Preposition: of

• businessman: Also wanting to take over from the hugely unpopular Tony Petty is the consortium of local businessmen headed by Mel Nurse.

• university: The project was undertaken by a consortium of British universities in order to develop their students transferable skills.

• funder: The award, from a consortium of research funders led by the Wellcome Trust, was announced on Wednesday, 5 July.

• institution: The Project is made up of a consortium of eight higher education institutions in the South West.

• investor: Matrix led a consortium of investors, which also included fellow VCT operator Chrysalis.

• researcher: The EUSES Consortium is a new NSF consortium of researchers who are working on this problem.

Converse of object

• lead: Neville - a lifelong Villa fan - is leading a consortium which he believes can " make Aston Villa great again " .

• establish: The UK's proposal to establish an infrastructure consortium was agreed at a meeting on 5 May in London.

Adjective modifier

• public-private: Caselex is built on a public-private consortium comprising 11 key players ( see below for information on the Irish and UK participants ).

• Icelandic: In the autumn of 1999, Stoke was purchased by an Icelandic business consortium.

• non-profit: California is positioning itself to capture this new market through the creation of non-profit industrial development consortiums, such as Calstart.

• interdisciplinary: LeGE-WG provides an interdisciplinary consortium of experts in Grid Computing and eLearning, and promotes a close interaction between the communities associated with them.

• international: Sky 1st June 2006 North Korea An international consortium set up to build nuclear power plants for North Korea has abandoned the project.

• multinational: The DNA sequence of the genome was completed by a multinational consortium in December 2000, the first of any higher plant.

Modifies a noun

• bidding: Raytheon is a member of the Metrix consortium bidding for the UK MoD's Defense Training Requirement.

• bid: Yes, bidding will be possible if your college is part of such a consortium bid.

• partner: The total value of the seven-year contract, with consortium partner Morgan Est, will be approximately £ 420 million.

Noun used with modifier

• inter-university: And expenses could the data on inter-university consortium for two data sources.

• purchasing: Yes / No What is the ideal length of financial commitment for your college: Are you a member of any purchasing consortium?

• buying: Close relationships with trading and buying consortiums means Dane can also help its clients with a wide range of supplier contacts.