noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a means/source of livelihood
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Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.
a potential source of sth
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A dirty kitchen is a potential source of infection.
a source of amusement
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Geoff seemed to find life a source of constant amusement.
a source of anxiety
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For many people, the primary source of anxiety is work.
a source of comfort
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Some people eat as a source of comfort.
a source of conflict
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Lack of money is often a source of conflict between spouses.
a source of delight (= something that gives great pleasure )
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It’s a beautiful park and a source of delight to most visitors.
a source of disagreement (= something that causes disagreement )
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Sentencing policy is a source of disagreement between judges and the Home Office.
a source of embarrassment (= a cause of embarrassment )
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His views on immigration were a constant source of embarrassment to the party.
a source of grievance (= something that causes grievance )
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Salaries are a traditional source of grievance in industry.
a source of income
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His pension was his only source of income.
a source of information (= someone or something that can provide information )
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Newspapers are valuable sources of information.
a source of inspiration for/to sb
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Our success was a source of inspiration for many countries in Africa.
a source of pleasure
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Her garden was a constant source of pleasure.
a source of power
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One problem is their reliance on coal as the main source of power.
a source of pride (= a reason to feel proud )
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The Chinese Olympic Games were a source of pride to the whole country.
a source of satisfaction (= something that gives you a feeling of satisfaction )
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It is a source of deep satisfaction to him that he was eventually proved to be right.
a source of strength (= person or thing that makes you brave or determined )
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Her faith had always been a source of strength for her.
a source of tension
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This agreement should remove a major source of tension among America’s allies.
a source/cause of pollution
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The factory was a clear source of pollution.
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Fumes from cars are a major cause of air pollution.
a source/cause of worry
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Her children were a constant source of worry.
a source/form of energy
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Coal is more expensive than other sources of energy.
a vital source of sth
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The forest was a vital source of timber.
diplomatic sources (= people supplying diplomats with information )
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According to diplomatic sources, up to 300 people were killed in the violence.
intelligence operations/sources/reports etc
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Intelligence sources denied the reports.
open source
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open source software such as Linux
primary source
secondary source
source code
source of friction
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His independent attitude was a constant source of friction with his boss.
source of irritation
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The heavy traffic is a constant source of irritation .
source
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Fish are a valuable source of protein.
source/area/point of contention
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The issue of hunting is a source of contention.
the source of a river (= the place where it starts )
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Where exactly is the source of the River Ganges?
the source of an infection
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Doctors are trying to locate the source of the infection.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
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Korda had seen that producers would have to look to television as an alternative source of revenue.
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Any and all ideas about alternative sources of energy are seriously being considered and explored.
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With construction already under way and with no alternative source of funding, Borowski assumed the entire cost himself.
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In the search for alternative sources of good, reasonably priced wine, have a look at Sicily.
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However, I found the short section on conservation and alternative energy sources disappointing.
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Placed in the middle of a field of alfalfa, foraging bees will fly tremendous distances to find alternative sources of food.
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In addition, the food expert would want to know more about the local conditions and the alternative sources of nourishment available.
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The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat.
different
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It is extremely difficult to distinguish different literary sources within a document unless some of those sources have actually survived.
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That met a lot of opposition from different sources .
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Each department takes a different number of outlooks and takes them from different sources .
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Moreover, the company would also like to reduce its vulnerability to strikes by getting parts from different sources , experts say.
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Only outlines of different sources can be given here.
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But a document from an entirely different source hints at an explanation.
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Any bacterium that could tap a different source of food would obviously be very successful and eventually some did.
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I would like to lose weight and am confused by the dietary advice from different sources .
important
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The most important single source of information about such companies is the annual report and accounts.
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Reinvested earnings are a very important source of financing this growth.
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It is an important source of the acquiescence upon which the constitution stands.
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But potassium itself is one of the most important radioactive heat sources in the planets.
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The fruits are an important food source and the seeds remain in the gut for 37 days.
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The samplers have become prized not only for their visual delicacy but also as important sources of genealogy and demographics.
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Thus firewood is the most important source of energy in desert areas, where vegetation is sparse.
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He goes beyond Spencer and Comte although they are important sources for him.
light
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An alternative solution to the mixed light problem is to change the colour of one light source to match the other.
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Framed in the airlock, he seemed like his ship to have his own light source , shining white and gold.
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Controls include dimmers for the main light sources , designed to cast no shadows, nomatterwhere the surgeon stands.
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In addition, some bacteria and all green plants have evolved ways of using light as a source of energy.
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Unfortunately it is more difficult to make light sources and light receptors that work at this longer wavelength.
