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单词 collection
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collection
(kəleən )
Word forms: collections
1. countable noun B1+
A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
Robert's collection of prints and paintings has been bought over the years.
The Art Gallery of Ontario has the world's largest collection of sculptures by Henry Moore. [+ of]
He made the mistake of leaving his valuable record collection with a former girlfriend.
Synonyms: accumulation, set, store, mass  
2. countable noun B2
A collection of stories, poems, or articles is a number of them published in one book.
He published a collection of short stories called 'Facing The Music'.
The institute has assembled a collection of essays from foreign affairs experts. [+ of]
Synonyms: compilation, accumulation, anthology  
3. countable noun B1+
A collection of things is a group of things.
Wye Lea is a collection of farm buildings that have been converted into an attractive complex. [+ of]
4. countable noun
A fashion designer's new collection consists of the new clothes they have designed for the next season.
5. uncountable noun B2
Collection is the act of collecting something from a place or from people.
Money can be sent to any one of 22,000 agents worldwide for collection.
...computer systems to speed up collection of information. [+ of]
...public services including mail delivery and garbage collection.
Synonyms: gathering, acquisition, accumulation  
6. countable noun
If you organize a collection for charity, you collect money from people to give to charity.
I asked my headmaster if he could arrange a collection for a refugee charity. [+ for]
Synonyms: contribution, donation, alms  
7. countable noun
A collection is money that is given by people in church during some Christian services.
Collocations:
collection comprises
The abbey's collection comprises more than 300 varieties, 20 of which have been discovered there.
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The collection comprises 36 pieces, all of which are oven-, microwave-, freezerand dishwasher-safe.
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This architectural and ethnological collection comprises 185 buildings and 40,000 items.
Times, Sunday Times
The library's entire collection comprises 4.5 million maps, but only 2.7 million of these are suitable for geo-referencing.
Times, Sunday Times
The first half of the collection comprises three wonderful stories.
Times, Sunday Times
collection consists of
That bobblehead collection consists of just over 600 sports-centric figurines, all of which depict baseball players, mascots and broadcasters.
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A typical collection consists of 17 - five for days, three for evenings, two each for work, shopping, sports and travel and one for the beach - costing 370, a survey shows.
The Sun
The 29-journal collection consists of 130 years of back issues or about 1 million pages of 1,500 cumulative research years.
The Scientist
The collection consists of eighteen dark and often troubling tales.
The Times Literary Supplement
The collection consists of approximately 150 hockey media guides and yearbooks dating from the 1920s.
Globe and Mail
collection contains
The collection contains 118 field recordings and 5,000 descriptions of song and dance.
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The collection contains 192 stickers plus 50 cards to collect.
The Sun
The collection contains more than 320,000 artifacts with public displays organized on three floors, including an entire gallery dedicated to calligraphy and painting.
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The collection contains 23,578 gems.
Times, Sunday Times
The collection contains more than 195,000 portraits, the vast majority of which are not on display.
Times, Sunday Times
collection of documents
In 1971, she published a collection of documents that stamped her authority on the field.
The Times Literary Supplement
The measures require a collection of documents and a query.
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He offers to show her more of his collection of documents.
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The exact probabilities can not be known beforehand, so use estimates from statistics about the collection of documents must be used.
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It also has a large collection of documents, books, journals, original scripts, photographs and posters.
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collection of drawings
He was certainly the first to set out in loving detail an extraordinary collection of drawings and information about the birds, insects, other wildlife and plants of the then colonies.
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His large collection of drawings and works of local artists was dispersed after his death.
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Throughout, he produced a vast collection of drawings and watercolour sketches.
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This collection of drawings grew fast and its 2500 leaves are used by researchers even in the present day.
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He gathered a notable collection of drawings and china.
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collection of essays
This collection of essays by academic lawyers asks what wider lessons can be learnt from the successful prosecution.
The Times Literary Supplement
This collection of essays makes those connections freshly visible, and has some satisfying artistic moments of its own.
The Times Literary Supplement
His retirement in 1990 was marked by a collection of essays written in his honour by colleagues and former students.
Times, Sunday Times
To mark this, we've put together a collection of essays on this less talked about side of motherhood.
Times,Sunday Times
The editor of this collection of essays on translation holds practitioners in high esteem.
