ADJ
- careful, good, informed, right, wise
- a careful choice of words
- bad, wrong
- difficult, hard, stark
- She faced the stark choice of backing the new scheme or losing her job
- natural
- moral
- Doctors have to make moral choices every day of their lives
- career
PREP
- by/from/out of ~ (= because you have chosen)
- I wouldn't have come to this bar by choice!
- of ~ (= that is/should be chosen by a particular group of people for a particular purpose)
- It's the software of choice for business use
- of your ~ (= that you choose yourself)
- First prize will be a meal for two at a restaurant of your choice
- ~ about
- to make choices about their future
ADJ
- clear
- free
- Students have a free choice from a range of subjects
- first
- You can have first choice of all the rooms
- multiple
- a test with multiple choice questions
- consumer, parental
VERB + CHOICE
- have
- I now had a clear choice: either I accept their terms or I leave
- exercise
- Everyone in a democracy has the right to exercise choice
- give sb, present sb with
- We gave her the choice, and she decided she'd like a bike for her birthday
- extend
PREP
- ~ about
- He had no choice about that
- ~ as to
- to extend parental choice as to which schools children should attend
- ~ between
- She has a choice between three different universities
- ~ of
- a choice of wines
PHRASES
- freedom of choice, have little/no choice but to do sth
- I had no choice but to cancel my holiday
- have no choice in the matter
- The way he behaved meant that we had no choice in the matter
- leave sb with little/no choice
- Your decision leaves me with no choice but to resign
ADJ
- good, wide
- limited
- available
- a range of available choices
VERB + CHOICE
- have, offer
- We offer a choice of ten different holiday destinations
CHOICE + VERB
- be available (to sb), be open to sb
- a range of choices available to buyers
PREP
- ~ of
- The shop has a very limited choice of ties
PHRASES
- be spoilt for choice (= to have a large number of things from which to choose)
ADJ
- excellent, good, happy
- It was a happy choice of venue
- obvious
- Bill is the obvious choice for captain of the team
- popular
- first, second
- Our first choice for a holiday is the north of Scotland
PREP
- ~ as
- Mary is a popular choice as chair of the committee
- ~ for
- I think she's a very good choice for captain