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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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One method of displaying the data in a more usable form is the project profile, illustrated in figure 4.1.
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When they work, compression schemes provide a lot more usable space for almost no investment.
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The author or authors wanted to resolve apparent contradictions in order to make the law more usable and accessible.
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When solar power can be converted directly into electricity it becomes much more usable .
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When we describe or summarize numerical information to make it more usable we are essentially using descriptive statistics.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I know the bicycle's old, but it's still usable .
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The program has some nice features that make it more usable than most.
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The refinery turns crude oil into usable products such as gas and tar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cutability refers to the amount of usable meat in a carcass.
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Investigators have said the crime scene outside Scuttons' computer store produced little usable evidence.
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Many of the simpler commercial software simulations will be usable with this age group.
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The pickups could be fuller-sounding, but they're certainly usable as they are.
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This includes usable samples of the various macro commands.