The Times Literary Supplement
collection of items
The building incorporates a diverse collection of items bequeathed to it.
Times, Sunday Times
This style involves a carefully curated collection of items to tell a story and suggest a world of adventure and mystery.
Times, Sunday Times
In other words, a frivilous collection of items that may not have any meaning to the viewer.
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This has a gallery and contains a collection of items of antiquarianism.
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The game also features an inventory system requiring the examination and collection of items, which could be used as evidence later in the game.
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collection of manuscripts
There were also thousands of photographs, letters and telegrams, along with a collection of manuscripts and galley proofs, according to the foundation.
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Follow the story of the much-loved writer's life through biographical galleries and the museum's large collection of manuscripts, photographs, letters and mementoes from his life.
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The lyrics are part of a collection of manuscripts he gave to his manager.
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It had a vast collection of manuscripts and publications from around the world at its bookshops.
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She accepts, knowing that he has a large collection of manuscripts valuable to her master.
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complete collection
It is essential to own the complete collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On display will be two of the most complete collections of World War Two aircraft.
The Sun (2016)
And the complete collection is now available to buy in full on Blu-ray for the very first time.
The Sun (2014)
comprehensive collection
It now houses in 40 acres the most comprehensive collection of primates in the world, including gorillas and orang-utans, and draws 500,000 visitors a year.
Times, Sunday Times
Here you'll find one of the largest and most comprehensive collection of artefacts relating to the art, history, and technology of the moving image.
Times, Sunday Times
He suggests two: the principle of comprehensive collection; and the principle of method applied to historical research.
The Times Literary Supplement
The authors in this comprehensive collection examine the ways in which identities are negotiated in diverse multilingual settings.
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He subsequently formed a comprehensive collection of specimen stamps at a time when few other collectors were interested in them.
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contemporary collection
Two decades on, this independent contemporary collection celebrates its birthday with a show that parades pieces by highly fashionable artists.
Times, Sunday Times
His next step was influencing the watchmaking industry itself, after having built a contemporary collection dating from 1975 to 2003.
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The buyers choose pieces from contemporary collections that also work during pregnancy.
Times, Sunday Times
Wise dealers seek out (as should wise curators of public contemporary collections) the most worthwhile among the disappeared before their fortunes, in both senses, rise again.
Times, Sunday Times
There are also some gems in the modern and contemporary collections.
Times, Sunday Times
couture collection
It was fashion at its highest, and everything a couture collection should be.
Times, Sunday Times
Last summer, they introduced a lavishly, laboriously handsewn and embroidered alta-moda couture collection, and whisked super-clients to see it in private.
Times, Sunday Times
For her latest couture collection she has piled on the glamour.
Times, Sunday Times
It's hard to judge a couture collection with sceptical, trend-led eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
Well, there's business to attend to before that, including a new couture collection on the horizon.
Times, Sunday Times
debut collection
This had never before been given to an author for a debut collection.
Times, Sunday Times
But it takes a special act of determination for an up-and-coming designer to drop a family name such as this from her debut collection.
Times, Sunday Times
Her debut collection had the front row so close to the edge of their seats, they almost ended up face down on the catwalk.
Times, Sunday Times
Then they will take most of next year off to write the follow-up album to debut collection xx.
The Sun
Their aesthetic has remained unchanged since their debut collection in 2006, although winning the award has been a serious leap forward.
Times, Sunday Times
designer collection
Five floors are dedicated to deluxe designer collections, jewellery, leather goods and gourmet restaurants, with an aquarium, cinema and opera house thrown in.
Times, Sunday Times
Brilliant for its sales, designer collections and collaborations — and for last-minute purchases that can be delivered in time for the weekend.
Times, Sunday Times
From designer collections to perfumes and make-up, advertisers are queuing up to sign the latest celebrity.
The Sun
The lucky winner will be able to personally select the footwear from the designer collections, based on their own tastes and wardrobe requirements.
Times, Sunday Times
With the traditional six-month lead time on the delivery of international show content, designer collections can be outpaced by the so-called fast-fashion chains.
Times, Sunday Times
diverse collection
It boasts a diverse collection of over 130 pieces – including paintings, photographs, clothing, manuscripts, and ceremonial objects.
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The diverse collection reveals a variety of talent, with some paintings showing slightly higher levels of skill than others.
Times, Sunday Times
The way he brings together a diverse collection of guests.
