Collocations withclause
These are words often used in combination withclause.
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adverbial clause
For each marked initiation, the type of temporal marker was identified as either aspect marker, adverb, or adverbial clause.
From theCambridge English Corpus
arbitration clause
Such an agreement could not, therefore, go to arbitration, so the arbitration clause would not operate at all in such a disagreement.
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conscience clause
We have received very few complaints about the operation of the conscience clause, which indicates that the issue is being dealt with sensitively and sensibly.
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contractual clause
I think it said that this contractual clause should be negotiated with patients.
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due process clause
Furthermore, the due process clause states that one should not be deprived of life without due process of law.
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exclusion clause
The arbitrary exclusion clause that we have passed is riddled with a jumble of legal confusions.
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general clause
These cases (dative, genitive, and nominative) depend on the general clause structure rather than on the particular infinitive.
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interpretation clause
But it does seem absurd to include in an interpretation clause that the term "valuable consideration" does not include marriage or a nominal consideration.
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negative clause
A clause whose positive body is empty is called a purely negative clause.
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no-trade clause
The contract also featured a full no-trade clause.
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opt-out clause
The opt-out clause, which is a disgraceful practice, invalidates everything that the trade union movement has managed to achieve over the past centuries.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
preceding clause
Suppose further that in 300 (seventy-five per cent) of those 400 clauses, the unexpressed subject was identical to the subject of the preceding clause.
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protection clause
But how flexibly could municipal authorities apply these regulations without violating the equal protection clause?
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purpose of clause
He said that a breach of that timetable would constitute a breach of a commitment for the purpose of clause 1.
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reserve clause
This was based on the condition that all players be returned to their former clubs via the reserve clause.
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restrictive clause
This is a restrictive clause which is quite unfair.
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waiver clause
Some people believe that one side of a negotiating body can insert the waiver clause.
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