adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an effective/efficient means
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Speed bumps are an effective means of stopping cars from going too fast.
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It was a highly effective system of communication.
effective/efficient (= giving the result you want )
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Some methods are more effective than others.
efficient use
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Doing the work in stages makes the most efficient use of resources.
highly successful/effective/efficient
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a highly successful politician
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Also, often as not and depending on the turnover rate, air operated filters are just as efficient .
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The arrangement of the room should be as efficient and convenient for several people moving about as for one person sitting reading.
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Modern heating appliances of all types are generally well-designed, unobtrusive, and as efficient as current technology allows.
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Greengate proved to be almost four times as efficient as any other Pilkingtons glass plant.
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She never did, being as efficient as she was creative in the kitchen that she loved so much.
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The only question for me was if Neil's sources in the financial sector were as efficient as mine.
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But the whole process is still not as efficient .
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If heavy bushes are out of place, graceful grasses can be just as efficient .
extremely
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As very few records will not be on their home tracks, this procedure is extremely efficient .
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Furthermore, they are extremely efficient .
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It would also make extremely efficient use of potentially dwindling uranium supplies.
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Amphoterics are high foaming and extremely efficient detergents but their expense tends to rule them out for all but specialist applications.
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Jim McWhir, working with Ray Ansell, devised an extremely efficient method for doing this.
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Indeed, the network of Essene houses seems to have been both widespread and extremely efficient .
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Cats are normally extremely efficient at regulating the amount of food they take in.
highly
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Culturing microorganisms offers a highly efficient means of producing high-protein food supplements for a hungry world of the future.
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They are highly efficient and especially adroit at cutting out excessive steps and cumbersome procedures.
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Though this makes many passengers change aeroplanes, it is highly efficient for the airlines themselves.
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It was unlikely that this highly efficient virus would carry any superfluous baggage.
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Law was a highly efficient , rather unimaginative, detailed administrator, given political force by a strong sense of partisan combativeness.
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They know him only as a highly efficient and exacting captain.
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These national breeding programmes are highly efficient and successful but the diversity has been lost.
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The edge and beyond. Highly efficient and visually satisfying.
less
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To protect Britain's biggest manufacturer by making it less efficient: now that should really worry the public.
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It was less efficient in practice.
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Use of n-grams requires little storage or processing but is less efficient at discriminating between acceptable and unacceptable letter strings.
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Or the child may at first become even less efficient and then show some improvement.
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Such anaerobic respiration is much quicker than aerobic respiration, but also much less efficient in terms of energy produced per unit of fuel.
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This anaerobic system is much less efficient than the primary, oxygen-using system.
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The escaping water would quickly turn to steam, it was feared, which would be much less efficient at removing heat.
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The feeding of insect-eaters is less efficient .
more
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This makes sense if and only if these committees and interfaces produce more innovation and more efficient innovation than the alternatives.
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This can make markets more efficient , and lets investors spend less time and money searching for information.
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The system functions as a turnkey management solution to service providers, making their operation more efficient and profitable.
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One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time.
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A far more efficient option is a fire which has a convector firebox to boost output.
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In the winter, reversible ceiling fans can help circulate warm air and make furnace use more efficient .
most
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The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route.
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The answer is that firms will want to use the most efficient technique because it yields the greatest profit.
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But I am not the most efficient of fell walkers; others may go up top to conquer the summits.
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It is competition which forces firms to adopt the most efficient productive techniques.
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Instead of allocating resources in the most efficient way there is a list of priorities.
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Patents and other proprietary mechanisms may prevent the use of the most efficient processes turning out the best quality products.
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In sum, it enables the body to be most able to deal with danger and to be most efficient physically.
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Buffalo is one of the most efficient grass-eating animals in the world, thus it is more economical to raise than cattle.
so
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It is so efficient and saves vast amounts of time and money.
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Text is so efficient over the Internet that it is feasible to give away this kind of service.
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These days you are so efficient that the magazine even arrives on time!
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It was all so easy in those early weeks. So efficient .
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Not so efficient at collecting clippings.
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You're so efficient it seems strange you haven't mastered the art of the dumpling.
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Cagoules and other modern waterproofs, so efficient today, had not then been invented.
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Enjoy organization that's so efficient you hardly notice it.
socially
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Since marginal private and social benefits diverge, private markets will not produce the socially efficient quantity.
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Hence a competitive market will produce a socially efficient quantity of private goods.
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Property rights thus have a distributional implication - who compensates whom - but also act to achieve the socially efficient allocation.
