reliefre‧lief /rɪˈliːf/ ●●○ W2 noun 
I felt a huge surge of relief and happiness.with relief He watched with relief as the girl nodded.in relief He laughed in relief. No one was hurt, and we all breathed a sigh of relief.it is a relief to see/have/know etc something I hate to say it, but it was a relief to have him out of the house.to somebody’s relief To my relief, they spoke English.what a relief/that’s a relief The doctor said it was just the flu. What a relief!2reduction of pain [uncountable] when something reduces someone’s pain or unhappy feelings: Marijuana can provide pain relief for some cancer patients.relief of the relief of sufferingrelief from The cool room provided relief from the terrible heat outdoors.3help [uncountable] money, food, clothes etc given to people who are poor or hungry: money raised for the relief effortdisaster/famine/flood etc relief famine relief for victims of the drought4replacement [uncountable] a person or group of people that replaces another one and does their work after they have finished: the relief for the military guard a relief driver5decoration [countable, uncountable] a way of decorating wood, stone etc with a shape or figure that is raised above the surface, or the decoration itselfin relief figures carved in relief6bring/throw something into relief (also stand out in relief) to make something very noticeable, or to be very noticeablesharp/stark relief The tree stood out in stark relief against the snow. The article throws into sharp relief the differences between the two theories.7light/comic relief a funny moment during a serious film, book, or situation: a moment of comic relief8money [uncountable] old-fashioned especially American English money given by the government to help people who are poor, old, unemployed etc SYN welfareon relief families on relief during the Depression9war [uncountable] formal the act of freeing a town when it has been surrounded by an enemyrelief of the relief of Mafeking10map in relief if you show a part of the Earth’s surface in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it → tax reliefCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesa great/enormous/tremendous etc relief· It was a great relief to him when she returned safely.a welcome relief· The holiday was a welcome relief from the pressure of work.verbscome as a relief· The court's decision came as a huge relief to Microsoft.feel relief· I felt nothing but relief when it was over.relief floods through somebody literary· When she heard he was still alive, relief flooded through her.phrasesa sense/feeling of relief· She was filled with an overwhelming sense of relief.breathe/heave a sigh of relief· United fans breathed a huge sigh of relief as Drogba's shot was tipped over the bar.what a relief· What a relief to be able to say what I really feel!such a relief· It's just such a relief to have found someone!COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3NOUN + reliefdisaster/emergency relief· Our objective is to provide food aid and emergency relief to developing countries.famine/flood relief· We donated $1,000 to the American Red Cross for flood relief.relief + NOUNa relief agency/organization· Relief agencies reported that many of the refugees had arrived in a terrible condition.relief supplies/aid· US troops had helped distribute relief supplies to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.relief efforts· In areas severely affected by the earthquake, it is difficult to coordinate relief efforts.a relief operation· UN officials accused the government of obstructing relief operations in the south of the country.a relief worker· The relief workers have to bring in clean drinking water by tanker.relief work· The charity raised over five million pounds for relief work.a relief convoy/flight· A relief convoy of 10 trucks set off with food and medical supplies.
WORD ORIGINrelief
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French relever; ➔ RELIEVEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- relief supplies
- A white envelope lay on the mat. Holmes felt considerable relief.
- Edwards commented that the convictions give him a feeling of relief that he hopes the victim shares.
- Ensign Korn turned over the watch to his relief.
- It was a great relief to know that the children were safe.
- It was such a relief to see Liz looking healthy again.
- Mary says it's a relief to have someone to talk to at last.
- She breathed a sign of relief when he finally answered the phone.
- tax relief
- Tears of joy and relief ran down Nina's cheeks.
- the relief of Khe Sanh
- The decision, announced on Thursday, came as a huge relief to the factory's 300 workers.
- The rains came this weekend, much to the relief of tomato growers in Florida.
- To Greg's relief, nobody asked to check his ticket.
- To her own surprise, she began sobbing with relief.
- To our relief, the deal went through without any problems.
- What a relief to finally get away from the office.
