noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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average
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This practice will ensure that the average project duration will be minimized.
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The average total duration of treatment is about I year, after which the disease usually remains quiescent.
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She found that: The average duration of the quarrels was 23 seconds - surprisingly short.
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The average duration of each cycle seems, on the basis of geological evidence, to be very roughly around 500 Ma.
expected
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For this man, the expected duration at the 1978/79 benefit levels is 74 weeks.
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A 10% cut in benefits brings down his expected duration by only 0.1 weeks.
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The expected stability and duration of political institutions is an important value in itself, since they allow for long-term planning.
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I calculated their expected duration and noted this information on an index card, arranging my listings in alphabetical order.
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His expected duration of unemployment is 12.9 weeks as calculated at the average values of benefits, earnings and extra income.
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His expected unemployment duration of 17.9 weeks is trimmed to 17.7 weeks by a 10% cut in benefits.
long
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Disqualified drivers can now be required to resit tests of longer duration .
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Patients with muscle-contraction headaches often report chronic pain of long duration .
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Results Patients included in the present study had diarrhoea that in some cases was of long duration .
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They can be regarded as events of long duration , stripped of superfluous detail.
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These patients were characterised by an early onset and long duration of pernicious anaemia.
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At the opposite extreme of a pulse of extremely long duration , the Fourier spectrum only contains extremely low frequencies.
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The relationship is of long duration and is asymmetrical.
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There is precedence for this long duration between introduction of the drug and the development of hepatitis.
mean
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Hourly frequency and mean duration of reflux episodes in the upright and supine period were also calculated in each patient.
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Secondly, the mean duration of treatment before study termination was similar in both groups.
median
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Oesophagitis was treated with omeprazole 40 mg/day for a median duration of 12 weeks.
short
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Afternoons were chosen by two-thirds as being especially suitable for courses of short duration .
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Repercussions were also felt in Tabasco where General Ignacio Martinez led an uprising of short duration .
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The first is very short duration , maximum output attacks.
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The blindness, however, was of short duration .
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This risk was reduced by the relatively short duration of the study, and the outpatient facility in which it was performed.
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Thus, although youth unemployment is high, it tends to be of shorter duration than that among the older age groups.
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The circumstances of the Allied occupation and its short duration undermined the achievement of both goals.
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The combined adenoidectomy and ventilation tube groups had the shortest duration of glue ear.
total
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The total duration of maintenance drug treatment was comparable in the two groups.
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The average total duration of treatment is about I year, after which the disease usually remains quiescent.
■ VERB
increase
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The estimated hazard may increase with duration for some individuals and not for others in the sample, depending on their data.
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Whatever the exercise, start gradually and increase the duration progressively in order to build up your endurance and fitness.
limit
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Anderson's proposal is for the tax subsidy to be limited to a five-year duration .
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The order, or any provisions it contains, may be limited in duration .
measure
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It would be more realistic to measure the duration of the tantrums.
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Some people prefer to measure the duration of tantrums.
reduce
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Adenoidectomy will considerably reduce the overall duration of glue ear.
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The results were promising, showing that in 100 people the lozenges appeared to reduce cold symptoms and duration by 42 percent.
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Their aim was then to reduce both frequency and duration .
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First, earlier and accelerated treatment to reduce duration of ischaemia.
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Short term supplementation with vitamin C reduces the cell proliferation to normal values possibly by reducing the S-phase duration .
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Finally, tertiary prevention aims to reduce the duration and severity of the disease which is established.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a long voyage of two years' duration , he arrived in Canton in 1669.
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He refused to comment on his salary or the duration of his contract.
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It was decided that we would stay with my cousins for the duration of the war.
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The doctor will ask you about the duration and frequency of your headaches.
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These workshops, usually of one or two days' duration , bring teachers and industrial managers together.
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To avoid injuries, increase the duration of your exercise gradually.
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Zoe's temper tantrums had increased both in volume and duration .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to the event, the duration of this state may last from just a few months to many years.
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For example although duration is commonly measured for tantrums, this does not exclude the possibility of measures of frequency.
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I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it.
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Speed is of no consequence, but duration is vital, the very nub of the matter.
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Such meetings can last all day and night, or for the duration of the trip.
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The duration of the semiconductor design right depends on if and when the topography is commercially exploited.
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These patients were characterised by an early onset and long duration of pernicious anaemia.