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Object

• complaint: I was satisfied with the way the Faculty had handled a complaint in two thirds of the cases I assessed.
• inquiry: Bruce is ready and eager to handle enquiries for Class 117 vehicles and will probably organize " open days " for inspection of vehicles.
• situation: Maybe those who manage Durham bus station could offer some advice for they seem to be handling a similar situation quite well.
• request: The diagram below describes the process for handling requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
• transaction: With an organizational turnover of over £ 300 million per annum, the Service handles financial transactions totalling around £ 0.5 billion annually.
• query: The Scheme Provider will handle most queries as young people make their applications.

Preposition: over

• ton: The Steel Export terminal also handles over 1 million tons a year for Corus and the Container terminal facility is enjoying considerable growth.
• passenger: Stansted handled over 9 million passengers in 1999 and London Luton about 5 million.

Modifying Another Word

• sensitively: Obviously, the provision of local bus services affects the lives of many people and has to be handled sensitively.
• correctly: If weights are stored and handled correctly they should not become dirty.
• differently: No admission of anything wrong, no acceptance that in hindsight that it might have all been handled differently.

Used with why or when

• whatever: Once you've done that, you're in good shape to handle whatever the day brings.
• which: The handle which is broken is also of plaited cocoa-nut fiber.
• that: Held in plastic storage holder with special handle that allows the key to be held in three different positions.

Present participle complement

• accord: Your post is sorted and forwarded, and faxes are handled according to your own personal preference.

Preposition: in

• accordance: An assurance that all material intercepted will be handled in accordance with the safeguards required by section 15 of the Act.
• manner: The section on ethics could have been handled in a very soft manner unsupported by evidence from the literature.

Preposition: of

• ax: My blistered fingers grasped the old handle of the ax I was using. ' Amber's story has arrived with perfect timing.

Preposition: with

• sensitivity: In locations away from the UK, matters such as disparity of resources or access to publications may need to be handled with sensitivity.
• care: During all of its lifetime, a nuclear weapon is handled with extreme care.