- What a relief! We were so worried about you.
- When the plane finally landed, we all felt a tremendous sense of relief.
- You could hear the students breathing a collective sigh of relief when the final bell rang.
- For some time she had felt a curious weightiness, then sudden relief.
- Shawcross raises these questions within the context of disaster relief but they have a broader setting.
- She was ashamed, but I felt enormous relief.
- The company has played a leading role year in promoting tax and electric rate relief for Massachusetts businesses.
- These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.
Longman Language Activatora happier feeling after you have been upset, worried, etc
· Emily goes to a women's group for comfort and emotional support.bring/give comfort · Your letter brought me great comfort after John died.· Her faith gave her comfort during a very difficult time.take/draw comfort from · The family has taken some comfort from the fact that her condition has stabilized.
the feeling you have when something worrying or frightening has ended or has not happened: · When the plane finally landed, we all felt a tremendous sense of relief.· It was a great relief to know that the children were safe.that's a relief!/what a relief!: · What a relief! We were so worried about you.· What a relief to finally get away from the office.to your relief (=making you feel relief): · To our relief, the deal went through without any problems.heave/breathe a sigh of relief (=breathe loudly to show your relief): · She breathed a sign of relief when he finally answered the phone.
a thought or fact that makes you feel less disappointed or sad, for example when someone has died or when you have just heard some disappointing news: · It was some consolation to know that he could take the exam again.· My one consolation is that she died peacefully.take (some) consolation: · It was difficult to say goodbye, but I took some consolation from the fact that I would see her again at the end of the year.
not worried also unconcerned formal · Sam had stayed out late before, so we weren't particularly worried when he didn't return.· Brian didn't seem at all concerned when the car broke down.not worried/concerned about · He insists that he is not worried about the poor showing his party made in the recent local elections. · For once, Karen seemed unconcerned about the possibility of being late for class. not in the least bit worried etc (=not at all worried) · Even after losing her job, she doesn't seem in the least bit worried.
feeling relaxed again because you do not need to worry about something that you worried about before: · "Oh," she said, relieved. "I'm so glad you're back."seem/feel/look/appear relieved: · The hostages simply look relieved to be going home.relieved that: · I was relieved that John was there to help me explain.· The government will be relieved that a crisis has been averted.relieved at: · Sahlin appeared relieved at my news.relieved to know/hear/find/learn etc something: · I'm so relieved to see you!· Polly was relieved to learn that her mother's illness was not a serious one.· Andrew was relieved to discover that he was not himself under suspicion.
spoken if something is a weight off your mind you do not have to worry any more because something has happened to make you feel happier about it: be a great/big/enormous weight off somebody's mind: · No doubt the news will be a huge weight off his mind.take a weight off somebody's mind: · Now that Peter has passed all his exams, it's taken a great weight off my mind.
the pleasant feeling you have when you no longer have to worry about something: · A white envelope lay on the mat. Holmes felt considerable relief.a feeling/sense of relief: · Edwards commented that the convictions give him a feeling of relief that he hopes the victim shares.with relief: · To her own surprise, she began sobbing with relief.to somebody's relief (=making them feel relieved): · To Greg's relief, nobody asked to check his ticket.· The rains came this weekend, much to the relief of tomato growers in Florida. breathe/heave a sigh of relief (=show by your behaviour that you are no longer worried about something): · You could hear the students breathing a collective sigh of relief when the final bell rang.it is a relief to know/hear/see/find etc: · It was such a relief to see Liz looking healthy again.· Mary says it's a relief to have someone to talk to at last.come as a relief: · The decision, announced on Thursday, came as a huge relief to the factory's 300 workers.
to not be worried by a problem because you do not think it is important enough: · I tried my best, and I certainly won't be losing any sleep over the result.· It's not that serious. I wouldn't lose sleep over it if I were you.
if you have no qualms about something, you are not worried about it, especially because you are sure it is the right thing to do: have no qualms about: · One protestor said he would have no qualms about bombing the clinic.· He was a man who had no qualms about preaching one thing and practising another in his private life.