The Sun
The building incorporates a diverse collection of items bequeathed to it.
Times, Sunday Times
She was tough and opinionated but always kind, and her diverse collection of friends keenly sought her company.
Times, Sunday Times
eclectic collection
Also on the move is the island's museum and its eclectic collection of artefacts.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He bought the car to add to his eclectic collection of vehicles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Jobs found an eclectic collection of students.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
edit a collection
This resulted in two jointly edited collections and a jointly written monograph.
Times, Sunday Times
His legacy then existed in the form of a difficult-to-obtain doctoral dissertation, a short introductory book and myriad brilliant but sometimes repetitive essays, scattered across journals, periodicals and edited collections.
The Times Literary Supplement
This was in fact the only book he wrote, but his students have edited collections of his writings.
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The result was a modern, edited collection of product that reflected good design.
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Besides books, he published many articles, in journals and edited collections, book reviews, and gallery catalogues for shows.
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entire collection
An entire collection accessorised with a ballet shoe?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The gallery has put its entire collection online and art lovers can either browse or search by topic.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I actually did know a man whose embittered wife sold off his entire collection while he was away on a business trip.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
extensive collection
Indeed, even his hobbies pertained to the law; he had a passion for maps and boundaries and owned an extensive collection of atlases.
Times, Sunday Times
The museum has a pine interior and an extensive collection of ammonite fossils.
Times, Sunday Times
Or you can access a more extensive collection to stream at your leisure.
The Sun
She has built up her fantasy wardrobe on her travels, and managed to acquire 'quite an extensive collection of wonderful headdresses and hats'.
Times, Sunday Times
So far the museum has completed dozens of labels for its extensive collection, which includes sections of brains, hearts, tumors and other biological remains.
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extraordinary collection
But it's an extraordinary collection, and it has been curated with wit and wisdom.
Times, Sunday Times
Others gathered the extraordinary collection of posters, murals and artwork that has channelled the students' fury and frustration at the way they are governed.
Times, Sunday Times
This extraordinary collection was built up in the colonial era under what were often - to put it mildly - less than savoury circumstances.
The Times Literary Supplement
In the summer of 2015 a new treasure was added to this extraordinary collection.
Times, Sunday Times
That's about it, apart from the view and an extraordinary collection of art and objets.
Times, Sunday Times
fine collection
They are the spikiest performers among a fine collection of sharp tipped actors.
The Sun (2016)
He also amassed a fine collection of modern American art.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is probably the finest collection in private hands today, you see.
Malcolm, John WHISTLER IN THE DARK (2002)
The walled garden has a fine collection of fruit trees, including old local apple varieties.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The fine collection offers tweeds, woollen ties and Shetland hand knits.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
fossil collection
He published his findings with many pictures from his fossil collection, enabling others to investigate their distribution and test his theories.
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Cope suffered from debilitating illness in his later years and had to sell part of his fossil collection and rent out one of his homes to make ends meet.
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She worked closely with many principal geologists of the time and her fossil collection played a significant part in the development of geology as a field.
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His studies were varied ranging from dentistry and medicine to chemistry and mineralogy and even fossil collections.
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This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish.
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furniture collection
They ensured that many of the most famous parts of the building survived by blocking the path of the fire and decanting its furniture collection.
Times, Sunday Times
He took out the loan to prevent the marquess from selling off the mansion and breaking up its unique furniture collection.
Times, Sunday Times
She added to the couple's extensive furniture collection and family heirlooms by sourcing paintings, chandeliers and chests from salvage yards and auction houses.
Times, Sunday Times
The couple were looking for a space that would be in keeping with the furniture collection they have amassed over the years.
Times, Sunday Times
Today, the rooms are decorated with paintings and tiles and house an excellent furniture collection dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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historic collection
The exhibition offers visitors the chance to see the interiors, and the family's historic collection, from a new perspective.
Times, Sunday Times
Although in this newlyrenovated room the displays will focus on the historic collection (ie, up to the 1960s), it's still a daunting prospect to give it a proper airing.
Times, Sunday Times
Its facilities include recording studios, a computer suite and an historic collection of analogue synthesizers dating back to the 1960s.
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It also holds a historic collection of presses.
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In addition to the museum's railroad equipment exhibits, its shops hold a historic collection of industrial machine tools and hand tools.
