noun
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bring sth to a conclusion (= used especially in law )
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Juvenile cases need to be brought to a conclusion quickly.
foregone conclusion
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The election result was a foregone conclusion.
led...to the conclusion
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Our research led us to the conclusion that the present system is unfair.
reach a conclusion
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We reached the conclusion that the man had been murdered.
tentative conclusions
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I passed on my tentative conclusions to the police.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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The hermeneutics of the cross ought to lead us to quite different theological conclusions about living faithfully in the twilight of modernity.
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As might be expected, different courts have reached different conclusions .
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With these different theories come different conclusions about the history of the skeleton, fins, nasal sacs and so on.
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Such researchers often come up with very different conclusions from those of the new prevention thinkers.
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He also purported to apply the conventional collateral fact doctrine but reached a different conclusion from that of his brethren.
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Residents who live in East County draw a different conclusion .
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Why review articles on the health effects of passive smoking reach different conclusions .
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Two teams of researchers have studied the birds and come to different conclusions about what is going on.
firm
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With regard to acquittal rates in the magistrates' courts, our data are too uncertain to draw firm conclusions as they are incomplete.
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Interpretation of the vast library of information in these radar images continues, but a number of firm conclusions are already evident.
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However they caution that the relatively small numbers of students in both studies makes it difficult to draw any firm generalisable conclusions .
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It was too early to reach firm conclusions as to the direction's effectiveness.
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Any firm conclusions would require much more lengthy analysis than is possible in this book.
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Would seeing a re-run of the incident, as he had recounted it, help Terry Gill to a firmer conclusion ?
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Perhaps the only firm conclusion to emerge from this continuing debate is the recognition that the literary scene has become pluralistic.
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However, planetary chemistry is sufficiently complicated that this can not be regarded as a firm conclusion .
foregone
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The result is no foregone conclusion .
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But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion .
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Male speaker It's certainly not a foregone conclusion .
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For would-be predators Greene King; it's an embarrassing reversal after claiming a foregone conclusion .
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It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.
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But it is by no means a foregone conclusion .
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It is equally a foregone conclusion that reform must come eventually.
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For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion .
general
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For what it is worth, the general conclusion which emerged was that overseas investment had a small positive effect on exports.
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However, many of the general conclusions from these studies are applicable to systems with longer periods.
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So before moving to the particular let's see if we can draw some general conclusions regarding degree and timing.
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The general conclusion that emerges from this analysis is discussed at the end of the section.
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The general conclusion to this paragraph is as follows.
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However, we can draw out some general conclusions .
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Then, if the general economic conclusions are considered unsatisfactory, a fiscal adjustment can be considered.
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Through his technical economic theories Hayek gradually began to draw more general theoretical conclusions .
logical
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Events must play themselves out to aesthetic, moral and logical conclusion .
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Collymore use the fish to push me down, the child thought, arriving at a startling but logical conclusion .
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This fact is not found in the Acts of the Apostles even though it would be a logical conclusion to the book.
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Modern theories of justice and equality have never been carried to their logical conclusions with respect to the family.
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She follows this belief through to what to her is a logical conclusion at every stage.
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Identical agents did not arrive with perfect rationality at shared, logical conclusions or expectations.
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If you must worry, pursue your fears through to their logical conclusion .
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If the incremental project can be accepted then the logical conclusion is to accept Project D in the first instance.
main
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What is his main view or conclusion on this question?
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In the concluding remarks not only the main conclusions related to diffusion and production are summarized.
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The main conclusion to be drawn here is that the way to aid slow readers is to improve their word-recognition skills.
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Their inclusion in the non-progressive category does not influence the main conclusion that deficits are highest in monitoring patients with progressive disorders.
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Then, studying changes over time, he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies.
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Summary of main findings and conclusions . 3.
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It came to four main conclusions .
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And yet, having re-read every word, the main conclusion is unchallengeable.
obvious
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It also leads the doctor to the obvious conclusion - try something different.
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The obvious conclusion here is that the Giants are more likely to lose games to the new standard than improve them.
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On the other hand, that is not an obvious conclusion from the dynamics of the golf swing.
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The obvious conclusion is that the complex structures must be explained in terms of the conscious states they seem developed to produce.
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Mr Patten went on to draw the obvious conclusion .
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Nor did he draw any obvious conclusions when he kept on coming on Tina in bed with other men.
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That is of course an obvious and easy conclusion for us to reach.
similar
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Levin and Bronshten reach similar conclusions , by analogy with typical terminal-flare meteors.
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Other investment bankers, who had drawn similar conclusions , took similar actions.
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The Illinois team reached broadly similar conclusions .
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Other former White House aides have reached a similar conclusion .
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A consideration of two dreams in Shakespeare's plays takes us to a similar conclusion .
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Data from the 159 patients adhering fully to the protocol gave similar conclusions .
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Other constraints give qualitatively similar conclusions , provided that the curve remains convex.
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Lockwood reaches similar conclusions with regard to work situation.
successful
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For example, employees may receive bonus payments on the successful conclusion of their overseas assignments.