cheerful and not worried about anything, because you do not have any real problems or responsibilities in your life: · I felt carefree for the first time in my life.· They both laughed, feeling like two carefree schoolgirls.
if someone is without a care in the world , they are not worried about anything at all and are happy: · I was just sixteen, young, confident and without a care in the world.· He puffed away on his pipe as if he didn't have a care in the world.
to laugh and refuse to worry or be serious about a problem, when someone is trying to talk to you about it: laugh off something: · Venables laughed off suggestions that he will be asked to retire.· She took praise with delight, and laughed off any criticisms with good humour.laugh it off: · She was genuinely angry, but Luke just tried to laugh it off.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives Rebecca heaved a sigh of relief. Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.
· It was a great relief to him when she returned safely.
· The holiday was a welcome relief from the pressure of work.
verbs· The court's decision came as a huge relief to Microsoft.
· I felt nothing but relief when it was over.
literary· When she heard he was still alive, relief flooded through her.
phrases· She was filled with an overwhelming sense of relief.
· United fans breathed a huge sigh of relief as Drogba's shot was tipped over the bar.
· What a relief to be able to say what I really feel!
· It's just such a relief to have found someone!
Meaning 3NOUN + relief· Our objective is to provide food aid and emergency relief to developing countries.
· We donated $1,000 to the American Red Cross for flood relief.
relief + NOUN· Relief agencies reported that many of the refugees had arrived in a terrible condition.
· US troops had helped distribute relief supplies to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.
· In areas severely affected by the earthquake, it is difficult to coordinate relief efforts.
· UN officials accused the government of obstructing relief operations in the south of the country.
· The relief workers have to bring in clean drinking water by tanker.
· The charity raised over five million pounds for relief work.
· A relief convoy of 10 trucks set off with food and medical supplies.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=given when there is a disaster, a war etc)· Surrounding countries supplied disaster relief aid.
(=a situation in a serious story that makes you relax a little because it is funny) The song provides some comic relief from the intensity of the scene.
The song provides some comic relief from the intensity of the scene. (=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas)· The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
(=money, food, clothes etc for people in a disaster area)· an emergency appeal for disaster relief
· The UN is organizing the relief effort to the region affected by the earthquake.
(=things such as food and medicine that are given to people when they are in a very dangerous situation)· The charity made a television appeal for emergency aid to the region.
Rebecca heaved a sigh of relief. Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees. (=a drug or treatment that makes pain less severe)· These drugs offer effective pain relief for the very sick.
· We reached the medical centre with a sense of relief.
· When he had left, Miranda breathed a sigh of relief.
· At last the girl stopped eating and sat back with a sigh of satisfaction.
· A wave of relief washed over Harry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Interspersed between tragic stories are a few songs supplying pointed but comic relief.· And me-what was I there for? Comic relief?· He was, and he remained for the time being, a figure of comic relief.· What I did was to provide him with some comic relief.· Did you raise money for Comic relief?· I raised £7.41 for comic relief by eating jelly with chopsticks.· But I do so like having you in the game. Comic relief, you know.· For comic relief, obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
· Anna felt a great sense of relief.· It was a great relief to write these things.· But perhaps ... She opened the surgery door and Helen greeted her with a great sigh of relief.· It had been a great relief to Bob.· I must say it was a great relief not to have to try to understand it all from books.· It came originally from my father, who employed the technique with great relief on many occasions.· This I can tell you is a great relief.· The final whistle was a great relief.
· Their seven children, carved in high relief in diminishing size according to age, clustered round their feet like rabbits.· It passed because taxes were too high and relief was needed.· There is also a carved and painted wood pulpit with high relief figure-decoration.· He was too high on exultant relief to be deflated so easily.· The fact may stand out in higher relief if the residuals are plotted against the fitted values.· There are 16 panels depicting high relief figures on a low relief and incised background.· Digital terrain modeling can be applied to computer transformations in places where the ground is undulating or has high relief.· He concludes that high relief was essentially a response to high food prices rather than to perception of a chronic employment problem.