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Although this is the socially efficient output in the short run it is not efficient in the long run.
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The equilibrium quantity remains the socially efficient quantity.
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The market therefore does not produce a socially efficient allocation of resources.
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First, the industry survives with two firms for much longer than is socially efficient .
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E *; is the socially efficient point at which output is Q *;.
very
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She liked to think that she was very efficient in all she did.
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They are not very efficient in the way they do their business.
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Print is very efficient for the communication and imbibing of information.
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The chance of reproducing is high even if the organism is not very efficient .
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The bureaucratic style can be very efficient in a stable environment and when the organisation is of a large size.
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They therefore are also very efficient at releasing all the trapped solar-wind gases in the lunar material.
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Both types are called close packing since they are very efficient in the use of space.
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By the theory of centralization, it would be very efficient .
■ NOUN
allocation
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For the international economy it hopefully brings about a more efficient allocation of investment or financial resources.
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Property rights thus have a distributional implication - who compensates whom - but also act to achieve the socially efficient allocation .
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The basic economic argument for the market system-that it tends to provide an efficient allocation of resources-Is not easily undermined.
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I believe this to be most important if we are to have rational investment decisions and efficient allocations of resources.
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Such specialization, we saw in Chapter 3, means a more efficient allocation of resources.
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The market therefore does not produce a socially efficient allocation of resources.
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If the market does not achieve an efficient allocation of resources there is said to be market failure.
management
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Data Communications: Collection and manipulation of data on the shop floor with a view to allowing more efficient management of the industry's resources.
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The complete dominance of the control function over the planning function in the 1980s made service planning and efficient management extremely difficult.
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With efficient management , you can be one of two teams promoted at the end of the 14-game season.
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The policy confusion at the top did not preclude efficient management lower down.
manner
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In a responsive and efficient manner , they have demonstrated how to deliver good services at an affordable price.
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Once she came second among 60 contestants in a competition to find the telephone operator with the most pleasant and efficient manner .
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If you follow the guidelines below your complaint will be dealt with in the most efficient manner possible.
market
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The first is referred to as the efficient markets hypothesis.
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Yet the path to stable democracy, efficient market economy and social justice is a hard one. 5.
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This may represent an anomaly in what is otherwise an efficient market .
means
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For their sakes, and the sakes of others who follow, more efficient means of apprehending offending corporations are desirable.
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Writing is downgraded as if it is a clumsy substitute for more efficient means of preserving data and the findings or conclusions.
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Culturing microorganisms offers a highly efficient means of producing high-protein food supplements for a hungry world of the future.
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In this way society benefits from the most efficient means of producing wealth, consistent with the protection of non-aggregative social values.
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For the expert in the field, trivial names are short, convenient and an efficient means of communication.
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Fax machines have now been installed in the specialist gardens, as they represent a very cost-effective and efficient means of communicating.
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It is immediately apparent from this matrix that most of our information resources lack efficient means for exploiting those resources.
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Views differed as to whether the review procedure was also an efficient means of arriving at prescriptions for changes and motivating their implementation.
method
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Further Work Statistical processing provides a simple, efficient method for picking the correct words based on local neighbourhood.
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The public will applaud the seeming gains in excellence achieved by more efficient methods of exclusion.
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One efficient method of covering the roof is to combine twin wall Lexon Thermoclear sheeting with Twinfix aluminium structural glazing bar.
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It connoted a rational, efficient method of organization-something to take the place of the arbitrary exercise of power by authoritarian regimes.
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We would also like to establish a functional and efficient method for connecting our systems to the specialist gardens.
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Emulation within Parallel Architecture A more efficient method than computer simulations for implementing neural networks is to emulate within parallel architecture.
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Easy Project is an efficient method of planning, tracking and controlling all types of projects.
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The number of compounds is large and an efficient method must be used to store such information.
operation
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Such procedures should aim to ensure efficient operation and the provision of fresh, clean air.
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The reduction in train lengths also impedes efficient operation .
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Ffos Las continues as a well run and efficient operation , and coal input is set to climb.
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The organization is the framework on which the entire management system depends for efficient operation .
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A second has been the creation of new technologies that have altered the scale needed for efficient operation .
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Economic development programs, it was alleged, undermine the efficient operation of the market.
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First, state planning and regulation of the economy inhibit its efficient operation by distorting market forces.
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Such huge concentrations of animals offer the potential for significant cost savings through more efficient operations than are possible on smaller farms.
production
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On the other hand, more efficient production was a significant benefit to those who had been on courses.
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But, second, in the vast majority of markets, efficient production can be attained with a high degree of competition.
