to sacrifice personal goals for their family life.
sb’s personal impression
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My personal impression is that the new manager has greatly improved things.
sb’s personal influence
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Frank used his personal influence to get his son a job at the newspaper.
sb’s personal opinion
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My personal opinion is that his first film was better.
sb’s personal view
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My own personal view is that they’re being optimistic.
the personal column British English (= in which people can have personal messages printed )
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I put a small advertisement in the personal column of the paper.
your personal taste
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Which one you choose is a question of personal taste.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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And the collegiate system makes the university much more personal .
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She wanted something more personal and immediate, so she began writing in the first person, as Earhart.
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There were other more personal attacks on Heseltine, questioning his political judgement and his loyalty to the party.
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He later rewrote it to include more personal experiences and a few chapters of background material.
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Then there must have been more personal anger.
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Want something a little more personal ?
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There is therefore plenty of breathing space for the teacher who wishes to use Streamline for a more personal approach.
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That leaves a wide-open space for new filmmakers to make more personal , humanistic cinema.
very
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We had very personal political views, but we didn't let them come through.
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This is a very personal thing for me for another reason.
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Wolf has written this very personal book for entirely public reasons.
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But this is indeed a very personal quest.
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She should have turned and walked away as soon as the conversation began to get so very personal .
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There was little talk of a very personal nature, although Hurd sensed her friend was sometimes troubled.
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allowance
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It could be paid for by a freeze on upper tax thresholds and personal allowances which would save the Treasury over £850m.
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Income tax thresholds were raised from G$10,000 to G$48,000 with lower tax rates planned to offset the withdrawal of personal allowances .
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Each worker is given an income tax code number which is related to the total of his personal allowances .
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Under this there will be a basic personal allowance topped up by premiums for certain groups.
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Only people whose total income is less than their personal allowances are allowed to register for gross interest payments.
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As with the personal allowance , older people enjoy a more generous married couple's allowance.
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On the income tax front, both husband and wife have a personal allowance which is free of tax.
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Everyone retains a personal allowance of at least £12.65 per week.
appearance
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The Buddhists believe that the print was made by Buddha during one of his few personal appearances .
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Political officials offer their views in personal appearances before the citizens.
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Women may sense that their own nature is being violated when any choice in personal appearance is taken away from them.
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The personal appearance of Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-man, the X-Men and other comic book heroes.
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The Romans were interested in conveying aspects of individual character as these were reflected in personal appearance .
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He cared little about his living conditions, his personal appearance , or social amenities.
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Buyers expect salespeople to be business-like in their personal appearance and behaviour.
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Feminine image and identity are connected, and we are vulnerable and concerned about personal appearance .
assistant
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Other senior men took their personal assistants with them when changing jobs.
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On July 23 Buthelezi's personal assistant , Zakhele Khumalo, resigned.
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I had been working for the Countess as a personal assistant since she married the Earl in 1976.
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He then lifted the phone to call Peggy Vanderheld, Hauser's statuesque and hard-bitten personal assistant .
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Very soon, she had become a sort of personal assistant , helping him select fabrics, cost dresses and choose accessories.
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Please confirm that you are able to make it to my personal assistant .
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Carolyn became Laura Ashley's personal assistant , a role which necessitated an extremely close relationship.
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At the core is her sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale, who acted both as her lady-in-waiting and personal assistant .
attack
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Nothing could be more calculated to provoke fresh accusations or evidence than a personal attack on Cathy Woodhead.
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But after weeks of personal attacks on the president, such speculation seems premature.
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Respond to personal attack by getting angry or upset.
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Perhaps with reason, Brown has regarded most legislative reform proposals as a personal attack on him.
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There were other more personal attacks on Heseltine, questioning his political judgement and his loyalty to the party.
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I read message after message spouting racist doctrines, discriminatory diatribes and personal attacks .
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Candidates also are resorting to personal attacks to get attention because their positions on most substantive issues are remarkably similar.
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The press, too, was irresponsible and factional, given to vitriolic personal attacks and political character assassination.
belongings
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Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey.
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But we also brought food, stones found along the way, wild flowers, and objects from our personal belongings .
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Many of her clothes and personal belongings had been stolen.
