noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a science degree (= in a science subject )
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The government is encouraging more people to get a science degree.
Christian Science
computer science (= the study of computers and what they can do )
computer science
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a BSc in Computer Science
contemporary culture/science etc
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Science is an important part of contemporary culture.
domestic science
earth science
forensic evidence/science/medicine etc
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Forensic experts found traces of blood in the car.
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a career in forensic science
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a forensic pathologist
inexact science
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Earthquake prediction is an inexact science .
information science
language/English/science etc teaching
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She has considerable experience in language teaching.
language/history/science etc teacher
life science
Master of Science
natural science
physical science
political science
rocket science
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Designing a website may be a lot of work but it’s not rocket science.
science fiction
science park
social science
the science/maths/history etc curriculum
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The English curriculum is divided into Language and Literature.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
environmental
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One solution has been to create university departments of integrated environmental science or of earth sciences.
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Perhaps concern about the environment has induced them to learn more about a key environmental science .
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In environmental science , interdisciplinarity is all.
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Lawrence River, where she takes samples from polluted water and instructs local residents in environmental sciences .
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We should choose to promote environmentally aware and responsible science - as well as to prioritise investment in environmental science itself.
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He left with a degree in environmental sciences and was employed by the Norfolk Naturalist Trust, a voluntary conservation organisation.
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How does it relate to environmental sciences ?
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Again, relative to most other international environmental science processes, this one is pretty secure.
exact
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Any honest guitar maker will admit that making acoustics is no exact science , but an unpredictable art.
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The equation that determines housing appreciation is far from being an exact science .
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Systems analysis in general - and data analysis is a branch of systems analysis - is an art, not an exact science .
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Diagnosing power in organizations is not an exact science .
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The way he went on anyone would think we were engaged in an exact science .
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Living is never an exact science and we invariably over reach ourselves and destroy the balance of things.
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Nor have I been encouraged ever since to think there's an exact science .
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That biography can not be an exact or impartial science is, of course, obvious.
forensic
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A Home Office pathologist and forensic science team are at the scene, carrying out a full investigation.
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They were taken to a mobile forensic science unit at Severomorsk naval base, but so far only Kolesnikov has been named.
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In high spirits, his father was talking about the immense advances made in forensic science in recent years.
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Mum, did you know that our Lab is the oldest forensic science lab in the country?
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Using modern forensic science techniques on original evidence, the West Midlands force have been forced to rethink their view of events.
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Analysis of Directional Data; and statistical applications in agriculture, medicine, epidemiology, forensic science .
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Besides working on Inside Out, the reporter was also presenting a special documentary about forensic science .
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Few men, in or outside the forensic science service, knew so much about it.
medical
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Rainforests are the source of a multitude of raw materials with immense potential value to medical science .
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Such explanations were comforting, if only because they pointed forward to the ultimate vindication of medical science .
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At the same time, medical and social science research began to indicate that retirement itself had detrimental effects.
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How effective can he be in drawing Britain's fragmented medical and health science into a national framework?
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For example, by relying exclusively on mortality data the ineffectiveness of medical science is overstated.
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Neuroelectric devices were used during the last century without the blessing of the medical sciences .
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But more is due to medical and sanitary science .
modern
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Whereas practitioners of the occult would explain everything by magic, modern science has recognized the limitations of its knowledge.
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His proposal can not succeed without undermining the whole of modern science .
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There is a sense in which modern science is actually better than ancient science.
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Fanatical, uncultured leaders, little versed in modern science , can not give us a solution.
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For this reason he had encouraged Claudia to enter these new, modern sciences .
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Lovelock was very rare breed in modern science .
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Using modern forensic science techniques on original evidence, the West Midlands force have been forced to rethink their view of events.
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They were wrong both about how to interpret Genesis and in thinking that evolutionary theory was unimportant to modern science .
natural
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It can not be assumed, as can reasonably in many experiments in natural science , that units are identical.
