living person

collocation in English

meaningsoflivingandperson

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living
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition oflivingandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As many participants noted, alivingpersonstill needs his or her organs and depends on them for full bodily integrity and functionality.
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The speaker is neither alivingpersonnor a personified rune-stick.
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This is no separation between body and soul because there can be nolivingpersonwithout a soul to breathe life into that body.
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Whatever we may think of his conduct, he has again established that alivingpersoncan properly be described as a "thing".
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With current rates of taxation as they are, alivingpersoncan no longer provide for the duties which becomes payable on his death.
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It does not have to be alivingperson; it could be a company.
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We have heard why the canal system has been neglected, and we cannot blame anylivingpersonfor it.
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Sometimes that is done by using a dead person's identity and sometimes that of alivingperson.
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Unlike any resemblance to anylivingperson, the results that are accurate may be purely coincidental.
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In both cases, the consent of alivingpersonwill be required for the use of his or her tissue for such a purpose.
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We have chosen words which are not limited to thelivingperson.
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I think that point ought to be made quite clear, because it seems to include everything that happens in the lifetime of anylivingperson.
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Very often the annuity will be vested in somelivingpersonand the next person entitled to it will not yet have been born.
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There is no limitation to thelivingperson.
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Everylivingpersonis a consumer.
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The situation is so grave that some people may have to receive a transplant from alivingperson.
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It was suggested that the consent of alivingpersonshould be obtained before he could be portrayed on the stage.
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Presumably, it would not be all portrayal of living persons but portrayal only which was defamatory of alivingperson.
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