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He was making sure they were not exposed to any form of light source , however muted.
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This could be light radiating from a light source , or reflected light.
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They disappear beneath the shallow waves, no doubt seeing a distorted light source peering at them.
main
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The rewards of motherhood made it her main source of self-esteem and satisfaction.
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Controls include dimmers for the main light sources , designed to cast no shadows, nomatterwhere the surgeon stands.
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Their main source of income came from doughnuts.
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Since far fewer females than males commit crimes, this preoccupation has been one main source of sexism.
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The Yahgans used canoes to hunt marine creatures, their main source of food.
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The second main source of internal energy is heat from gravitational separation.
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To-day, television has a commanding lead among all segments of the population as the main source of news and information.
major
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The relationship between Pauline and Chloe then became a major source of conflict in the marriage.
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These products have been a major source of latex irritation for health-care workers.
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The major sources of error in the field are as follows: 1 Contamination before sampling.
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But as we have seen, failures and mistakes are major sources of vital experience.
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Recruitment was a major source of anxiety following Boer War revelations about the high rate of recruits rejected on grounds of ill-health.
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Drillholes for oil and other resource exploration are major sources of information for geologists.
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Moreover, the major source of under-recording on the balance of payments up to 1949 was invisible trade.
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This chapter will deal with the major sources and forms of capital market funds.
new
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These visitors provide a new source of income for the small shopkeepers of the villages.
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Scientific wages have already started to respond to what is effectively a new cheap source of very highly skilled labor.
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They also got a new source of money, the council tax, to replace Mrs Thatcher's hated poll tax.
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Soon entrepreneurs of every stripe thought of ways to put this new power source to work.
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Unless a new source can be found, it will close at the end of April.
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Businessmen looked for profitable markets and new sources of cheap raw materials; the military looked for overseas bases.
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In our case there were two new sources .
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Second, these new sources of instability complicate domestic stabilization policy and may make it less effective.
only
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Exports, of course, are not the only source of foreign exchange.
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The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source.
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His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school.
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Unfortunately the bed manufacturer had during that time increased the price to £120 each and this was their only source of supply.
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Hence, class conflict is viewed as inevitable and indeed as the only major source of conflict in capitalist society.
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She was convinced the defector he referred to vaguely was important and Urquhart was her only source of information about him.
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Firms producing and selling output are not the only sources of market or monopoly power.
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If your only source of income is your basic State pension, you are likely to be entitled to income support.
other
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A flick through the adverts in the magazine will also show other sources of motherboards.
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The other likely source for the differences in ratings is that subjects interpreted the normality task differently in the two situations.
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In general, they should not go to students who have not explored all other reasonable sources of finance.
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He laces his narrative with a great deal of information and conclusions derived from other sources .
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This will be augmented by data from other sources notably on income, employment and family building.
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The additional services needed therefore have to be financed from some other source .
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In the following chapters I will look at different methods of applying other sources of knowledge to constrain the search.
possible
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Another possible source of the difference in the two sets of data concerns gender.
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People are the only possible source of material for construction of social knowledge.
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The principles of measurement and possible sources of error of this technique have been described in detail.
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Cornish said the guayule shrub, which has silvery green leaves, has long been viewed as a possible source of latex.
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But in considering Mars as a possible source of meteorites we face, once again, the dynamic problems.
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In regard to supporting evidence, be sure to use every possible source including personal interviews with authorities in the field.
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It is intended that more trains will be run and the season extended in order to increase business revenue from all possible sources .
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Heatstroke, surrounded by sea-water nearly at freezing point, and with no possible source of heat present!
potential
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Work is only one of a potential range of sources of satisfaction. 8.
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These potential sources of emerging infections are diverse and cross the lines of various scientific disciplines and government agency responsibilities.
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It is clear that the full range of potential sources of variation which produce the archaeological record should be considered.
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Finding the potential source of recruits for the future is not an easy task.
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What are the potential sources of R.F.I. and how do you overcome them?
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As long as this element of political discretion remains there is a potential source of dispute.
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One interesting potential source of energy in the Third World is the water hyacinth and other aquatic weeds.
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Non-Farm On-Farm Work Twenty-six percent of the full-time farms had identified and developed potential sources of extra income around the farm.
primary
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If we define them simply, primary sources are those written at the time by some one usually connected with the event.
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Second, they have always been the primary sources of strength and support in times of trouble.
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Once the line between the conventional primary source and the secondary study is crossed, the flood is even worse.
