noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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large
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In each study, contextual description is used in an effort to make larger inferences about the process of democratic transition.
■ NOUN
engine
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This, under the control of the inference engine , forms the system nucleus.
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Typically an expert system consists of a piece of software called an inference engine and another piece called a knowledge base.
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Each combination of the inference engine with a knowledge base becomes a unique expert system.
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The inference engine is generic, and it handles the logistics of a consultation.
■ VERB
draw
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In the former, the researcher can draw very strong inferences from comparisons between randomized groups.
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Fujisaki will probably rule next week on whether defense lawyers can draw a more sinister inference from the delay during closing arguments.
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Second, it is more difficult to draw strong inferences from these data since they can not be subjected to statistical analysis.
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But the defense clearly hopes that jurors will draw that inference .
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The chapter outlines each method and discusses how each is useful for drawing inferences .
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Would a reasonable occupier have drawn the inference that there was a danger and that the presence of the trespasser was likely.
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Comparing many countries is the best method for drawing inferences that have more global applicability.
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These problems were outlined not to paralyse comparative researchers, but to highlight possible sources of bias in drawing valid inferences .
make
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Questions about the validity of making inferences from a small number of cases have been asked, for example.
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But without such knowledge, the reader is required to focus on the language and make considerable efforts of inference .
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We must make inferences about the health status of the survivors from these data.
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Additionally, human readers are able to make a multitude of inferences about the sentences within a discourse.
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Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes.
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A subsidiary aim of the project is to make available for discussion the methodology of making sociological inferences from such texts.
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In each study, contextual description is used in an effort to make larger inferences about the process of democratic transition.
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Once they had made their inferences they tended to use any manpower they had to follow them up.