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house a collection
They have also completely refurbished the building to house their collection of art, books and the pieces collected on their travels.
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In its turn, the library agreed to house the collection as an individual unit and to augment it.
Times, Sunday Times
He now realized he needed somewhere to house his collection.
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An invitation was put out to tender for interested bodies that may wish to house the collection.
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A museum to house the collection was constructed in 1908.
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impressive collection
The house is also something of a gallery, with an impressive collection of artworks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He says: 'A client had an impressive watch collection that he wanted displayed and made into an interior feature'.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has an impressive collection of artefacts and information on the kingdom's 6,000 years of recorded history.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
jewellery collection
A corresponding jewellery collection features 40 pieces that are based on themes and moments in the film.
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Ripen up your jewellery collection with this fruity treat.
Times, Sunday Times
They sell things like my perfume and my jewellery collection.
Times, Sunday Times
Leave their pale imitations behind with a new fine jewellery collection.
Times, Sunday Times
You can do it with your existing jewellery collection - shove it all on, the bigger and the bolder the better.
Times, Sunday Times
kerbside collection
Are kerbside collection schemes, as advocated by local authorities, really the best way of meeting future, higher targets?
Times, Sunday Times
Check with your local authority to find out if your kerbside collection scheme accepts foil.
Times, Sunday Times
Community projects fared better than kerbside collection schemes, but overall there was 'no sea change' in waste sent for recycling.
The Sun
Material for recycling may be collected separately from general waste using dedicated bins and collection vehicles, a procedure called kerbside collection.
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These systems are typically integrated with kerbside collection schemes.
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large collection
A bank has amassed a large collection of paintings on the advice of Fry's professor of art.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He lightly shakes a carton from the large collection on his desk.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She also had a large collection of trainers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We have a large collection of cookery books now but if this were the only one we had, we would eat very well indeed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They liked music of all kinds and had a large collection of records ranging from American jazz to Beethoven quartets and of course many choral works.
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library collection
Since 1944, the library collection was rebuilt anew.
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Even in its early years, the library collection had included items such as sheet music.
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He was especially successful at building up the library collection there.
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The library collection includes materials from history books, art, travel accounts, and so on.
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When it opened in 1906, it housed the chapel, six classrooms, administrative space and a small library collection.
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motley collection
Already listed as having the worst weather in Canada, the motley collection of buildings stands alone and deserted.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He failed to win the nomination in 2008 and this time took a long time to see off a motley collection of rivals in the primaries.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In their places for the home side, a motley collection of untried young players and expensive misfits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Needless to say, the show will end up glorifying his motley collection of colourful misfits.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some 7,000 objects have been selected from a motley collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
museum collection
Back in the museum collection centre, preparations for the exhibition continue.
Times, Sunday Times
Over the years examples of the company's wares were collected, and in 1906 a formal museum collection was put together.
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She would become the centerpiece of their museum collection if completed.
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Due to the high development costs he auctioned off his museum collection in 1894.
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One of the premises of the library has museum collection (1989).
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outstanding collection
The archive has amassed an outstanding collection of war imagery and has specialised in locating snapshots taken by soldiers of all loyalties.
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It takes a very steady hand to write a sentence like that and the stories in this outstanding collection are to be read not once, but many times.
Times, Sunday Times
It offers another outstanding collection of recipes for getting lunch or dinner on the table 'quickly and easily, but with pizzazz'.
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The thick walls today shelter a museum that presents an outstanding collection of historical and art objects.
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They also feature an outstanding collection of rock paintings.
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permanent collection
Six of his sculptures are in the museum's permanent collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Each museum offers free entry to the permanent collection and charges up to £15 for exhibitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are more than 3 million objects in the permanent collection, including nearly 17,000 paintings, almost 13,000 sculptures, 750,000 archaeological artefacts and just under 14,000 items of arms and armour.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
photographic collection
The photographic collection documents products and processes, company history, social activity and local history.
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The museum also has a large photographic collection of regional ethnography.
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His photographic collection of fungi numbers more than 3000 species.
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His photographic collection contains nearly two million images.
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This has a photographic collection and a ships' plans collection (i.e., technical drawings).
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photography collection
Now the wildly varying eyes of hundreds of species have been documented in a wildlife photography collection.
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There, he developed the school's art library and photography collection.
