adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a factual error (= which includes a fact that is wrong )
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The article contains many factual errors.
factual data
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It’s difficult to collect factual data on these insects.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
accuracy
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The publisher will require the client to complete an enquiry form soas to be satisfied as to the factual accuracy of the advertisement.
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The thing I liked best about Teravainen was that he was consumed with factual accuracy .
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Checking the factual accuracy of the new social security information items proved to be a greater obstacle than usual.
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I will seek confirmation from both parties as to the factual accuracy of any such memorandum.
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The more deep-seated problem is not factual accuracy but the writer's perspective on his subject.
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The report has been with the department's accountants for more than three weeks as they check its factual accuracy .
basis
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Of interest is not so much their dubious factual basis as their plausibility.
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Such vague propositions need to rest on some testable factual basis .
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Whether this statement rests on a factual basis or is simply a reasonable hypothesis it is once again impossible to tell.
data
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The problem is no longer to provide the company with updated factual data .
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Are they helpful in learning and retaining factual data , while at the same time promoting interest and imagination?
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Phenomenologists believe that it is impossible to produce factual data and it is therefore impossible to produce and check causal explanations.
detail
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History books have their main ideas, supporting evidence and factual details arranged in a particular manner.
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But he was also interested in the substantial factual detail of astronomy, anatomy, and the physics of motion.
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The result is that, chapter after chapter, there are errors ranging from factual detail to total distortion through drastic editing.
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It means getting factual details , but more importantly, understanding the client's aims and aspirations.
error
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Injury to official reputation affords no more warrant for repressing speech that would otherwise be free than does factual error .
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There are some typographical and factual errors but these are minor blemishes.
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The review is filled with inconsistencies and factual errors .
evidence
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This is where we need to turn to the factual evidence .
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There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.
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What is required is a fair balance and as much factual evidence as possible.
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Regarding recruitment of staff, there is little factual evidence available to substantiate the claim either way.
information
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However it can be used when the buyer is clearly seeking factual information .
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They serve as role models and sources of factual information for other teens.
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The approach to course design emphasises the development of understanding of key ideas rather than extensive memorisation of detailed factual information .
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Many respondents criticized campus police for not disclosing enough factual information about the racial events, fueling rumors and speculation.
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They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information , they want to get it right.
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Yes, you memorized all types of lists and pieces of factual information with regard to, say, the physical sciences.
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In historical writing you may need a great deal of factual information to support your argument or opinion.
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Use the written word when possible, particularly for factual information of times, prices, dates, sizes and explicit details.
knowledge
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This requires more than factual knowledge .
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They need to provide the factual knowledge and the reasoning skills that a rational mind requires.
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Motivation is heightened, factual knowledge increased, and opinions may be modified.
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Every essay must have a solid foundation of factual knowledge .
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But practice can mean going through the motions just as much as accumulating factual knowledge .
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In their undergraduate years they are drilled in factual knowledge and scientific method, and rarely see patients outside hospital buildings.
material
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Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.
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Generally speaking, a document which presents factual material in volume and with precision encourages the reader to believe in its reliability.
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Where policy has to be settled over such matters as public health or education, statistical and factual material is needed.
statement
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Of course, some people would argue that the truth of factual statements can only be established inductively from particular experiences.
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These factual statements also form the basis for future communications about whatever action you choose to take.
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But what of attitude with belief, and ethical with factual statement ?
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It sounds promising to say that these sentences stand to wonderings and wishes very much as factual statements stand to beliefs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For this reason, use short paragraphs and direct, factual sentences.
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History books have their main ideas, supporting evidence and factual details arranged in a particular manner.
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Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years.
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Neither of these approaches necessitate the drawing of precise lines between legal and factual questions.
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The original part consists of a string of factual claims, many of which are quarter-truths or plain wrong.
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The questions had, for the most part, been slanted to the factual points about where people were on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
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There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.
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This complex and imperfect achievement did not result automatically or easily from dispassionate moral or factual analysis.