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Thomas Aquinas; believed the earth to be round; a pioneer of natural sciences .
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But there is large-scale agreement that the aim is explanation by applying the methods of natural science .
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The philosophical underpinnings of creation science automatically place it in a very different realm from natural science.
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It may turn out that it is therefore a mistake to construe social science along the lines of natural science.
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Some natural sciences , confident of the uniformity of their objects of study, have adopted the intensive design.
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The gap between natural and social science seemed enormous.
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I don't think the boundaries of Business Studies have ever been particularly clear. Natural sciences and humanities are not included.
new
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He soon became aware that his theory was not capable of explaining some of the most exciting new developments in science .
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On his birthday, Hal himself may hand the reins to a new science fiction image of the future.
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If chance is not enough, of course, we will need a new science of heredity.
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For with the emergence of the new science of geology, the old faith was beginning to unravel.
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The murder helped prove a new science and became the plot in a detective novel.
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Our understanding of nature is now radically shifting, how-ever, because of recent discoveries in the new sciences .
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Now she's opening a new science block as part of a two million pound development at Barnwood Park School in Gloucester.
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In the new science of mythology, Max Muller was also advancing equally confident claims.
physical
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It was now, by its nature, an international enquiry, like the physical sciences .
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Yes, you memorized all types of lists and pieces of factual information with regard to, say, the physical sciences .
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Very few physical science students stressed the intellectual enjoyment of the degree course.
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In the physical sciences alone, there were momentous changes.
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Few girls take physical science subjects; few boys take languages.
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Physics and physical science students had a strong sense of the hierarchy of different disciplines.
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The classical approach used the methodology of the physical sciences to illustrate a view of organisations.
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The physical sciences in particular, offer a conventional career choice which is likely to win approval from parents, teachers and peers.
political
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Consider the following hypothetical example from political science .
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Pierre chose Vassar and is majoring in political science .
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Two famous ` laws' of political science are well known.
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A friend who is skeptical about political science confronts you with a challenge.
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Sociological problems are not those of economics, or of political science , or of psychology.
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There are different approaches to political science , and there are also different ways to introduce you to the political world.
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The first difference between natural science and political science is the role of experimentation.
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Economic systems and the concepts used in economics can seem as complicated as political systems and the concepts used in political science .
pure
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Introduction to nonlinear problems with emphasis on practical modelling, illustrative examples from pure and applied science , and use of computers.
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Critics have argued that an excessive commercial focus will lead researchers to ignore pure science .
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The question is, will Congress pay that much for pure science , with no clear technological benefit attached?
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This was to be a contribution to pure science , altogether elegant.
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She was also a physicist, one of the rare female students to study pure science .
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I breezed right through the first two years of pure science courses.
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The ruthless convenience of the pure science of lust?
social
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This kind of research has a long history in psychology and education but is relatively undeveloped in the rest of social science .
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At the highest levels of social science scholarship, some novelty of formulation or statement is not resisted.
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A shortage of teachers trained in social sciences could undermine attempts to introduce compulsory citizenship lessons into schools, campaigners warn.
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To him it is only an aborted social science .
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This last hazard is, of course, an ever-present danger in the social sciences , and can apply to any approach.
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Sixth-form and Year 11 pupils have piloted two projects at Hinchingbrooke, helped by social science teacher Mike Baker.
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University entrance students choose between science and social science and drop some subjects.
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She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing.
■ NOUN
computer
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Applied mathematics and computer science are distinct disciplines, but they are now locked for ever in an inseparable embrace.
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This task has often seemed to combine the pedantry of library theory with the incomprehensibility of computer science .
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For instance, in computer science one learns how to write programs that can perform certain tasks.
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It said that girls were overlooked in the classroom and trailed boys in mathematics and computer science .
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Jef Raskin had degrees in computer science and philosophy.
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Other disciplines, such as philosophy, psychology, and computer science , sample freely from both traditions.
degree
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Last October Paul embarked on a computer science degree at Edinburgh University.