· A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.· Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.
· I have to be allowed a bit of light relief.· The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.· However, the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 16 should bring everyone to their senses and give some light relief.· It seems that the staff were inclined to regard the women as light relief from the sombre business of teaching science.· After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.· Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.· Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials.
· Even so, those who were fully employed were the fortunate ones, for half the population of Nottingham was on poor relief.· There is a high level of consensus among historians of the eighteenth-century Poor Law that relief in general was neither ungenerous nor ineffective.· In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.· Nevertheless, the case for a review of the poor relief system was strong.· Many who had no wish to see the principles of 1834 modified were alarmed by the rise in poor relief expenditure.· At the third tier, parish councils were created in 1894 and charged with administering poor relief.· Women were more likely than men to be dependent on poor relief.· This leaves no doubt of his feelings about justices' powers in other areas of poor relief.
· The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky.· Former Giant Dennis Cook pitched 1-3 / 4 sharp innings of relief for Florida.· Such excellence threw the next hour into even sharper relief with two sides growing increasingly scrappy.· The dark sky had forced an eerie light on to the buildings, causing colours to jump out in sharp relief.· A further trick of the light throws their roller-coaster ridge into sharp relief, like a cardboard cut-out.· Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights, and the stars sprang into sharp relief.· The above brief account throws into sharp relief the essential differences between the Keynesian and classical theories of labour market adjustment.· The literature throws into sharp relief the essential dichotomy in the approach to this issue between economics and economic history.
· But for most Tories, excluding a minority who thought he was too soft, this budget was welcome relief.· The cool water slipping down her throat was a welcome relief.· Some will find it a welcome relief, others an indication of personal failure, and the cause of personal guilt.· Posy Simmonds' whimsical humour comes as a welcome relief in a medium that is surprisingly low on laughs.· Competitions were suspended although friendlies were welcome light relief.· For others, Christmas is a welcome relief from the pressure of work and a time to recuperate.· Fishing is from boats only, but outboard motors are allowed. Welcome relief on this exposed, often windy water.· This provided a welcome relief from the constant travelling of the last three days.
NOUN· At the same time, the net has helped relief agencies raise further awareness-and money-about crisis situations.· Jobs and relief agencies were scarce in northern cities, where anti-Negro sentiment kept growing.· Whenever famine strikes, Western public and private relief agencies converge upon it with cargo planes, helicopters and land cruisers.· The group mobilizes franchise systems' resources to help relief agencies during emergencies.
· They were afraid of reprisal because the Arabs had just ambushed a relief convoy at Kubri.
· So far their progress on debt relief has been agonisingly slow.· Pledges on debt relief that have not been met.· The debt relief campaign throws into stark relief the central contradiction of globalisation: it is to do with time.· As things stand, only 14 countries are likely to qualify for HIPC2 debt relief this year.· This is a serious loss; the movement has raised the profile of debt relief and poverty reduction.· Usually, the study points out, the creditors expect to get the lion's share of any debt relief.· Anti-debt groups in the South are aware of the divisive effect of selective and exclusionary debt relief proposals.· International debt relief is at last getting serious attention, but personal debt continues to be a festering problem.
· Shawcross raises these questions within the context of disaster relief but they have a broader setting.· For the first time the Soviet Government allowed foreign disaster relief organisations to enter its territory on a massive scale.· The Mango concept is based on the well-established RedR service which helps agencies to recruit engineers for disaster relief operations.· This allowed disaster relief experts to construct a new stone wall to reinforce the dam.
· More tremors hit Cairo More earth tremors have hit Cairo impeding the relief effort following the major earthquake.· In a regional disaster such as a flood or earthquake, there was no way to coordinate relief efforts.· A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.· But sending out supplies is just part of the relief effort.· This factor, together with the severe damage caused to the roads and power supplies, greatly hampered relief efforts.· But the escalating crisis may now force Western leaders to use military air power to protect relief efforts.· The Soviet relief effort is also employing aircraft.· No relief effort will work if war and politics get in the way.