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Above all, they did nothing whatsoever to tackle the primary source of peasant rebelliousness: their semi-feudal exploitation.
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Official documents account for a large proportion of the primary sources .
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Sue Morris of W H Smith homed in on the primary source of the information - the consumer.
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The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source.
reliable
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But drinkers will get off reasonably lightly, according to reliable Westminster sources .
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She will likely have young children at home and no reliable source of day care.
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Incidentally I got that information on the third law from a very reliable source .
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But what more reliable source of recovery do we have than our own body?
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But it came from a reliable source .
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But can I count as a reliable source my own childhood memories?
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The tip had come from a reliable source .
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A reliable source had eluded him, although certain other prospects had yet to be properly investigated.
rich
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Allan's experience as a primary school teacher is another rich source of ideas.
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Potatoes are a rich source of fat-free complex carbohydrates.
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This documentation is itself a rich source of material for evaluation.
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I had never realized before what a rich source of endorsement and approval mere weight loss could be.
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Tea is a rich source of antioxidants and may form part of a healthy diet.
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Frequently overlooked is the rich source of data already available in office files.
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Dreams, of course, are a rich source of inspiration and guidance, as well as excellent training in thinking in metaphor.
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About 95 percent of the NEAs seem to be rich sources of either volatiles, ferrous metals, or specialty metals.
secondary
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The distinction between primary and secondary sources will not always be immediately obvious to the pupil.
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Agriculture, deforestation and the other secondary sources of greenhouse gases are critical to many.
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Questions on data availability are likely to be particularly important where users are heavily dependent on secondary sources .
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Scholars and researchers use the library approach when attempting to write articles for publication based on secondary sources .
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The effective teacher of history will need to use both primary and secondary sources .
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In his failure to take these differences into account, Leibniz fell victim to his reliance on secondary sources .
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Active enquiry is a feature of the course which places a heavy emphasis on the use of primary and secondary sources .
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Clearly distinguish between primary and secondary sources , and between the different types of history books.
single
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For these reasons it is often difficult in many cases to trace a single primary source .
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Non-Being and Being, issuing from a single source , differ only in their name.
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Even a single biased source can be useful.
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Officials had to disclose any payments over $ 500 if the money came from a single source .
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The most important single source of information about such companies is the annual report and accounts.
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In addition, plants are the greatest single source of oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Gas will become, along with hydro-electricity, the largest single energy source .
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We were the biggest single source of electricity in the world.
various
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The community development corporation is legally incorporated and financed from various sources and runs an economic development programme.
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Even the casual Beatles fan can enjoy cataloging the various sources for musical phrases in each song.
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Compiled from various sources - see text.
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The database was created from various sources , including lists of people who gave money to Clinton or the Democrats.
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Fig. 2 Percentage of radiation from various sources .
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Also, metal from various sources may be melted together to make new castings.
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Estimates from various sources , some hostile, range between 1,500 and 2,500.
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Those to whom power is delegated may also need help from various sources , beyond their own skills.
■ NOUN
energy
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But how do they compare with the damage caused by other energy sources ?
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Jobs will increase dramatically as new energy sources become marketable.
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The production of renewable energy sources should also be promoted through grants, soft loans and fiscal incentives, the report concluded.
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The best rule is to conserve energy and to increase funding for research into renewable energy sources .
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The seasonal performance might be improved to some extent by using a wind turbine as the energy source .
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Both groups favour investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources .
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Many congressmen are keen to revive research into renewable energy sources like solar and wind power.
food
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They rely on four food sources , that from garden cultivation, from collecting, from hunting, and from fishing.
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These schemes permit efficient recovery of water and oxygen but leave the problem of a food source unanswered.
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The food-finder might instead single out one other nest mate, and then lead it alone back to the food source .
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A major food source of squirrels and many finches is totally absent this year.
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A second explanation is that antibiotic production is rooted in the plant material that is the food source .
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They match the recruiting party to the size of the food source .
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In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source .
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When, for instance in Solenopsis, the food source is so large that many ants are needed, mass-acting pheromones are released.
information
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In order to break this down, good information sources are the key.
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So information sources can stand in for what we do not automatically know.
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In this section we explain why they can, and list some of the information sources you might want to use.
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The most obvious example of an information source is a dictionary, which tells you what words mean.
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Technologies? Information sources ? - which either went by a different name or was not recognised at that time.
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Safeguards for information sources Seeing their own information does not entitle a client to invade some one else's privacy.
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Clearly this is useful for tasks which involve extensive scanning of information sources and deliberations about what action to take.
