Information

find information

Information about safety producers on this Boeing 737 Can be found in the seat pocket in front of you. please read it carefully.

provide information

I'm sure Rough Guide to Bangkok will provide all the information you need.

take in information

I know this is a lot of information to take all at once. you need time to observe it all.

gather information

I've been to several libraries to gather information for my research project, but I still haven't collected enough.

withhold information

I was arrested and charged with deliberately withholding information from the police. how can I tell them it was my son who stole the car!

share information

Conferences are excellent events for professional people life scientists and doctors to share information and exchange ideas.

confidential information

All the details of your medical history will be treated as strictly confidential information. No other organisation will have access to it.

misleading information

Check that all the information on your form is correct before sending it in. you may be prosecuted if you give false or misleading information.

vital information

Police want to trace the driver of a red car seen outside the bank yesterday afternoon around 3pm. They believe the driver might hold vital information which could help to catch the bank robbers.

reliable information

We have reliable information that a hijack attempt will be made on a British plan sometime in the next week as a result security has been increased at the airports.

further information

For further information on any of our products, phone 0181 690 9368. Alternatively, consult our website for the latest information.

amount of information

A tremendous amount of information.

You can store a tremendous amount of information on your computer.

piece of information

A very interesting piece of information.

Here's A very interesting piece of information! The paper says that drinking green tea helps you to live longer.

scrap of information

Every scrap of information.

I'm really interested in Keeping stick insects. I've read every scrap of information I can find on the subject.

mine of information

A constant mine of information.

My Gran knows so much about everything. She is a constant mine of information.

access of information

access to the information.

The material about the government's arm sales to Zimbabwe was classified, so we were denied access to the information we needed for our investigation.

 

Notes

• In ‘I'm sure Rough Guide to Bangkok will provide all the information you need’, ‘contain’ is also possible.
• Note how we can say something has a lot of information:

The book is packed with useful information.

• Note the phrase ‘for the information of’:

This announcement is for the information of those passengers who have connecting flights to the UK.

• An ‘information centre’ is a place where you can get information or advice.
• IT or ‘Information technology’ is the use of computers for storing and using information. The internet is sometimes referred to as ‘the information superhighway’.
• Note these more formal ways of gathering information:

I have received information that the robbers may already have left the country.

Weapons inspectors have obtained information on a possible burial site of weapons of mass destruction.