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Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, was brought to a successful conclusion and the canonization ceremonies followed in the year 1726.
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Whenever this happens, the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion .
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The successful conclusion of the operation now commencing will be of great value to our country.
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For all those reasons, it is essential that there is a successful conclusion to the Maastricht summit next month.
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Each successive crisis in our history is mapped and each depends in a measure on the successful conclusion of the ones previous.
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A successful conclusion would boost the world economy by £200 billion.
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We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion .
tentative
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Our second tentative conclusion is that social services may have reduced people's subjective sense of inequality.
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Ideally, the final stage of your analysis is to offer a tentative conclusion regarding the issue.
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Only tentative conclusions can be reached and they are open to challenge and criticism.
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That tentative conclusion probably is as far as one can go on the basis of empirical evidence.
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Few results are available yet on this theme, though some tentative conclusions may be drawn.
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It has come to some tentative conclusions about the relationship between the quality of argument and computer software.
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Shortage of sources compels tentative conclusions .
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The results of that study are still being analysed but a number of interesting though tentative conclusions are emerging.
wrong
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The authors give warning that the Government has drawn the wrong conclusions from its experience of the poll tax.
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But the worst of the scandal is that all the wrong conclusions are being drawn from it.
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He would jump to all the wrong conclusions .
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She has probably come to some wrong conclusions about his intent.
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Well, you've jumped to the wrong conclusion .
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Everyone knew she and Ryan had been living together, and it was easy to jump to the wrong conclusions .
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The telephone increases the likelihood of jumping to the wrong conclusions .
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Perhaps it was the wrong conclusion .
■ VERB
arrive
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It would be very difficult to arrive at the same conclusion in 1988.
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Combinatorial procedures like these permit adolescents with formal operations to arrive at conclusions that are certain.!
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How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance?
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But a court-appointed psychologist and psychiatrist each arrived at the same conclusions , Fuller said.
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The story of how he arrived at this conclusion is so fascinating that I dare not spoil it for you.
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Three decades later, free-thinker James Lovelock arrived at the same conclusions based on his telescopic analysis of other planets.
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They've all read the Magpie column but arrive at differing conclusions .
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The Daily News bagel team, which surveyed 13 bagel establishments recommended by readers, arrived at the same conclusion .
avoid
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If we are to avoid this foundationalist conclusion we shall have to show that the regress argument is fallacious.
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However, even Charmley can not avoid the conclusion that Churchill for all his faults was a great man.
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It was impossible to avoid the conclusion that the murder had emptied it.
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But it is hard to avoid the conclusion that Mr Grand has simply moved the conceptual goal-posts.
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It is therefore difficult to avoid the conclusion that the effect of insurance is in general to reduce the deterrent effect of liability.
based
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The second argument is based on the conclusion derived in Chapter 4 that associative learning tends to be context-dependent.
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Dark based his conclusions on a reading of the Babel story as a prophetic work.
bring
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Other Forum activities were started but not brought to significant conclusions .
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Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, was brought to a successful conclusion and the canonization ceremonies followed in the year 1726.
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As one seminar is brought to conclusion plans forge ahead for the next and 1992 is no exception.
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In any case the sooner the war was brought to a satisfactory conclusion the better.
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The government should now set a time limit for this saga to be brought to a conclusion .
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The novel is brought to its dramatic conclusion by the playing out of yet another case of split identity.
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Something I could bring to a decent conclusion .
come
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I came to the rapid conclusion that anyone tackling it must be either incredibly brave, extremely stupid - or both!
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Subsequent studies have come to less clear conclusions , and a few scientists believe that the monkey results are explained by chance.
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The thoughts jumbling and whirling in her head, she came to the conclusion that the details didn't really matter.
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So two theories-truth in advertising and dishonest manipulation-seem to come to opposite conclusions .
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She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion: Harry Martin.
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So I have come reluctantly to the conclusion that my Palm is a high-functioning offspring in a dysfunctional family.
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Therefore in the present case the justices came to the correct conclusion .
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And Pepino came to the conclusion that if St Francis, who had been a holy man, had been so too.
draw
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The country will draw its own conclusion that under a Labour Administration there are great inefficiencies, high spending and high taxation.
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Readers were left to draw their own conclusions .
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Then you dissect the results in order to draw some conclusions for taking countermeasures.
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As a structural engineer, he draws conclusions about overly high chimneys, mortar quality, and roofing tiles.
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It is difficult to draw a neat conclusion .
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Combining these mathematical results with the biochemical evidence concerning calmodulin-dependent adenylate cyclase, it is possible to draw some provisional conclusions .
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No wonder the girl had stared at her and drawn her own conclusions .
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But it is difficult to draw any other conclusions , since so much of the information is aggregated.
forego
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They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion .
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His departure was considered a foregone conclusion since the lifeless Trojans were playing uninspired ball.
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But gaining that support was not a foregone conclusion .
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But is it really a foregone conclusion that all of these young people will turn to crime?
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But none of these is a foregone conclusion .
jump
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Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions , is a tall order.
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But they warned against jumping to conclusions until more is known.
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He tends to jump to conclusions with feats of illogicality worthy of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.