· A special series of graded poll-taxes towards famine relief began in February 1922.· Then there was the famine relief work, the Ethiopean situation, the Kurdish situation.· Even the famine area was made to pay one-half of the supplemental tax levied for famine relief.· Join a pressure group or raise money for famine relief.· The national union of workers in education and the arts gave 5 percent of their pay for famine relief.
· There is no comparison between this form and the one on which people claim for mortgage interest relief.· In this sense, therefore, it is narrower than the purposive test for interest relief for management described in s4.4 above.· These benefits are not confined to mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief; there are over a hundred.· For the other conditions that need to be satisfied for management to obtain interest relief, reference should be made to s360.· Make sure that switching lenders will not result in any loss of mortgage interest relief.
· Nevertheless, there was widespread criticism that the relief operation was slow and badly organized.· They warned, however, that relief operations were being seriously reduced by soaring fuel costs.· But the emergency relief operation, say the aid-agencies working among them, is in danger of passing them by.· The Mango concept is based on the well-established RedR service which helps agencies to recruit engineers for disaster relief operations.· Worst of all, she has undermined the credibility of the Government's relief operation.· Consequently no clearly visible political strings were attached to relief operations there.
· It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief.· The advantage of this approach is that pain relief may be obtained without causing disturbance of sensation over the face and cornea.· This type of pain is probably like a growing pain-essential. Pain relief is as follows.· Objective assessment of pain in necessary to ensure adequate pain relief.· Give drugs regularly and let the doctor know if you think more pain relief would be helpful.· Particular care needs to be taken over: i. accidents or surgical procedures where anaesthetics and appropriate pain relief must be given.· Such forecasts are like aspirins: they have no long term effect but do bring immediate pain relief.· So, next time these problems come along, you can be sure of fast, effective pain relief with Calpol.
· Delivery of relief supplies is hampered by security concerns, as well as the refugee camps' inaccessibility.
· Some 93% of the investment will be available as tax reliefs: 78% in 1992/93 and 15% in 1993/94.· Tax Relief - Only interest on the first £30,000 of the loan is eligible for tax relief.· He is also expected to announce tax relief for overseas donations of existing drugs by pharmaceutical companies.· The pension benefits are taxed, taking into account personal tax relief.· Once you remortgage, tax relief will be limited to the first £30,000 of your loan.· A valuation may on occasions be necessary because of the interaction of holdover relief and other capital gains tax reliefs.· But it said gift aid and income tax relief would raise income by £30 million.· I have no savings interest and claim tax relief on £5 a week paid to my ex-wife.
· She said the fighting had halted virtually all relief work in Mogadishu.· During World War I she was conspicuous for her public relief work on the home front.· Aid agencies say that although well-meaning, the volunteers are threatening official relief work by making aid lorries vulnerable to attack.· Then there was the famine relief work, the Ethiopean situation, the Kurdish situation.
· For the relief workers, trying to cope is an overwhelming ordeal.· In Baidoa, we told how 300,000 people were flooding into feeding centres hastily set up by relief workers.· He said that relief workers and soldiers were now forcing people to evacuate.· The technical team also visited Kismayo, Baidoa and Beletuen, speaking with relief workers and other militia leaders.· Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.· For surveyors and civil engineers, relief workers and war correspondents, the ultimate mobile phone looks like a bargain.· Repercussions of these disturbances came to the attention of foreign relief workers.
VERB· In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.· As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.· He directs me. Breathe sigh of relief. 10.55: Arrived at B's home.· The Government could breathe a sigh of relief at the disappearance of some of its fiercest critics.· Marie breathed a sigh of relief.· She put her cold arms to bed and lay warmed and breathing slowly in her relief.· The deadline came, the flood gates opened and we breathed a sigh of relief.· He breathed a sigh of relief as he bumped over the crest.