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He told Kasturbal how to distribute his few personal belongings that lay around the cot.
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You don't wait to pick up personal belongings , you just get the hell out.
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They also leave favorite personal belongings .
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He said cash and personal belongings should be hidden away and staff rooms locked to maximise security.
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To go through all her husband's personal belongings sent back from the hospital where he died.
care
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They combined domestic, personal care , and specialist skills, taught by other professionals, such as physiotherapy, or speech therapy.
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The most important people involved in your personal care are the nurses.
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For some people, personal care plans will be drawn up.
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The charge nurse and the nursing supervisor are the ones to talk to if there is any problem with personal care .
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My brief review of personal care given by relatives has stressed the theme of variation, especially by gender.
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About 1 in 4 were in nursing and personal care facilities or offices and clinics of physicians.
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Of course this new policy is about cutting cost because it is about cutting corners in personal care .
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For personal care the chain of complaint is: physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, hospital administrator, hospital director.
choice
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Right: No-one can tell you what fish to buy - that's a personal choice .
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Deciding when insurance is warranted is a personal choice .
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It would be even nicer if people remembered that the way you feed your baby is a matter of personal choice .
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In this, most people recognize both an honest and constructive foundation for personal choice , responsibility and action.
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Each researcher must make a personal choice , in the multiplicity of circumstances which now exist.
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But grading and promotion are personal choices .
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The Soviet President's personal choice - also operating on his own.
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Through figurative abstracted works on paper, Tempe artist Ron Bimrose taps into light themes like transition, fate and personal choice .
communication
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This mode of touching, unlike the previous ones, had the unmistakable air of a personal communication .
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Meanwhile, new technologies such as personal communications services -- a new generation of cellular phone -- also will spur demand.
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In addition, these authors reported the personal communication of three possible unpublished cases of carcinoids developing in patients with sporadic Zollinger-Ellison sydrome.
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Their personal communication skills are important.
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The network will provide video-on-demand, interactive games, full-motion video, distance learning, personal communications and data network services.
computer
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Long before the advent of robots and personal computers , he invented a race of super-intelligent robots.
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The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant may own the market for operating systems and business software for personal computers .
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AL/1 enables users to analyse and migrate mainframe-based Cobol data to personal computers .
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Installation is easy compared with the average personal computer .
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In truth, however, humble photocopying has been overtaken by the wonders of the fax and personal computers complete with printers.
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In contrast, other goods, like food, electricity, the use of a personal computer , are rivalrous in consumption.
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Each is equipped with a range of audio visual aids, together with personal computers which are networked within the College environment.
contact
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Information can flow freely between members, as a result of the personal contacts established within these groups.
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Money and media have replaced personal contact as the chief energizing sources of politics.
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After personal contact , television is the fastest and most powerful way of winning people.
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Within each department or agency his personal contacts were usually limited to its head and perhaps one or two others.
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Information providers should develop some level of personal contact with managers, if they are to be regarded as trusted sources.
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Despite the increased flow of electronic information, both factors and clients see an advantage in improved personal contacts .
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Small companies, which rarely re-organize, thrive on personal contacts .
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This is best achieved by personal contact .
data
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Assuming that eventually ail data users handling personal data on computers are registered, what has been achieved?
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Since I used a tax program last year, I was able to import personal data and avoid typing it at all.
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Concern about the confidentiality of large amounts of personal data has necessitated legal action.
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However, the directive is likely to remove any real distinction between personal data held on paper and on electronic systems.
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The directive requires, interalia, that compilers of personal data require the consent of the data subject for inclusion.
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This notice orders a data user to cease processing personal data immediately.
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Software includes the virus catching software - DiskNet; a personal data base.
detail
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Not all advisers feel comfortable asking clients for these personal details nor do they necessarily have the time to do it.
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Put the personal details aside: Every president is, above all, a politician.
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However, the new register will include personal details , especially in relation to the benefit and discount systems.
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Some personal details are interspersed in what is basically a political primer.
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It is not good for a physician to confide personal details of his life to a patient.
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Then use the coupon on the right to write your answers and personal details .
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A simple registration process is augmented by the lack of personal details you need to give.
