ADJ

brilliant, excellent, good, informative, interesting
influential, major, seminal
controversial, critical, provocative
in-depth
feature, lead/ leading, review
A leading article in 'The Times' accused the minister of lying
occasional (= not part of a series)
It was her job to commission occasional articles
offending
An advertisement will now replace the offending article
academic, learned, scholarly
journal, magazine, newspaper, periodical, press

QUANT

series

VERB + ARTICLE

commission
do
I'm doing an article about ways of preventing pollution
contribute, submit
read, see
Did you see the article on Europe in today's paper?
carry, feature, print, publish, run
The magazine refused to print his article

ARTICLE + VERB

appear
The article appears in this week's edition of 'The Spectator'
describe sth, detail sth, explain sth, point sth out, say sth, state sth
discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth, focus on sth, look at sth
The article looks at two questions
allege sth, argue sth, claim sth, imply sth, suggest sth
attack sb/sth, criticize sb/sth
cite sb/sth, quote sb/sth
continue, go on
The article goes on to quote from Darwin's 'Origin of Species'
conclude sth

PREP

in an/the ~
She admitted she was wrong in an article in the newspaper
~ about, ~ by
an article about atomic clocks by Professor Keith Runcorn
~ on
an article on the dangers of sunbathing

PHRASES

an article called/entitled/headed sth
an article entitled 'Think Yourself Thin'

ADJ

key
The key articles of the constitution can only be changed by referendum

VERB + ARTICLE

be in breach of, breach, contravene, flout, infringe, violate
The actions of the organization are in breach of Article 12 of the treaty

ARTICLE + VERB

provide sth, specify sth, state sth
Article 10 provides that all businesses must be registered correctly

PREP

under an/the ~
The judge ordered the child's return home under Article 12 of the Convention

PHRASES

the terms of an article
The terms of Article 3 will be changed by the new government

ADJ

finished
The finished article takes two months to manufacture
the genuine
Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article
offending
household, toilet

VERB + ARTICLE

make, manufacture, produce

PHRASES

an article of clothing

ADJ

definite, indefinite

VERB + ARTICLE

take
Names of countries in English do not usually take an article