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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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gravity
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When corrections are made to take account of these differences in crustal density the magnitude of gravity anomalies is significantly reduced.
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The data are reduced using standard procedures to produce Bouguer gravity anomalies to an overall accuracy of 1 m Gal.
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Correction for altitude alone gives the free-air gravity anomaly .
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Initial indications are that the basic rocks responsible for the gravity anomaly are more extensive than originally mapped.
■ VERB
explain
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Similar processes would explain anomalies such as the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations.
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The trust being in receipt of the 1991 Buckfastleigh branch income explains the percentage anomaly .
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This fact alone explains the Sun/climate anomaly .
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Can any Western leader explain this embarrassing anomaly ?
remove
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Most people would be willing to pay such a price to remove the anomalies involving the ability to pay.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pohnpei is an anomaly - it's a Pacific island without a beach.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But on one such mission they came across a startling anomaly .
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He was an anomaly down to his very genes.
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One such charming and dated anomaly is that a school like Burleigh can be bought.
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The contradictions and anomalies in the 1954 scheme were obvious.
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There would be a return to all the anomalies that the old rating system caused.
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When corrections are made to take account of these differences in crustal density the magnitude of gravity anomalies is significantly reduced.
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Whenever observations emerged that did not fit the mechanistic model, they were dismissed as insignificant anomalies.