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The reviewer hadn't even bothered to check on basic personal details .
development
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Is caring for the child's personal development to be relegated to overtime?
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Barber argues that these traits can be traced back to three components of personal development and socialization.
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Such opportunities and experiences offer great scope for professional and personal development . 11.
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But it seemed to me that law school and the profession itself were fairly open to personal development .
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Of most importance to teachers were affective aims relating to the personal development of children.
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Nevertheless, adolescence is the time when ego-identity development inevitably dominates the personal development of the individual for a while.
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Individuals frequently work in a number of different company environments and experience a steady stream of training and personal development .
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Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance.
experience
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I have personal experience of such a catastrophe.
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He later rewrote it to include more personal experiences and a few chapters of background material.
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I know, from deep, personal experience .
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Third, you can be convinced that something is true because of your own personal experiences .
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I suggest this cautionary note as a result of personal experience .
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Will said, speaking from personal experience .
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Ann Faraday also reports these two types of flying dream, both from personal experience and from reports from her subjects.
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For the ordinary viewer, logical argument gives way to his or her gut reactions and personal experience in responding to people.
fortune
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Among the demands was the call for the imposition of a super-tax on personal fortunes and company profits.
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High-tech advocates say that would force them to settle frivolous suits out of court rather than risk their personal fortunes .
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Now though, his personal fortune is threatened.
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By contrast, industry and commerce were concerned with profit and the amassing of personal fortune .
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He made a large personal fortune , partly from fees, partly from shrewd investments.
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A wealthy woman in her own right, her personal fortune was recently estimated at £37m.
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The success of Mr Kasyanov's policies and his own personal fortunes are seen to be closely linked.
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In fact, without the system that allowed presidents to amass a personal fortune at public expense, they may need to.
freedom
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Smokers are furious at what they say is an attack on their personal freedom .
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But our society has personal freedom as a goal.
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The great individualists so often cited to show the value of personal freedom have owed their successes to earlier social environments.
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The peasants' chances of acquiring personal freedom were very much alive, but their chances of acquiring land remained small.
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Should stability take precedence over personal freedoms ?
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None the less, there were also women who chose against marriage in order to retain personal freedom .
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It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms .
friend
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The range was inspired, in 1935, by the Pasha of Marrakech, a personal friend of Louis Cartier.
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Mter all, the doctor is a personal friend .
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Always helpful, he said he would have a word with Mallett, a personal friend , on my behalf.
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They were close personal friends in addition to business partners.
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Or you may be a personal friend of Lucian Freud - lucky old you.
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I need to do as well for Roy Peck, my personal friend .
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Come on all you personal friends of Batts out there; is this report true?
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The most obvious of these clubs is composed of officials' personal friends .
growth
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Although from time to time you may find it hard to believe, this is a year of immense personal growth .
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The first year of management was a period of considerable introspection and personal growth .
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Simplified, formula-like techniques are inconsequential when compared with personal growth as a means of overcoming difficulties.
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Like Dewey, Rice had a holistic, some would say anti-intellectual, view of education as a process of personal growth .
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So personal growth at that time was in high leaps forward rather than in little trickles.
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Or you may he starting your career and seeking your first position-one that will allow for future personal growth and promotion.
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We aim to ensure that managers will be more effective, achieve personal growth and contribute to corporate development.
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Only by changing the heart can we live according to principles that enhance the parenting and personal growth of both partners.
hygiene
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The reason for this is that the amount of water used for personal hygiene is reduced.
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Next comes a personal hygiene kit, including soap, towels, and lice-killing combs to help the girls concentrate in class.
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Some young men never have really thought about personal hygiene very much and react very badly if the subject is mentioned.
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For anyone who had to work in the streets, personal hygiene was fundamental.
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If you can find time for basic personal hygiene you can find time for exercise.
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Alexander said that careful personal hygiene and good eating habits are the best ways to prevent infection.
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Like many women, I find scrupulous attention to personal hygiene slightly sinister in a man.
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His life story bristles with less-than-sensitive remarks about personal hygiene , chihuahuas, babies and rectal thermometers.
income
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Texas has no company or personal income tax, and the former, at least, may soon be seriously discussed.