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And science degrees at university carry higher status.
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Uecker-Rust is a 1983 graduate of North Dakota State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering.
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They have been replaced by lawyers, academics and people with social sciences degrees .
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He graduated from Brown University with a political science degree .
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As such, it now forms an important part of both mainstream chemistry and material science degrees .
earth
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One solution has been to create university departments of integrated environmental science or of earth sciences.
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Like Duba, these researchers drifted into earth science from fields like engineering, mathematics or computer science.
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Within earth science literature, the most important obsolescence study to date is that by Kohut.
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Lured by the excitement of plate tectonics, some felt that earth science would be a practical way to apply their knowledge.
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We believe these results signify the beginning of a revolution in earth science .
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This may be due to the greater paradigmatic influence of geophysical research on the other earth sciences .
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Mineralogy is a rather specialist sub-field within the earth sciences , dealing with the description of minerals.
fiction
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A historical adventure would be followed by a science fiction tale, then by another historical, and so on.
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Other people love science fiction or biographies.
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Neither robot looks much like the androids portrayed in science fiction movies.
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Reading, particularly science fiction , travelling, and fell walking.
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Jane was an illustrator, journalist, writer of cheap science fiction and adventure novels.
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In science fiction , for example, two forms of confrontation are available.
life
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New initiatives in the life sciences led to the establishment of disciplines such as genetics and ecology.
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VentureFinance reports that 61 life sciences companies raised $ 3 billion in initial public offerings in 1995&038;.
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Yet there was no unity within ecology, just as there was no unity in the life sciences generally.
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Some partners in Boston are forming a fund like Alta that will focus on early stage information technology and life sciences companies.
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These post would suit recent life science graduates or people with a paramedical background, particularly nursing.
teacher
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Experienced science teachers have been involved at every stage and more than 100 schools were consulted.
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Or a math or science teacher who made inappropriate comments throughout the year.
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It seems some schools will start next year with fewer science teachers than they really need.
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Rebenitsch is a retired science teacher at Red River High School.
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Many science teachers already have classes in excess of 25 pupils.
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I watched almost 600 of their lessons and conducted more than 200 interviews with them, their parents and science teachers .
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This may be particularly important for girls with male science teachers .
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How science teachers can further the general language development of children.
teaching
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The first is the lack of experiments - some might call it a betrayal of science teaching .
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The older universities of Oxford and Cambridge were also persuaded to modernize their science teaching in the 1870s.
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Present science teaching generally assumes implicitly that pupils possess the reasoning patterns.
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But the department's bootstrap operation did help create science teaching in Britain.
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It recommended expansion of universities' science teaching and the creation of colleges of advanced technology.
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In other words, what are the areas of weakness in science teaching , and why?
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apply
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It seems very important that adults are made aware of entry requirements particularly when applying to science courses.
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These four key elements are well developed and widely shared within the research communities of every natural and applied science .
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An excellent resource for students of applied sports science , Physical Education teachers, fitness advisers, coaches and athletes.
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He can spend a whole four years applying science , if he wants.
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Some, of course, felt misgivings about applying science to these nonscientific realms.
study
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No one stopped to ask the boy what he wanted, which was to study science and work in the field of research.
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Now 21 and living in San Marcos, Browning said he plans to go to college to study political science .
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In theory, she studied domestic science - dressmaking and cooking - and took a pitman's correspondence and typing course.
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From 1540 to 1542 he appears to have resided in Paris, studying the maritime sciences .
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She was also a physicist, one of the rare female students to study pure science .
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For many students, the decision to study science came naturally because of family interests.
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Frankenstein was an inquisitive student studying science at university.
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No wonder only one in 10 university students studies science .
teach
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Are we to teach science but never consider the ethical issues?
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Scott, who teaches political science at both Saint Francis and Ivy Tech, is making his first bid for elected office.
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The move comes amid concerns about lack of pupil progress and poor teaching in science .