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The company has appointed Bob Dover as the project chief charged with bringing the car to efficient production .
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Perhaps the time had now come to change the emphasis to more efficient production .
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They felt the courses led to increased income, a reduction in stock losses, and more efficient production .
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There was a general acceptance of the need for further and continuing training with greater emphasis on efficient production as opposed to increased production.
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Intended to develop recognition and efficient production of key functional phrases, improve listening ability, and expand basic business vocabulary.
service
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All bedrooms are spacious and impeccably decorated, and the hotel's swift and efficient service is renowned.
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A friendly, efficient service aimed at getting it right first time.
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Payroll Staff have always tried to provide a friendly and efficient service .
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It is an efficient service and it causes the customer much less trouble.
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The tour will provide an insight into the modern technology used to co-ordinate an efficient service to over 200,000 customers.
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Now they are urging people to register lost and found pets to ensure an efficient service .
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They are confined to discussions of a very general nature and to providing the resources necessary for an efficient service .
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The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service .
solution
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Since individuals have different tastes, it may be that the efficient solution is for individuals of similar taste to group together.
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In this way we get closer to the efficient solution in which the marginal cost of pollution reduction is equalized across firms.
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The efficient solution is rarely to have a zero quantity of the externality.
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Whatever happens, either we obtain an efficient solution or we can deduce that there are no efficient solutions.
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Thus the efficient solutions of P2 can be expressed as and.
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However, this does not mean that P3 has no efficient solutions , as we shall see below.
system
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The clearing system , being nationwide and increasingly computerized, makes for a very efficient system of transmitting payments.
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Inventing an economically efficient system for counting and cutting emissions that encompasses the public and private sectors, is the biggest challenge.
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Without an efficient system and good professional advice, unforeseen problems can develop into major setbacks.
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A triangle is an efficient system of emotional checks and balances, allowing chil-dren to work out complicated feelings without volatile outbursts.
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Thieves could evade an efficient system by taking stolen cattle to another district for sale.
use
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It is obvious that the relatively low price of high grade primary aggregates discourages efficient use of available resources and increases wastage.
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Such rigidity and unresponsiveness make the efficient use of productive resources unlikely.
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The extent to which the momentum towards more efficient use of energy for heat had slackened since 1985 had surprised them.
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An equally efficient use of resource.
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Does the library education programme result in an increase in, or more efficient use of, the library?
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This makes efficient use of electricity and provides more light.
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The alternative of using a fully trained adviser as receptionist would probably not be considered an efficient use of staff.
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An efficient stock market is therefore necessary to ensure an efficient use of capital.
way
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What is the most cost-effective and efficient way of achieving those ends remains to be decided after proper examination.
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But, given that we already have the separated material, civilian reactors provide an efficient way of permanent disposal.
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This is quite enough to lose, and it is the most efficient way to control weight loss.
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This obviously is not an especially efficient way to promote capital formation.
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There must be a clean and efficient way of disposing of the ash.
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The most efficient way to heat a house is to give each register its own supply duct directly off the trunk lines.
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Along the link there also flows a realisation that there are more efficient ways to run a country.
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Screening by income criteria alone is not an efficient way of discovering nutritional risk.
ways
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Along the link there also flows a realisation that there are more efficient ways to run a country.
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Both are more efficient ways for subscribers to download and upload more and larger files, thus increasing network usage.
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Economy in bits can be achieved by using more efficient ways to represent data.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Mrs Tidy/Mrs Efficient/Mrs Nosy etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an energy efficient heating system
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For a successful business, friendly and efficient staff are essential.
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Modern houses are much more energy efficient
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My new computer's much faster and more efficient than the old one was.
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Service at the restaurant is efficient and friendly.
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The doctor was cheerful and efficient , which immediately made me feel more relaxed.
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The passport office seems very efficient - I got a new passport in just 48 hours.
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This is the most efficient and economical washing machine on the market.
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We need more efficient methods of transporting goods.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Government rules now require car companies to design and produce cars with increasingly efficient engines.
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If you are already using Ventura then these changes will all make your work more efficient and easy.
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In its draft version the report declares that market forces alone will not ensure more efficient use of energy.
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It is so efficient and saves vast amounts of time and money.
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Or the child may at first become even less efficient and then show some improvement.
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Organisationally, the working of both payroll and personnel records has been very useful in providing an efficient administrative service.
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They point out that bottom-up statistical methods are efficient from a computational point of view, but exhibit poor error correcting capabilities.
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Thus, an efficient managerial labour market would be enough.