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Specifically, the way ill which households disposed of their total personal income in 1988 is shown in Table 7-2.
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Among these was a plan to cut the amount of personal income tax withheld by employers during the year.
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Let us illustrate in terms of the personal income tax.
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The legislation also provided for a maximum personal income tax rate of 47 percent and for corporation tax of 45 percent.
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The profits from sole proprietorships and partnerships are taxed as personal incOme to the proprietOr or the partners.
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They thus add to the business flier's personal income , income on which no personal income tax is paid.
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Other potential trouble spots for Forbes include his refusal to release his personal income tax returns, as Dole has done.
information
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In addition, some clients feel threatened when approached for personal information .
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This technique is particularly useful if you will be using the same personal information for another group of letters or other documents.
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Members of the public in general are concerned about personal information held by computers.
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P-Trak does offer a variety of other personal information such as names, addresses and phone numbers.
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Dertouzos called for government regulation to prevent the linking of databases containing personal information without certain safeguards.
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Unlike using credit cards or checks, merchants have no access to any personal information with cash.
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A consumer is not the only person to whom information relates, but the consumer seeks more than personal information.
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The idea of keeping personal information on the Internet immediately raises concerns about privacy.
injury
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We have considered the delay likely to occur in a personal injury action which goes to trial in the High Court.
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Some of them stayed home to avoid the conflict, trauma, risk of public humiliation, personal injury , and death.
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The writer knows of no case prior to 1964 in which exemplary damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim.
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The Council approved the establishment of a new personal injury specialist panel.
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First, it is impossible to exclude liability for death or personal injuries caused by negligence.
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The new provisions on allocation of personal injury proceedings should reduce the number of actions transferred from the High Court.
interest
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The lecturer who stares out of the window, for example, is unlikely to convey to students much personal interest in their learning.
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I must confess some personal interest in these proposals.
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Wasn't he allowing his personal interests and prejudices to cloud his judgement?
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So much will depend upon personal interest and knowledge.
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There was no personal interest involved.
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At their best your notes can stimulate historical analysis, clarity of thought, and personal interest .
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I pay tribute to the fact that he has shown a personal interest in the case.
knowledge
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Uri had no personal knowledge of the event.
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The case ended in a deadlocked jury and a mistrial after King denied any personal knowledge of the scheme and blamed co-workers.
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The referees must have personal knowledge of the applicant and consider that he or she supports the aims of the Society.
level
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Because it has to be dealt with at a personal level , some find it difficult to deny the request.
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Then he went on: It even got to a personal level , Don.
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On a personal level , though, Terry's enthusiasm was sometimes gauche.
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At a personal level , their relationship reflected their implicit agreement that the political initiative should rest with Paris rather than Bonn.
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They should be able to offer you the support you need at an academic and personal level .
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Just as thought should precede action, reflection should follow it, on the Organizational as well as the personal level .
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But I took on the idea of transcendence only at a personal level .
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While this model of communication is abstract, you can probably understand it at the personal level .
life
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Ideals are not formed in an aseptic vacuum, but in the chemical brew of interacting personal lives and events.
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Phillips' personal life will be thoroughly scrutinized by each interested team.
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Asked if it stemmed from his personal life , she nodded yes.
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Our business and personal lives depend upon being able to use words successfully.
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Father Tim was feeling the confusion of too many options in his personal life .
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As for the latter, Aristotle saw that the scope for practical wisdom extended both to politics and to personal life .
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As my political activities increased and became more and more public, he grew increasingly protective about his own personal life .
loan
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His fall into debt started at the age of 16, when Barclays gave him a personal loan of £5,000.
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Discussed with my accountant the benefits of leasing or personal loan .
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They have used finance company personal loans more than women have in the past, but women now use them as much.
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Banks say the devices increase the number of personal loan transactions.
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The average person owes more than £6,300 through personal loans , credit cards and hire purchase.
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Interest rates, running around 15 percent, and repayment terms are similar to the traditional personal loan .
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They also provide personal loan facilities and financial advice to their customers.
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A 125 per cent loan is a personal loan partly secured on the property, wrapped around a mortgage.
matter
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It is not a personal matter .
