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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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development
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Compared with sequential use of single drugs, which is current policy, combinations will thus impede the development of resistance substantially.
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This review is intended to serve essentially as a background to how science and technology can impede or promote development .
flow
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This needs to be coupled with a physical form which does not easily clog and impede water flow .
progress
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And since acquisition depends on communication, your deliberate delivery will impede your progress in learning the language as well.
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He had no torch, but darkness did not impede his progress .
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If Nature herself sought to impede her progress , then resistance was mere pride and folly.
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Previously, the shoe had only been tied on and this greatly impeded the animal's progress .
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Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In fact, the use of these drugs may even impede the patient's recovery.
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Progress has been impeded by a number of economic factors.
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Rescue attempts were impeded by the storm.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If Nature herself sought to impede her progress, then resistance was mere pride and folly.
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In 1965 members of parliament regretted that the separation of children into different types of secondary schools impeded the raising of standards.
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This review is intended to serve essentially as a background to how science and technology can impede or promote development.
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Three would involve complex skeletal and muscular problems tending to impede rather than improve mobility.
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To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties.
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Widespread wage reductions were imposed during the recession of 1906-9 and price inflation thereafter impeded the recovery of real wage levels.