Adjective modifier

• old: You might need to investigate these if you have an old portable that doesn't have sockets for PCMCIA adapters.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: However, if we want to make the data more portable, we can store the data in an XML file.

Modifies a noun

• heater: Both of these issues can be taken care of by the purchase of a portable heater.

• antiquity: In Portable Antiquities: A Discussion Document the Government accepted that there was an urgent need to improve arrangements for recording all Portable Antiquities.

• device: In Star Trek, there are different kinds of portable devices.

• extinguisher: They can also supply a list of companies approved by them to service portable fire extinguishers.

• appliance: Caravan Appliances Similar rules apply to the above portable appliances.

• recorder: An Austrian retailer used the name Walkman for portable tape recorders not produced by Sony.

Modifying Another Word

• supremely: Fear not, because this chic, effective and supremely portable BBQ is powder-coated in fetching pastel shades.

• truly: The Little Gem is the ideal choice for those looking for a truly portable Scooter.

• highly: Some of the reasons being I was sufficiently familiar with C to be able to write highly portable code.

• easily: Not an easily portable container The guys from the bathroom company offered to lift it into the garden.

• fully: Being fully portable, they are simple to install.

• totally: The process is easy to learn and totally portable - no equipment is necessary.

Noun used with modifier

• hand: It will also provide 100 base sites across Northern Ireland, 2,500 mobiles, 6,000 hand portables and the refurbishment of 20 control rooms.

Infinitive complement

• broadcast: Are extractive text summarisation techniques portable to broadcast news?

Used with adjective complement

• make: IT skills are developed and made portable by means of appropriate certification arrangements which are recognized across Europe.

• include: This is the first version of the LSB to include portable Linux desktop applications.

• use: Some quick solutions include: Using portable, small USB memory sticks and multimedia cards to transfer data for additional safety.

Preposition: across

• platform: The high-level interface is therefore portable across hardware platforms.