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Second, the Constitution tips the scales in favor of the individual over the state in highly personal matters .
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This is particularly important when discussing personal matters , such as some one's care plan.
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For years, I would natter on, whether it was about business or personal matters .
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The nature of this will vary greatly depending on a rose's ancestry, while its appreciation is a very personal matter .
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Behavior change is a personal matter .
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A person's level of g has ramifications for everyday life - in school, at work, and in personal matters .
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It was a personal matter that was taken care of before I was elected to the City Council.
opinion
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The disconnected personal opinion Concluding with your own words, however, requires caution, particularly in the handling of personal response.
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My personal opinion is that the project was started too soon, as in any fast-track project like this.
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Even when referring to personal opinion it is not normally considered good style to do so directly.
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The concept of reason and all speculation about personal opinion would ever after be dismissed as tribal, beliefs fabricated by sects.
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At the very beginning of the play Shakespeare demonstrated how easily the people changed their personal opinions .
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If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight.
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Variations in practice reflect the personal opinions of managers.
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It is essentially a compilation of known facts, without intrusion of personal opinions or beliefs.
pension
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As from July 1988, however, the rules for self-employed pensions were also altered to bring them in line with personal pensions.
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In 1988 there is to be a new system of personal pensions , explained on page 76.
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By July I was able to set out my proposals on personal pensions .
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On low earnings the rebate payments will be too small to justify the personal pension plan charges.
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Some people covered by the conventional company scheme might prefer a personal pension .
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Some financial decisions, such as those affecting company or personal pension planning, need to be taken as early as possible.
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The expansion of occupational and personal pensions remained a firm objective of the reforms.
possession
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Also there is the insurance to consider of your personal possessions and the contents of your home.
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Water penetrated the two cabins, ran down the sides, gathered in pools, speckled droplets on clothing and personal possessions .
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He is one of the few people I have ever met who has never been either inflated or deflated by personal possessions .
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Losses of personal possessions , money and items of kit inevitably took place at these spots.
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You can not place a price on such a personal possession , however simple it may seem.
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Other personal possessions include a £2,500 horse and a £25,000 Morgan car.
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She used the weekend of the Windsor Castle blaze to remove what little personal possessions she had left.
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The cube was Cley's only personal possession .
preference
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It is now a matter of personal preference as to whether you use loose tea of speciality tea-bags.
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It fit his personal preference to use humor at work and to have warm, informal relationships with his people.
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Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference .
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My recommendations are no more than guide-lines based on my own judgment and personal preference .
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And if evil is said not to exist, only personal preferences are left to decide moral behavior.
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Both are effective and it's really a matter of personal preference which you choose.
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Using whole chicken or bones is a matter of personal preference .
problem
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But Clinton poses a political problem , not just a personal problem.
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They have personal problems because they do not have the cash flow.
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The filming was bedevilled by her personal problems , her sleeping problems, her lateness on the set, her acting problems.
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Anybody on the venire have any personal problem with these two?
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James Baker said that he had always believed that a professional should never admit to hurt or personal problems .
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The discussions in the group sessions were primarily devoted to living a life free of alcohol and coping with personal problems .
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It might just be the voice of support at a meeting or the follow-up on a personal problem mentioned a few days ago.
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Given the option, counselors wanted to offer more assistance to students with personal problems .
property
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He has appropriated his country's natural resources as his personal property .
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This is typically true in the case of taxes on land, personal property , and owner-occupied residences.
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The lower tenant also may suffer water damage to personal property .
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Related Occupations Administrative services managers direct and coordinate support services and oversee the purchase, use, and disposal of personal property .
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Compensation of £8,500 for structural damage, and further sums for damage to personal property , were paid by the Metropolitan Police.
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This includes a 2-percent reduction in the corporate income tax rate and lower personal property taxes.
quality
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Teachers are seen to display personal qualities of which the observer disapproves; so it is assumed they lack more desirable ones.
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Like the Organization Men, they depended on their personal qualities to install a cooperative and enthusiastic spirit in those they supervised.
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In Section 2 we cover the personal qualities that are evident in visionary leaders and successful change makers.
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The professional also learns quickly not to rely solely upon personal qualities and a limited collection of instructional materials.