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He continued to study every night on his own, teaching himself math and science from borrowed books.
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I believe that the focus of attention is shifting from curriculum content to how best to teach science .
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The higher sums will go to people planning to teach maths, science , technology and foreign languages at secondary schools.
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The fact that primary schools now teach technology and science is an added bonus.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Bachelor of Arts/Science/Education etc
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A Bachelor of Education course lasts three or four years.
Master of Arts/Science/Education etc
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He addressed more than 100 businessmen studying for a Master of Arts Business Administration exam.
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Miss Sue Lawley, journalist and broadcaster. Master of Arts.
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Miss Tessa Sanderson, international athlete. Master of Science.
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Spenser could consider himself a gentleman only on the basis of having been to university and acquired a Master of Arts degree.
applied science/physics/linguistics etc
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If applied linguistics is left exclusively to an elite band of researchers, then the whole object of the exercise disappears.
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Introduction to nonlinear problems with emphasis on practical modelling, illustrative examples from pure and applied science, and use of computers.
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Since then, there has been a steady output of research within this branch of applied linguistics.
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Supported by four applied science courses covering the biology, entomology and pathology of seeds, and plant breeding.
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There is a very pervasive belief that it is research in theoretical and applied linguistics which provides the solutions.
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These four key elements are well developed and widely shared within the research communities of every natural and applied science.
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These will include basic skills as well as specialised competences in areas of applied physics.
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Why are engineering, medicine and agriculture not all grouped together as applied sciences?
blind sb with science
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He had a limp, walked round importantly with a stick and talked big, blinding her with science.
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You can blind me with science, but I know what I hear.
folk science/psychology/wisdom etc
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It was a part of folk wisdom that providing houseroom for a widowed parent could lead to intense family friction.
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Like most folk wisdom it is true, I think.
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Like much political folk wisdom, this particular belief is of recent origin.
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Maxims, proverbs, and other forms of folk wisdom give a person reasons for obeying rules.
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Some of the new findings, though, support previously unsubstantiated folk wisdom about alcohol and caffeine.
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The folk wisdom led Tory politicians to dismiss opinion poll findings suggesting the opposite.
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Voters' trade-off between taxes and services has changed since 1979 - and anyway the folk wisdom was always misleading.
in the name of religion/freedom/science etc
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He also reminded the court that such auctions were permitted by the United States constitution in the name of freedom of expression.
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Lord Salmon clearly felt strongly and spoke in the name of freedom and democracy.
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Most gruesome and horrible mutilations - and all, mind you, in the name of religion.
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Objections to the creation stories are made up in the name of science.
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They banned meat, eggs and alcohol in the name of religion.
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They can take the fun out of sports in the name of religion.
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They do so all in the name of freedom.
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We are seduced by what science can do in the name of freedom and civilisation.
pure science/maths etc
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Critics have argued that an excessive commercial focus will lead researchers to ignore pure science.
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I breezed right through the first two years of pure science courses.
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She was also a physicist, one of the rare female students to study pure science.
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The question is, will Congress pay that much for pure science, with no clear technological benefit attached?
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The ruthless convenience of the pure science of lust?
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This was to be a contribution to pure science, altogether elegant.
sth is not an exact science
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Opinion polling is hardly an exact science.
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Therapy is not an exact science because everyone responds differently.
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Diagnosing power in organizations is not an exact science.
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The truth is that eating is not an exact science and never will be.
sth is not rocket science
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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science and technology
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Mr. Paulson is a science teacher.
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Through these lessons, students learn the basics of science .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Children begin secondary school with high expectations of science , but become disillusioned and uninterested, especially in physics.
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For the purposes of nutritional science , however, the calorie is too small a unit to be useful.
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For, unfortunately, even when science eliminates all fatal diseases, 100 percent of us still are going to die.
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The autumn statement shows that spending on science and technology in 1992-93 will be almost £6 billion.
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The requirements of the social science historian with regard to the archiving of computer-generated data are the same as those of any social scientist.