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These information sources vary from Web pages to Bulletin Boards and newsgroups.
intelligence
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Reports from secret intelligence sources had indicated that there might be another strike against Royalbion.
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According to law-enforcement and intelligence sources , the Pan Am baggage area in Frankfurt was a key to the operation.
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But after rumours that MI5 may have been involved, intelligence sources began their own unofficial investigation.
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And intelligence sources last night denied early reports that one van had slipped through their dragnet.
material
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It is far more important to examine original source material , and not just the work of historians. 2.
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The research involves the use of primary source materials in national and local archives.
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A key element will be the researching of source material still held by different constabularies.
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All reports should be carefully planned, so you should first examine source material .
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At best, his work is defined by what is known to be available as source material .
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Unlike structured databases, Viewdata is useful for a great variety of written source materials .
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Searches that predominantly involve specific words or phrases known to have been used in the source material .
power
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They were willing to underwrite, inpart, the construction of a ship with rotors as an auxiliary power source .
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Rather, it is a power source sufficient for the needs of the propellant factory.
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In the mid-1950's nuclear fission had still to be turned into a commercial power source .
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But if it comes to a choice, I choose forests as a power source over dams that flood forests.
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In favourable conditions, the rotors were very effective power sources indeed: running more than 55o upwind.
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Soon entrepreneurs of every stripe thought of ways to put this new power source to work.
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Then each Girl put her heels into a small square on the stage floor, connecting up with the power source .
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Technologically, capitalism needed an inanimate power source to which large amounts of equipment could be attached.
■ VERB
accord
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Senior military commanders have also quietly thrown their support behind Gen Bimantoro, according to political sources .
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Brown, according to sources and published reports.
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The report of the tribunal working group will not be released until next week, according to tribunal sources .
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The most significant tension, according to several sources , came between Wisconsin Gov.
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Podesta, according to sources , had seen earlier that the pardon process was heading for trouble.
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Four committed suicide in 1938, according to another source .
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All three moves were blocked by Fujisaki, according to sources .
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About $ 17 million for the Planetarium, according to our sources .
become
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The origin of the Swastika has become a source of speculation for western researchers throughout time.
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The low price helped Notimex become the principal news source for many small provincial newspapers.
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It could become a regular source of income for you.
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The employees most likely to avoid these sessions are also the people most likely to become the source of problems later on.
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The relationship between Pauline and Chloe then became a major source of conflict in the marriage.
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And the shared struggles of training for a marathon become a source of bonding.
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This question can become a major source of friction.
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The town brook, now covered over, became a source of energy for saw mills and other trades.
identify
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Thus, pressure is increasing to identify sources and modes of transmission, and to segregate colonised from non-colonised patients.
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These are taken-for-granted groupings which assume some form of unity within each category without ever clearly identifying the source of this unity.
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They also help managers who listen well to identify sources of reluctance.
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Essentially it is a matter of identifying the sources of supply and demand.
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Journalists, sensing something rotten, have focused on describing the odor rather than identifying the source .
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Enterprise might identify new sources of income.
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Try to identify the possible sources of your depression and if possible avoid them. 4.
provide
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In some instances, these certainly appear to be superior in utility to the literature provided by the sources themselves.
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I long ago accepted the reality that the Internet provides an unprecedented source for travel planning.
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The mass media provide a further source of material for research.
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Tidal ranges are rarely large enough to provide an attractive source of power.
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These linkages provided a source of new competitive advantage for the entire corporate system and threatened the foundations of powerful national firms.
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For the past 150 years socialism and the social welfare state have provided this source of new ideas.
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The oxygen they produce benefits the fish, and they also provide a source of food and shelter.
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The activities of the business partners provide other sources of instruction and motivation for students besides those provided by teachers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All of your sources have to be listed at the end of the paper.
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Beans and lentils are a very good source of protein.
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In the case of an electric shock, turn the power off at its source .
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Most Americans rely on television as their chief source of information.
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Our source informed us that there was a possibility of another attack the following week, possibly in the central London area.
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The sound came from an unknown source , far away in the distance.
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The sun is perhaps the least expensive energy source we have.
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The tank's losing water, but we can't find the source of the leak.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Some Christians would say the Gospel is not the source or proof of what happened.
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Take action immediately to rectify the problem at source .
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The close correlation between the data obtained from these two sources suggests that recall error is unlikely to be a confounding factor.
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The money comes from countless sources.
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These discouraging factors combine to compel a search for cheaper and environmentally safer energy sources.
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This is the largest recorded source of radioactive effluent in the world.
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When they visited the Pipers' home they recognized the source of John's description in every detail.