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Your intellectual resources and personal qualities will be exceptional and we will only appoint those who have the clear potential to succeed.
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Or block you from developing personal qualities , talents or skills?
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The assessment of learning outcomes related to problem solving and personal qualities requires mathematics to be undertaken in context.
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Everyday events constantly mirror our inner world, offer guidance, or provide opportunities to develop personal qualities , skills and talents.
question
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It was the perfect excuse for ringing up complete strangers and asking all sort of personal questions .
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There are many who remain equally frustrated in getting answers to very personal questions regarding UFOs.
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And we've to ask some very personal questions ... Most of the time I find it's regret on the part of the victim.
reason
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However, she will also have to deal with pressures from her own colleagues who are seeking special consideration for personal reasons .
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Williams flew from Austin back to California on Friday for personal reasons .
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Solbourne Computer Inc's vice president of marketing, Travis White, has resigned from the company for personal reasons .
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He succeeds Ray Nakano, 49, who left the company several months ago for personal reasons , a company spokesman said.
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We have separated for personal reasons .
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As the Gay situation unraveled, reserve guard Charlie Taylor was granted an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons .
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Some choose names based on personal reasons .
relationship
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Then consideration is given to the importance of maintaining social involvement through keeping up personal relationships in old age.
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The rehabilitation staff, on the other hand, sought a more personal relationship with patients.
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I found it hard to believe that Flora could suffer like other people from minor humiliations, personal relationships .
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In some cases, personal relationships have been interrupted or deferred.
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At these times the strength of personal relationships and conviction will be tested.
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Here she clearly sets things out in terms of alternatives: her work versus her personal relationship with Zampano.
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Herzberg stresses the importance for motivation of the organisation of work, the quality of personal relationships and the potential for development.
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Away from work, you will want to base a personal relationship on personality, and that is to be expected.
responsibility
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Maintaining safety in relation to medications is a personal responsibility while at home.
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Another step is giving each employee the personal responsibility to make every customer happy.
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We know that you can understand all you like but in the end offenders must face their personal responsibility .
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And so far, no one had taken personal responsibility for making change happen.
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In the human species those burdens are represented by the acceptance of personal responsibility .
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I wish the church would begin emphasizing personal responsibility more.
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The king-duke had to try to suggest that such appeals as were made were not his personal responsibility .
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A better word was values, with its inference of personal choice and personal responsibility .
satisfaction
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They must also want to please each other and help each other to find fulfilment, as well as looking for personal satisfaction .
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Despite our analysis, most of our engineers felt that they were achieving professional success and personal satisfaction .
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It was a never ending task which offered William little personal satisfaction .
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But if only for her own personal satisfaction it had to be worth a try.
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New skills can increase personal satisfaction Women in particular are susceptible to believing that improving their appearance can help them reinvent themselves.
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Success is not about money or position - it is about personal satisfaction and self-esteem.
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I was, for example and for my own personal satisfaction , trying to frustrate likely Soviet intelligence-gathering in Cheltenham.
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Most work in which humans engage with some personal satisfaction would seem emptied of all point thereby.
service
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It may be worth paying a bit extra for luxuries such as a personal service or a special lending facility.
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His fee was $ 5, 500, according to his personal services contract.
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Booking agency agreements All of these are for a personal service .
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While online commerce remains embryonic, personal service sites are popping up like dandelions.
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Hotels that do offer good professional facilities with personal service and attention to detail are sadly still few and far between.
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These losses are concentrated mainly in the transport industries, aIthough the numbers employed in personal services have also declined.
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The owners, Signor and Signora Leoni and their son pride themselves on their high standards of personal service .
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Even during the recession, trade has grown through keen pricing and friendly personal service .
taste
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Style and colour are a matter of personal taste .
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Ultimately, it all comes down to personal taste .
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No longer will David Liddiment and his oppo Claudia Rosencrantz's personal tastes dominate our screens.
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Many of the decisions will fall to personal tastes .
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Nevertheless, they failed to stop a deluge of complaints about the collection's shortcomings and María Corral's personal tastes .
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Let her know that style is more a matter of contemporary mind-set and rules than of personal taste . 2.
