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a predominantly Muslim community She is predominantly a dancer, but she also sings. The walls, floors and ceilings are predominantly white.

The island chiefly attracts upmarket tourists. magazines intended chiefly for teenagers. My dad is fond of Italian dishes, chiefly spaghetti.

She was very fond of horses. I'm very fond of her. I've always been fond of flowers, so I'm delighted that the new house has a little garden. My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes. He was rather fond of quoting Shakespeare, as I recall.

I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way round. I think his wife was influencing him, not the other way round. He should be apologizing to me, not the other way round.

I'll be able to keep things ticking over in the office until you get back. Carlton managed to keep the business ticking over. So, he'll keep it ticking over here, bro. The market is at least ticking over.

The tour operator will arrange transport and plan your itinerary. We planned our itinerary several weeks before the trip.

Make incremental improvements to our existing products. The system requires fundamental reform rather than incremental change. Staff receive incremental pay increases. It is possible to negotiate a payment program to cover late taxes incrementally.

She was over the moon about/with her new bike. He was over the moon when he saw me.

He suffered a setback yesterday in his attempts to take a stake in the mobile phone company. The new rule was a setback to smaller cable operators thinking of selling to other companies. a major/serious setback