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That year, the number of images in the museum's photography collection reached 8,500 objects.
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There are now over 10,000 photographs and negatives documenting island life from the early 1880s until the present day in the museum's photography collection.
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In this same year the museum established its photography collection, becoming one of the first museums to recognize photography as a fine art.
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priceless collection
His personal assets include three jets, several yachts - one worth 56m - homes on five continents and a priceless collection of jewels and antiques.
Times, Sunday Times
Eventually they realised they were not logs but scrolls, a priceless collection of literature from a lost empire.
Times,Sunday Times
But apart from this priceless collection of art, the dining room was completely empty.
The Sun
There's also the story of how his priceless collection of joke books were stolen in 1995.
Times, Sunday Times
He became a knowledgeable and respected collector, accumulating a priceless collection of paintings, drawings, manuscripts and miniatures over 50 years.
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print collection
Shelf capacity will stretch for 38km, allowing for 20 years of growth in the print collection.
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Once again, the library became too small for the growing print collection and the student body.
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Students who participate in printing the edition typically receive a finished, numbered print to add to their personal print collection.
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Shelving areas house the print collection of books, magazines, and newspapers.
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The retrieval process takes just a few minutes and helps increase the use of the print collection by making access more convenient.
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private collection
He has the country's largest private collection of trees grown from seeds collected in the wild, with 11,000 trees and shrubs representing 1,800 species.
Times, Sunday Times
After being purchased in 1950, it has remained hidden in a private collection until now.
Times, Sunday Times
The document, heralded by scholars as one of the most important literary finds in years, has until now been hidden in a private collection.
Times, Sunday Times
It might be risk related to a private collection or underwriting insurance for major touring exhibitions or for art dealers, auctioneers and art advisers.
Times, Sunday Times
The exercise book then went into a private collection, before being acquired by the library.
Times, Sunday Times
publish a collection of
It seemed to him that a likely option might be to publish a collection of his poems.
Christianity Today
We intend each week to publish a collection of short anecdotes and insights.
Globe and Mail
However, by 1960 she was able to publish a collection of her poetry, and another followed in 1966 (both consisted mostly of earlier work, with a few new poems).
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In 1971, she published a collection of documents that stamped her authority on the field.
The Times Literary Supplement
He published a collection of twenty chansons for four voices in 1541.
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random collection
A random collection of experiences, a few memories?
Times, Sunday Times
That's just a random collection of dystopian occurrences.
Times, Sunday Times
Or do you go househunting together, then try to shoehorn in your random collection of inherited furniture?
Times, Sunday Times
Before her, paleoneurology was largely descriptive, based on the random collection and characterization of specimens.
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Its random collection offers a history of the world in 10,000 objects.
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rare collection
He now has tens of thousands of books and magazines devoted to every aspect of the cinema industry and a very rare collection of film posters.
Times, Sunday Times
A rare collection highlighting the increasing number of historical collections without a permanent home.
Times, Sunday Times
It has approximately 10 thousand books and magazines of rare collection.
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This, together with a fine and rare collection of antique maps, represents one of the strengths of the collection.
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She has a large, rare collection of books and journals at home.
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recycling collection
We also allocate a small budget for recycling collection costs.
Times, Sunday Times
Around 72 per cent said they were unhappy with their local council's waste and recycling collection.
The Sun
Employees began turning off the lights in empty rooms and changed the recycling collection from once a week to every fortnight.
Times, Sunday Times
I know people who have accumulated so much cardboard from online purchases that they are embarrassed to put it out for the recycling collection.
Times,Sunday Times
Founded in 1994, the company runs projects that include mine and quarry design, developing recycling collection schemes for city councils, and environmental impact assessments for large waste projects.
Times, Sunday Times
remarkable collection
Finally, her long-standing interest in naive art resulted in a remarkable collection.
Times, Sunday Times
Here you will find a remarkable collection of raptors from all over the world - some light and nimble, others huge and menacing.
Times, Sunday Times
He has assembled a remarkable collection of classical and modern art, plus photographs, and has even constructed a sculpture park.
Times, Sunday Times
Recently we consigned a remarkable collection from the estate of a nobleman.
Times, Sunday Times
He was also a skilful interpreter of the contribution made to popular political culture by the great political caricaturists of the period, amassing a remarkable collection of their cartoons.