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But whether the use of imitation wood is a success is more a matter of personal taste .
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My own personal tastes are fairly spread out.
touch
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But other customers prefer to write the messages themselves, for more of a personal touch .
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Despite the tight squeeze, the office has graced Borrego Springs with a personal touch over the decades.
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To be successful the hotel will provide a friendly atmosphere, good service and the personal touch .
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Reagan resorted to the personal touch as a matter of instinct and long practice.
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Steve, a believer in the personal touch , made their day by laying on their favourite drink, chilled Guinness.
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I think people appreciate that personal touch .
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Family photos and a clock that tells time backward add a personal touch to the sterile academic atmosphere.
use
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If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer.
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Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only.
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Cattle could be stolen for the personal use of the thieves, often as beef.
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It also refused to limit the use of county vehicles for personal use in the charter.
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I for one will certainly be registering a copy for my personal use at home.
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Under the act, teachers can make notes about students for their own personal use .
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There are also handouts, which may be photocopied for personal use .
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You decide which questions you are going to ask and you evaluate them for future personal use .
view
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Next month, some famous demo-dudes express their personal views on the scene.
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Rotating writers offering their personal views include Jay Harlow on fish and seafood.
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This he did, insisting that Mr Bangemann's remarks reflected his own personal views .
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There is no suggestion that Bush has altered his personal views .
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Atypically, neither the personal view nor the soundings pieces are anecdotal.
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The next crisis followed almost immediately, and once more Anselm took a similarly personal view of his responsibilities.
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Women can form a communal bond quickly, but may be reluctant to stand up for their personal views .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a matter of (personal) taste/choice/preference
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If you think torturing babies is good, that is a matter of taste.
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In the United States, food is a matter of taste, time and price.
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Quite what that means is a matter of taste, because a breed does not exist until it has been named.
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Switching to the Normal channel I would say that using the crunch option for rock solo work is a matter of taste.
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The amount of the increase or decrease is a matter of preference.
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The first is a matter of taste.
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The size of the pleat is a matter of choice.
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This is a matter of choice.
personal mission statement
social/personal/sex etc life
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Full of character, Paxos has an easy social life , ideal for people on holiday by themselves.
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He considered her sound as a bell in most ways, apart from this mad preoccupation with Nicandra's social life .
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He frequently attempted to deflect criticism of his administration and personal life by characterizing such allegations as the product of white racism.
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He would state all these things and would add that Citizen Oswald takes no part in the social life of the shop.
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She didn't have many friends and not much of a social life .
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The next programme started - an analysis of political and social life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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The social life of the island was in disarray.
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They are active shoppers and visibly social, using their social life to forward their careers.
the personals
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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personal hygiene
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a personal fitness trainer
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a manufacturer of personal care products
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Beth had a lot of personal problems at that time.
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Can I ask you a personal question?
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He took personal responsibility for everything that happened.
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I'm not going to tell her anything personal .
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I'm not going to tell you that - it's personal !
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I'm sorry but my diary is personal . I don't let anyone else read it.
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I've got my own personal web site.
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I intend to take personal responsibility for seeing that the documents reach you in time.
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I liked talking to people and solving problems, but as you get promoted within a firm you lose that personal contact.
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In those days it was socially unacceptable for men to cry in public, or to express their personal feelings.
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Opponents have resorted to personal attacks on Gingrich to stop the legislation.
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She felt her problems were too personal to talk about.
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The dead man's personal possessions were sent back to his family.
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The novel is based on the author's own personal experience.
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The President made a personal appeal to the terrorists.
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You can arm and disarm the alarm system using your own personal access code.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All weapons are cleaned and examined before being locked back into the armoury, then personal kit can be dealt with.
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Develop a mission statement of two sentences or less that clearly defines your definition of personal and business success.
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It is not just in professional and business circles that personal contacts help people obtain jobs.
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The absolute right of an editor or journalist to opt for a personal hearing before a complaints committee would be removed.
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The stressors could include the same sorts of triggers suspected in the immune disease theory, ranging from viruses to personal catastrophes.
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There is nothing here requiring personal performance by the tenant.
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They committed themselves to form a new professional and personal identity.
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Use Mac Hacks for your own personal recreation.