· Live yoghurt applied vaginally can often bring considerable relief from the itching, so long as you can contain the mess!· Cold or hot compresses and/or a gentle massage may bring some relief.· There were several alarms, bringing laughing giggles of relief when they came to nothing.· Tuition hikes have slowed a bit in recent years, but that has not brought students much relief.· A smack terminates the child's naughty behaviour, thus bringing relief to the harassed parent.· The guilty verdict and death sentence brought little relief.
· Farah Aydid had claimed that relief aid arriving in Mogadishu was not reaching targeted populations.· He will be able to claim tax relief on a lot of his expenses at this time of year.· Another plus of the pension mortgage is that you can claim tax relief on your pension contributions.· If you pay higher rate income tax you can claim additional income tax relief on top.· The self employed may claim income tax relief as an allowance in their income tax assessment.
· Charles felt enormous relief that he wasn't Bill Holroyd.· After the initial shock brought by his rather sudden decision had worn away Henry says, he felt mostly relief.· A different door - larger, special - and she felt relief wash over her.· Did anyone else feel a little relief when Theodore Kaczynski was found living in Montana?· These commitments amount to considerable progress, which should offset some of the disappointment felt over debt relief.· For a moment I felt relief, since if these ducks could term Armand, of course I could term the ducks.· She suddenly felt totally drained; relief at getting home again had brought about a release of all her emotions.· She was ashamed, but I felt enormous relief.
· Hank came in and did a lot of recordings, which I was glad of because it gave me some relief.· We can do both, give tax relief to families and balance the budget.· He gave a sigh of relief and started walking again.· I start swallowing antihistamines; they give me some relief.· It gave him relief from the tension of sharing the young man's terrible anguish.· Once a group is formed, the learners and the teacher too are given some relief from this imbalance.· Some will look to selective internment, of loyalists and republicans, to give relief.· As she turned away from the house, into the lane, she gave a shudder of relief.
· I am therefore prepared to grant the relief sought by Glasgow and will hear counsel as to the exact terms of the declarations.· In either case this Court does not have authority to grant the requested relief.· The applicant sought judicial review of that decision, and the Divisional Court granted him relief in the form of a declaration.· Of those, only a fraction are granted relief.· The jurisdiction to grant relief for breach of covenant other than to pay rent is discretionary, and may be given on terms.· Where leave was given, it was not uncommon to find on investigation that there were no grounds for granting any relief.
· The water companies are heaving a sigh of relief.· Those whose companies' dealings with Codelco declined during that time frame say they are heaving sighs of relief.· However, as far as the retailers' 1992/93 profits are concerned, they have heaved a sigh of relief.· When Tom Hanks passed on the news that evening on his way home, Seb heaved a sigh of relief.· But the country's 150m neglected tenants heaved a sigh of relief.· Elizabeth heaved a sigh of relief upon reaching Aumery Park Farm.
· The second part clarifies when employers may obtain tax relief for the costs of providing childcare assistance for their employees.· When their control is threatened it is possible for them to obtain relief by displacing a prominently misbehaving pupil.· For the other conditions that need to be satisfied for management to obtain interest relief, reference should be made to s360.· In the tax computation this amount is added back as a disallowed expense and hence the company obtains no tax relief.· Bodybuilders can obtain relief from vitamin C for the aches and pains they suffer in the shoulders and elbows.· On the other hand one wonders whether the fish obtains temporary relief from the irritation by having a scratch?
· Higher imports are unlikely to offer much relief as cheese consumption is rising fast in most Continental countries.· For government officials who are intimidated or confused by welfare reform, the idea might offer relief.· I recommend that to the House because it will offer great relief to people who live alone.· The sixteenth offered little relief, it called for a wooden club for practically everybody.· In fact it offered a relief that, after all, one did have an acceptable motherland.· Freeman suspects that nicotine offers very short-term relief.
· The parishes were required to levy rates to provide for the relief of the poor.· The reader should not miss his insights that provide relief from stresses.· In addition, contempt has the singular advantage of providing moments of light relief within what is essentially a serious framework.· We were pleased to work out a reasonable accommodation with Senator Sher to provide some relief to tenants.· However, the authorities can provide the debt relief badly needed to stabilise the economy by nationalising the banks.· Most of these ideas are ill-founded, some are downright harmful, and a few actually provide some relief.· The scheme was not designed to provide widespread relief in a period of mass unemployment.· It provided massive relief for thrifts.