Times, Sunday Times
short-story collection
Read for their realism, the scenes from village life depicted in this short-story collection might seem almost cosy.
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Her publishers are promising that this short-story collection will be 'rather transgressive'.
Times, Sunday Times
A particularly novel variety of teleportation can be seen in this short-story collection.
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There were three further novels and two short-story collections.
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It includes ownership of 80 novels and short-story collections, 19 plays and a library of 40 television films.
Times, Sunday Times
spring collection
Indeed, today she is wearing a notably on-trend but distinctly un-boho vivid orange shirt-waister dress snitched from her spring collection.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The one that's part of their new spring collection and has been so widely touted and praised this week?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The luxury leather goods group said the response to its spring collection was ' encouraging'.
The Sun (2009)
stunning collection
This stunning collection of 70, milk and dark tasting discs come from seven different cocoa regions of the world which give them all unique flavours.
Times, Sunday Times
The latest stunning collection shows us why this family have been in the business for three generations.
The Sun
Users in search of inspiration can browse the game’s stunning collection of player galleries for examples of out-of-the-box and traditional offerings alike.
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This stunning collection spans the past 15 years.
Times, Sunday Times
Or why not create a stunning collection of mini candles clustered together?
The Sun
superb collection
The superb collection features 469 cards, plus 26 limited-edition ones to look out for.
The Sun
This superb collection mixes masterworks with less familiar fare.
Times, Sunday Times
Stimulate your brain and hone your general knowledge with our superb collection of best-selling titles.
Times, Sunday Times
A very rare opportunity to view this superb collection of canvases - hardly ever shown together in such numbers - by one of the greatest painters of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Times, Sunday Times
In the meantime this superb collection of letters will stand as a perfect introduction to the work itself.
Times, Sunday Times
tax collection
Efforts to improve tax collection and the payment culture failed completely.
Times, Sunday Times
You are also right that tax collection provides the crucial link between us all in society.
Times, Sunday Times
Thanks to the housing crash, recession and credit crunch, the state can no longer afford this with tax collection.
Times, Sunday Times
In his tomb there are inscribed tags used for tax collection.
Times, Sunday Times
It plans to save more than 450 million by 2014 by moving more of its tax collection online.
Times, Sunday Times
valuable collection
He was also an art collector, with a highly valuable collection.
Times, Sunday Times
The valuable collection of original manuscripts contains important material, some dating as far back as the 9th century.
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Her work was also highlighted by numerous paintings and lithographs, which are becoming rare and valuable collection pieces.
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The first mystery concerns a valuable collection of rare books.
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He eventually acquired a valuable collection of rare books on astronomy and mechanics.
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varied collection
Forty contributors provide a varied collection of essays that together form a more generous and satisfying history than do many equivalent projects.
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It includes a varied collection of late 18th- through 20th-century architecture.
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It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from gauge to gauge.
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Most of the locomotives and rolling stock were bought second-hand from various sources, making a varied collection.
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The site also supports a varied collection of butterflies, with over 30 species recorded.
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vast collection
In addition to its vast collection, the museum regularly has a number of exhibitions on constant rotation to suit all interests.
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He built up a vast collection of ephemera, magazines, photographs, correspondence and other papers he would not throw away.
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He also found time to listen to some of his vast collection of jazz recordings.
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Although she made her name as a pianist, she was also known for her vast collection of stylish concert gowns.
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When the cash ran out and her gardens fell into ruin, it took auctioneers three days to get through her vast collection of horticultural books.
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waste collection
This, it claims, would give a further two billion people access to waste collection.
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Proceeds would go to the city's waste collection service.
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The charges included fees for waste collection, pest control, daycare centres, planning services and burial.
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Councils are already struggling with waste collection during the pandemic as residents are creating more rubbish while spending longer periods at home.
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Households are paying 40 per cent more than a decade ago for waste collection and disposal services, with councils earning £329 million a year.
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weekly collections
Ministers will now announce support only for weekly collections of food waste.
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At least half of households have lost weekly collections of ordinary rubbish.
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Labour now say they would prefer councils to resume weekly collections for kitchen waste, but they won't make it compulsory.
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But the paper said that the scheme appears to support existing weekly collections rather than re-introducing weekly collections to areas that have lost them.
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The review will let local authorities choose their own systems and will not try to reimpose weekly collections of general waste.
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