noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
variations on a theme (= things with a similar basic subject, style etc )
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Most of her short stories are variations on the theme of tragedy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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There is considerable variation between sports around the overall averages reported above.
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Stimulants were most commonly prescribed, but there was considerable geographic variation .
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Roberts's evidence suggests that there has been considerable variation historically in how far support structures extend to more distant kin.
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However, there are considerable variations between the cities.
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Moreover, there was considerable variation in the grammar-school provision in different areas within each Local Education Authority.
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This generalisation, however, masks the fact that there are considerable variations from country to country in each of these regions.
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There was in 1986-7 considerable variation between Partnerships in the balance of expenditure.
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Yet this considerable variation in organizational model appears to arouse remarkably little interest in its consequences.
genetic
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The genetic basis of quantitative genetic variation is being investigated at the molecular genetic and population level.
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This suggests that human genetic variation is the result of only a few thousand minor differences between proteins.
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Heritability is defined as the proportion due to genes; it is the ratio of genetic variation to the total variation.
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Darwinian selection has to have genetic variation to work on.
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The amount of standing genetic variation for ageing within populations, and the number of genes involved, are not informative.
geographical
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Stereotypes, moreover, are subject to historical change and geographical variation and salience.
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The implications of concentration of provincial press ownership are greater when its geographical variation is taken into account.
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Brandt switched the emphasis from geographical variation to the study of the annual cycle of plankton growth found in the northern oceans.
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There are also strong geographical variations with a particularly heavy concentration in certain inner-city areas, for example Inner London and Newcastle.
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Many other animals show similar geographical variation in size.
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It is well documented that there are geographical variations in both health status and health care expenditure within Britain.
great
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Perhaps the greatest variation is in the form of the type of mount, or escutcheon, for the handle.
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Which statement would receive the greatest score variations between your society and another one that you identify?
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While maintaining accuracy, he bowls with a great deal of variation .
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The first was the great variation among sentences imposed by different judges upon similarly situated offenders.
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There was also a great variation in the size of local authorities of the same status.
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Furthermore, great variations in the size of tax receipts and disbursements exist among the states.
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Some work was obviously seasonal with stock work and crop work giving the greatest variation .
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There was, of course, a great deal of variation between one housewife and another.
individual
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But the individual variations in the patterns of disease are less widely unpredictable than those of recovery.
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Piaget did not address the topic of individual differences or individual variations in construction of knowledge.
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But there are considerable individual variations .
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In swarm systems with heritability, individual variation and imperfection will lead to perpetual novelty, or what we call evolution.
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The original intention behind the research was to measure the effect on the individual worker of variations in the work conditions.
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This suggests that individual variations in physiology and metabolism must be an important factor.
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The difference in baselines between these two groups results from the large degree of individual variation in salivary secretion.
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There is considerable individual variation with regard to insulin requirement.
large
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The report highlights large variations in early retirement dates throughout the public sector.
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The localised struggles there are to a large extent a variation on a wider pattern of exploitation and greed.
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Do not place the computer where it will be subject to large variations in temperature or near a radiator.
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Furthermore, large interspecies variations exist not only in the metabolism of morphine but also in the distribution of opioid receptors.
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The authors draw attention to what seems to be a large regional variation between rates of surgical treatment for glue ear.
local
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These are established through national joint councils, consisting of representatives of employers and employees, supplemented by local variations and agreements.
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The report also revealed interesting local variations .
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The resultant local variation in working arrangements has greatly complicated national assessment.
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Light curves may show varying brightness due to two in-dependent factors: local variations in reflectivity and departures from spherical shape.
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Application of the local magnetic variation to the recorded heading will give the true heading.
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Buxton and Klein's study found that in the early 1970s local variations within a region were greater than between regions.
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But within this apparently uniform pattern of land use were a number of local variations , including those pertaining to land transfer.
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Without regional and local variations , a further gap will be created.
minor
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There is not only a single currency but also a single economic policy, with only minor variations between states.