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I walked in here, checked out the store, I checked you out, and I jumped to a conclusion .
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Deeply hurt, Vincent jumped to the conclusion that news of his friendship with Sien had reached him and upset the man.
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But let us not jump to dire conclusions .
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Posterity will jump to conclusions: that is its nature.
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But before jumping to that conclusion it is worth pondering whether the weed is more resistant to husbandry practice rather than the herbicide.
lead
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Quantal analysis of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus has proved difficult and has led to contradictory conclusions when applied to long-term potentiation.
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But their presumptive reasoning has not led to encouraging conclusions .
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The large bulk of the data that have led to this conclusion originates from areas south of the polar circle.
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The assumption that each character represents an independent meaningful syllable leads to the conclusion that each character represents a monosyllabic word.
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Again, the would-be reformers' interpretation of the 1980s led them to this conclusion .
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First, a small representative group discussing subjects in depth with a trained observer leading and reporting conclusions .
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I think the answer is yes, which leads to a depressing conclusion , and not just about disability.
reach
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I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption.
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Yet epidemiologists in many countries have independently evaluated possible methods of transmission and have reached the same conclusions .
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They reach this conclusion as part of an argument for school-based accounting using criteria similar to those we have considered.
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As might be expected, different courts have reached different conclusions .
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Of course, I had reached the same conclusions but he was always better at presenting the facts.
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After much thought and reasoning, however, Jack reached no satisfactory conclusion regarding Johnnie's unhappiness.
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Golding said that, before she reaches any conclusions , she wants a full briefing on the court ruling from Gwinn.
support
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They support their conclusions with their reasoning and set out their order.
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Data from more than thirty clinical trials involving more than 10, 000 pain patients unequivocally support this conclusion .
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One of the letters seems to support our conclusion , whereas the two others focus on possible methodological difficulties.
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The evidence to support this conclusion is substantial and convincing.
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Changes in relative prices support this conclusion .
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There are important clues to support this conclusion .
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It was a terrible thing to contemplate, but all the evidence seemed to support my conclusion .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a foregone conclusion
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But none of these is a foregone conclusion.
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But the outcome of the battle was a foregone conclusion.
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Do not be deterred from exercising your right of appeal by the belief that the outcome will be a foregone conclusion.
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For three more years, Masada continued to hold out, but its fall was a foregone conclusion.
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It is a foregone conclusion that the homosexual laws will not be reformed yet.
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Some commentators and businessmen have suggested that the successful privatization of the National Freight Corporation was a foregone conclusion.
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The result was a foregone conclusion.
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They never had to plan their shared parenting; it was a foregone conclusion.
come to a decision/conclusion/agreement etc
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Conclusion With so many unanswered questions, it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion.
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He has not yet come to a conclusion on that.
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He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision.
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In the restaurant he realized that he had come to a decision about things.
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Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision.
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She and o Pappous came to a decision.
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The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening.
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We had tea afterwards in a hotel in Berthing, but we failed to come to an agreement.
draw a conclusion
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As a structural engineer, he draws conclusions about overly high chimneys, mortar quality, and roofing tiles.
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As Wolff notes, these wealth data are still preliminary and even in final form are notoriously difficult to draw conclusions from.
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Conceptual factors are those which limit our ability to draw conclusions from experiments, even if they are technically perfect.
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I believe that one should not draw conclusions in the absence of evidence.
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If we can draw a conclusion here it would be simply that Ishmael went to sea to find his place among men.
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The paradox of openness and criticism should be appreciated, together with learning how to draw conclusions from evidence.
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The social scientist tends to study events soas to draw conclusions of a more general and rather static kind.
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This made it difficult to draw conclusions.
jump to conclusions
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Breaking a habit, be it over-eating, over-drinking, biting your nails or jumping to conclusions, is a tall order.
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But they warned against jumping to conclusions until more is known.
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Don't assume the worst or jump to conclusions.
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He tends to jump to conclusions with feats of illogicality worthy of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.
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I suppose I just didn't want you jumping to conclusions.
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Posterity will jump to conclusions: that is its nature.
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The inductivist insists that we should not jump to conclusions.
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The temptation is to jump to conclusions without arriving at them via a review.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At the conclusion of the book, the reader is still not certain whether Markham is guilty or not.
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At the conclusion of the trial, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty.
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Introducing the changes has been a long process, and it's still nowhere near its conclusion .
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The talks are aimed at bringing the dispute to a conclusion .
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There was complete silence in the room as the play came to its tragic conclusion .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Consciousness, without any further necessary conclusions, is the only fact of which consciousness can be absolutely certain.
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He or she is aware that logically derived conclusions have a validity independent of factual truth.
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However, several caveats need to be attached to this conclusion .
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I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy.
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Once she'd met Janice and come to some conclusion , then she would know what she had to do next.
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That was the conclusion of a General Accounting Office report in 1992 on fraud in the health care system.
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The conclusion , ergo sum, is not entailed.
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Therefore, a tribunal or inferior court acts ultravires if it reaches its conclusion on a basis erroneous under the general law.