· So the single person now receives the same tax relief on a £30,000 mortgage as a couple.· Employees who donate up to £480 to charity through their pay at work will receive tax relief.· You can also receive tax relief on the donation.· People holding mortgages will have the choice of moving to housing cost relief or continuing to receive mortgage interest tax relief.· However if you were receiving the extra transitional relief in 1990-91 then you should not need to apply again.· The result was a fall in the numbers receiving out-door relief.· Eight countries that have received debt relief are still paying more on their debts than on health and education.· He is set to increase the number of employees who may receive tax relief on share options in small, high-risk companies.
· Newborns seek nourishment and relief from discomfort, with their reflexes determining behavior.· The ambitious young company laid off workers, scaled back projects and went to government regulators seeking financial relief.
· Her exalted moment of remembrance expired, she sighed in her relief and in her certainty of purpose.· We sighed with relief, congratulating our-selves on our vigilance.· Kali sat down on a flat stone, sighing with relief.· The liberal politicians sigh with relief and continue their efforts to enlarge the welfare state.· As the plane taxied along the runway she sighed with relief.· Lindsey followed, sighing her own relief as the noise faded behind them.
· The clarity of light throws everything into sharp relief against a backdrop of clear blue sky.· The debt relief campaign throws into stark relief the central contradiction of globalisation: it is to do with time.· As she tilted her face upwards to answer, her bone structure was thrown into transitory relief.· This quiet progress is both thrown into relief and varied by endless interruptions.· In the darkness the angular planes of his face were thrown into stark relief.· Hence they throw into relief and bring out the significant aspects of the phenomenon in question.· Moreover, although these issues were thrown into sharp relief during the Thatcher administrations, Labour governments had been hardly more liberal.· The consequences of that rift have been thrown into sharp relief by the present crisis.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in reliefPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a gush of relief/self-pity etc► throw something into high relief
1comfort [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened: - The touches or larger areas of primary colours that throw the figures into relief are now less strident, more resonant.
- After a day's work, it was a bit of light relief to use it.
- After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
- All we can say is that, between them, the team eventually raises £3,450 for Comic Relief charities.
- Cold people shake Comic Relief canisters.
- For comic relief, obviously; but we also suspect a topical reference worth considering as evidence in the dating game.
- Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
- If it afforded the guardians a little light relief, the minutes do not suggest that the complaint was taken anything but seriously.
- Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials.
- I breathed a sigh of relief that the boy had been found safe.
- As you awaken from this nightmare, you breathe a sigh of relief.
- If the law lords tell Lord Young to publish, he will breathe a sigh of relief and obey.
- In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
- Marie breathed a sigh of relief.
- She breathed a sigh of relief, and ran through to the living-room where she could hear Stephen's voice.
- The deadline came, the flood gates opened and we breathed a sigh of relief.
- The Government could breathe a sigh of relief at the disappearance of some of its fiercest critics.
- Yet the medical profession, seeing no upturn in the incidence of cancer, breathed a sigh of relief.
- And this might come as a surprise to our brethren in the popular national press - Thirty-eight.
- Buller's Hill House came as a surprise.
- Her answer came as a surprise.
- It comes as a surprise to find him boasting of his prowess as a rioter.
- Nevertheless, he said the sharp drop in the book-to-bill came as a surprise.
- Nor should it come as a surprise that these rules frequently get S corporation owners into trouble.
- So it comes as a surprise to discover that this is not always the case.
- This should not come as a surprise to people who are free.
- After this beginning some light relief must have been welcome.
- Her only light relief was Tony, who took her out every night.
- However, the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 16 should bring everyone to their senses and give some light relief.
- I have to be allowed a bit of light relief.
- It seems that the staff were inclined to regard the women as light relief from the sombre business of teaching science.
- The fighter pilot taking a little light relief.
- Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials.
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