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The scene repeated with minor variations and the game continued to our amusement for the hour that we were having coffee.
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Leaf-gilding usually shows only minor variations in thickness and a superficial bonding to the metal below.
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There are many minor variations , from species to species, but these two types of distraction display are the basic forms.
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This hairstyle proved pervasive, lasting with minor variations into late antiquity.
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The experiments described above were performed more than once, with minor variations in the procedure adopted.
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More notable, however, is yet another minor variation of the squat urn.
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On these three topics the various works are all agreed apart from minor variations .
possible
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There are many possible variations within each category.
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Not for patients in general, but for Neil-his version of all the possible variations on the basic plan.
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Any possible variation of dose delivered from position to position was eliminated by rotating the entire assembly at six revolutions per minute.
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The number of possible variations is infinite.
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There are many possible variations on the theme of symmetry.
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There are two possible variations in sequencing.
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Here we discuss possible variations in the format of instructions, and the matching of instruction length to computer word size.
regional
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Because regional variations tend to be more pronounced among working-class speakers, it is also a class variation.
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But both groups include many profoundly different peoples, owing partly to the accidents of history and partly to regional variations .
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It also highlights significant regional variations , possibly reflecting a marked difference in schools' approach to discipline.
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There are many regional variations of this delightful fish, and colouring will vary according to where the stock has been collected.
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There were also some significant regional variations .
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Equally, regional variations in speech may generate different spellings.
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But great regional variations were apparent.
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The Bill perpetuates all the anomalies, unfairness, regional variations and bureaucracy that made the poll tax unpopular.
seasonal
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The measured seasonal variations of peroxide and ozone in clean air at Cape Grim during the experiment are contrasted in Fig. 4.
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The figures are adjusted for seasonal variations .
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One major factor in causing seasonal variations in food supplies was the difficulty of storage.
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Do you see seasonal variations in sales?
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Table 2 shows the differences among the schools and in addition the seasonal variation .
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All figures are preliminary and are adjusted for seasonal variation .
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In other words, they have become instinctively aware of changes in daily and seasonal variations in temperature.
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Modern studies of Mars confirm the seasonal variations of the surface brightness, but without biological intervention.
significant
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It also highlights significant regional variations , possibly reflecting a marked difference in schools' approach to discipline.
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There was the more significant variation of allowing folders to reside within folders, ad infinitum.
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Although there are some significant variations between these writers, they do identify a number of implications for staff management.
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It acts by inhibiting bone resorption of calcium thereby preventing significant variations in plasma calcium concentrations.
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However, when examined in more detail it is possible to identify significant variations along the margin.
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But all three novels also exhibit significant variations on parody as it has been practised in the past.
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There is a significant variation in success rates depending on representation.
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There were also some significant regional variations .
slight
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These variations may be a result of slight variations in the amount of template cDNA.
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The procedure is usually carried out at room temperature. Slight variations in temperature are not critical. 26.
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It is employed by a wide range of species, with slight variations .
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There was never the slightest variation .
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They show slight variations , for example in the woodcut decorations.
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A slight variation in this household was that one social worker stayed behind.
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Special Scheme Home policies may have slight variations in cover and should be handled accordingly.
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There are however slight variations , the first being where the independent belongs to a retail buying association.
small
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With small variations , this is typical of the kind of armour worn by El Cid and his warriors.
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There were often small variations in the assembly and fabrication of otherwise similar pieces.
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Modelling will tend to mask small but important variations which may be adequately understood only by local research.
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Each has their own small variations , to be sure.
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Sideways movement would produce much smaller variations , enough to give an image of vitality and movement.
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These small variations would explain why galaxies formed into clusters, and stars into galaxies.
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The reason is that, with a digital system, small variations do not corrupt the message.
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Collectively, over five or six generations these small variations led to considerable population growth.
spatial
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For most experimental purposes spatial variations occur in only one dimension so that the stimuli appear as light and dark stripes.
