national academy

collocation in English

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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academy
noun[C]
uk
/əˈkæd.ə.mi/us
/əˈkæd.ə.mi/
an organization intended to protect and develop an art, science, language, etc., or a school that teaches a particular subject or trains people for a ...
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(Definition ofnationalandacademyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The tenders are to be let by mid-1996, and we hope that thenationalacademywill be built fairly soon thereafter.
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Anationalacademyis fine, but if we neglect the base, there is no point having one.
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I particularly welcome the fact that the national lottery is to put £300 million into sport, of which £100 million will go to a newnationalacademy.
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Thenationalacademyshould be built along the lines of the excellent academies that we have.
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It was one of many such clubs; however, none became anationalacademy.
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Plaster casts of it soon found their way intonationalacademycollections, and it is the standard version in textbooks.
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As anationalacademy, it consists of members who are elected by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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As anationalacademy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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It is thenationalacademyof fine and performing arts.
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The 1808 catalogue numbers the collection at nearly thirty thousand individual articles and describes the museum as anationalacademyof the natural history of the country.
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Partly excepted from this crisis were some major national research centres at the national academies of sciences, but the crisis severely damaged regional and local institutions and heritage protection.
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Is it not desirable, if possible, for the intellectual property rights to remain within the scientific community, particularly at the national academies of those countries most likely to benefit?
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He has received many honorary degrees and election to national academies.
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The extent of official recognition of national academies varies between countries.
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This places him in a group of only ten living scientists to have been elected to all 3 of the national academies.
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Members are recruited from the national academies, and must be both musicians and policemen.
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National academies play an important organizational role in academic exchanges and collaborations between countries.
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Jewitt is a member of several national academies.
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