adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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also
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They were also consistent throughout his life.
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The address on the insurance policy was also consistent with the premises being Capricorn's established business premises.
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Our data are also consistent with observations in man that mucosal proliferation is increased in patients with large adenomas or cancer.
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It is also consistent with the type of situation which was almost never recalled - going straight ahead past a minor road.
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Place them in similar positions in your new home so that the growing conditions remain as consistent as possible.
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The former University of Miami star has been as consistent as ever.
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They just aren't as consistent as they should be.
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That is already about half a percentage point lower than the rate many analysts and policy-makers regard as consistent with stable inflation.
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Nick has become as consistent as any batter in the Championship.
entirely
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Such a suggestion is, of course, entirely consistent with the ideas about the function of grammar as outlined in this chapter.
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To the extent that this is true, it is entirely consistent with the history of child psychiatry in this country.
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This picture is therefore entirely consistent with the material being an over-heated frit which has been discarded.
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Through all this confusion, few individuals remained entirely consistent .
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Bourdieu is not entirely consistent in his assessment of just what this autonomy is from.
fairly
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Three quick examples give what is a fairly consistent flavour.
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URLs follow a fairly consistent pattern.
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Such a conclusion is fairly consistent with findings in more conventional community studies.
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When asked directly what were their visions of Howdendyke's future, interviewees made fairly consistent replies.
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There has been a fairly consistent finding in such studies that this does tend to be the case.
more
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This is because the end is more consistent than the means.
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Fortunately for the Cowboys, Irvin has been more consistent on the field than off.
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Delegates also called for increased formal training to help achieve higher and more consistent standards.
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They may also insist that the other spouse change their behaviour so that it would be more consistent with their own.
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With greater productivity will come a more consistent product, improved site safety and reduced emissions.
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The text provides an interesting mix of wilderness appreciation and tips on how to attain more consistent results.
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According to the official blurb, it means more consistent and comfortable shifting with improved performance and fuel economy.
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On histological review, it was felt that these two tumours were more consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma than cholangiocarcinoma.
most
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Among these hypokalaemia is the most consistent and important finding, and its magnitude correlates well with the concurrent serum theophylline concentration.
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In the past, Strug has not been the most consistent performer.
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This shape matrix was then compared to a stored dictionary of words to find the word most consistent with the shape information.
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His most consistent phrase was that he wants to accomplish in Washington what the governors have done in their states.
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The most consistent feature of the Commonwealth idea, at all stages of its development, was the principle of consent.
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His death was a promise broken, the loss of the most consistent witness to her life as an artist.
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The Labour Party gains its most consistent successes in London and the other major cities.
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Roy is the Ducks' high scorer this season and probably the most consistent player on the team.
remarkably
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Yet the way men define their role has remained remarkably consistent .
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They produced a remarkably consistent sound for the revolving-door group.
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Despite differences in dosage and length of treatment, the results are remarkably consistent .
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More than a decade of performance and change has demonstrated a remarkably consistent , if counterintuitive, phenomenon.
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In this study there was a remarkably consistent proximal small intestinal enteropathy of mild to moderate severity.
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Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome were remarkably consistent for both Maori and non-Maori populations within New Zealand.
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Discussion of Judgment Results Subjects appeared to make judgments which were remarkably consistent with those given when actually driving.
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The hens also appeared to be very consistent in their decisions, with individual birds choosing the same nest day after day.
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When Miles and Evan were little, John and I were very consistent in putting them down for an hour-long afternoon nap.
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But in social time and social space we make just such distinctions and we do so in a very consistent way.
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However the quantities derived from these parameters, which relate to biologically meaningful quantities, are very consistent .
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He only won once as a novice but was very consistent .
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Such mechanisation produces very consistent results throughout the year, but the cheeses often lack the authentic flavour of handmade varieties.
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Also the counts for card subjects of known area are very consistent .
■ NOUN
basis
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We have not shown the ability to sell 15, 000-seat shows on a consistent basis .
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The key is to be able to do it on a consistent basis .
pattern
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The community that showed the most stable and consistent patterns of gender-differentiation was the East Belfast Ballymacarrett community.
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Looking at the results for length of the pendulum string, one observes a consistent pattern .
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Within each type of disability there is a consistent pattern of the prevalence rate increasing with age.
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Does it give your body rhythm a consistent pattern ?
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Despite this, some consistent patterns have been established.
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URLs follow a fairly consistent pattern .
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Fairly consistent patterns are evident in the location of the volcanic activity with respect to the fringing trench.
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But such a consistent pattern of behaviour suggests a cause beyond the range of personal explanations offered by the women themselves.
result
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What you should look for is evidence of good, consistent results over a period of 10 to 20 years.
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The text provides an interesting mix of wilderness appreciation and tips on how to attain more consistent results .
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Objective probability applies to those events which have been tested previously and found to come up with consistent results .
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It is always the case that averaging over tens of trials is necessary to give consistent results , particularly with endogenous ERPs.
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Artificial expertise produces more consistent results than does human expertise.
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Such mechanisation produces very consistent results throughout the year, but the cheeses often lack the authentic flavour of handmade varieties.
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The W algorithm was designed to be more breadth-first, and more consistent results were expected regardless of the input conditions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Judges must be firm, fair and consistent in their application of the law.
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She is one of the most consistent players on the tennis circuit.
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Teaching by example has been a consistent theme in his work.
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To secure our future, we need a consistent economic strategy.
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Until the second quarter of this year, the company had been showing consistent growth.
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We've seen a consistent improvement in the team's performance.
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We need a quarterback who is consistent game after game.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A company that manufactures photocopiers obviously holds to a descriptive core belief consistent with this empirical reality.
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At home he shows consistent management problems.
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Even here, there was consistent fear of anything that threatened to shake up the status quo.
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How do you find a reasonable and consistent thread of explanation through this?
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Not all political analysts are consistent in how they employ these concepts.
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One of the first kennels to establish itself as a consistent winner in the show ring was the Tankerville Kennel.
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Why would they suddenly become a consistent team now, when the opponents start getting tougher?
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Yet the way men define their role has remained remarkably consistent .