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Group 2 errors include positional accuracy, attribute uncertainty, and generalization arising from data classification and spatial variations in map quality.
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Dynamic fluxes depend on motions which in turn depend on spatial variations in heating.
wide
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The second column also shows that there is a wide variation between regions in the proportion of exports to foreign debt.
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Not surprisingly, the studies of caffeine tolerance and withdrawal have found wide variations in subject responses.
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The first is the wide variation in specification and finish that are standard practice in the motor industry.
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But there is wide variation among Internet providers in cost, features, software, reliability and customer service.
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It can be seen that there is a wide variation , especially where the number of dies in a year is small.
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There was wide variation in the students' responses.
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A wide variation among subjects was also seen in the total amount of food refluxed into the oesophagus.
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The standards could accommodate a reasonably wide variation .
■ VERB
allow
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One involved using whole word shape to help determine segment positions and to allow for letter shape variations within words.
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Monitoring progress against the timetable allows variations to be identified and replanning undertaken.
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For example, you should allow for creating variation in your working patterns.
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The mechanism allows for great variation and complexity in magma chamber sedimentation.
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If we now allow for variation in the savings proportions, then we can apply the earlier results.
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This alternation of form between generations has allowed all kinds of variations within the group.
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In February, councillors refused to allow a variation of the hours.
explain
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We explain this variation to emphasise the purpose of the stand-offs.
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This is exactly parallel to what happens in explaining the variations in species.
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But the question really is to explain variations in water level along the coast.
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How do we explain this variation , and how do we explain the transmission of this adaptation from one generation to another?
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Age is probably the most important variable in explaining variation in those sports that require physical contact and strength.
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Using measures which explain variations in utilisation in normative formulas is to confuse what is with what ought to be.
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Let us look first at the easier one - explaining variations in fertility.
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However it was then pointed out by a biologist that tiny movements by the plant could explain these variations .
show
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How these colours are used differs from regiment to regiment, and the examples shown represent just one variation for each state.
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Rather, this use of dialect simply indicates that speakers show some variation in the way they use elements of the language.
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The goat's movements and social interactions show a similar seasonal variation .
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While we showed several variations , our work was interpreted to mean that instant bonding was universal.
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Serial biopsy specimens in these patients often showed variations in the intensity of inflammation and hepatocyte necrosis.
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No human language is fixed, uniform, or unvarying: all languages show internal variation .
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They show slight variations , for example in the woodcut decorations.
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And one has to remember that sperm counts also show a natural seasonal variation .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wide variation/difference/gap etc
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But there is, indeed, still a wide gap in the use of flexibility.
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But when the national polls are a wide gap, the country is pretty likely to follow.
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Just as there may be a wide variation in the inputs, so may the outputs vary.
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Solids exhibit a wide variation in rigidity.
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The second column also shows that there is a wide variation between regions in the proportion of exports to foreign debt.
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There is a wide difference between promise and performance.
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Waiting time by specialty is meaningless as it conceals a wide variation among consultants' clinics.
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Within the general waste type shown in these figures exists a wide variation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The new movie is a variation on the theme of the original 'Blue Lagoon'.
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There are least ten styles of Apple Mac computers, and countless variations in those models.
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There is a great deal of variation among the responses.
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This recipe makes an interesting variation on the traditional Christmas cake.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All this data combined will allow scientists to determine Eros's density, and any density variations deep inside the asteroid.
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Because regional variations tend to be more pronounced among working-class speakers, it is also a class variation.
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But the individual variations in the patterns of disease are less widely unpredictable than those of recovery.
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Looking at the might-have-beens of stylistic variation is a way of making the elusive quality of good writing open to inspection.
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Most of the instrumentals are simply variations of past themes, but who cares?
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There continued to be striking regional and social class variations in infant mortality and in life expectancy at later ages.
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There were other variations too: some ships had low prows and high sterns, whilst others were high at both ends.