noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gain an insight (into sth) (= get a chance to understand more about something )
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You can gain an insight into horses’ feelings by the physical signs they give out.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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clear
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Yet no photograph can give a clear and straight forward insight into the past.
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Then... he attained clear insight and saw what was Unique.
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Those Volunteers for whom the experience was most meaningful were those who acquired clear insights into the problems confronting a developing society.
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The only alternative is to turn to the chapter itself and skim the pages for a clearer insight .
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But does such an analysis of concepts enable us to gain a clearer insight into the meaning of existential propositions?
deep
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A deeper insight into this has been suggested by Professor Denis Lawton.
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But on taking up his position, he is immediately assumed to be gifted with deep insights .
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So are there other sources of evidence that can offer deeper insights ?
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But his deeper insights , spiritual and psychological, were still vital.
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The results will provide deeper insight into the impact of external constraints and competing functional goals upon the firm's marketing effectiveness.
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He was sure there were newer techniques, all much smarter and written up in books with deep psychological insights .
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His unbeatable skills in the ring and his deep insights into the historical forces shaping his era make him unique.
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There are many mysteries to be unravelled and many deep insights yet to be gained.
fascinating
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The inviolable Gedge formed character traits as a child that give a fascinating insight into his later life.
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Irrespective of their original function, these historical documents now provide us with many fascinating insights into the way we were.
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A visitor centre provides a fascinating insight into this traditional farming method.
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Nevertheless, it does contain much revealing information about operatic fees and fascinating insights into the negotiations that surrounded them.
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A special collection of local memorabilia offer a fascinating insight into Nottingham's industrial heritage.
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It offers fascinating insight into the history of machine as well as hand made lace.
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All in all, it is a most fascinating outsider's insight into our industrial history.
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The world's only Museum of Mazes gives a fascinating insight into their 5000 year history.
fresh
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In such a situation, further collection of data may be pointless in the absence of any fresh conceptual insight .
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They supply fresh insights , infuse you with energy and give up the window seat without complaint.
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It is a remarkable document which gives us a fresh and immediate insight into Marcel Duchamp's mind.
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More lay inspectors, drawn from other professions and from the general public, will bring fresh insights into service improvement.
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She looked at Martha with a fresh insight , noting the drabness of her clothes and the downward droop of her lips!
great
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In this way a greater insight into the ways in which population size and structure change may be gained.
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How might you decide which approach provides the greatest insight into the politics of a particular political system?
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In other words, children who were poor readers seemed to have greater insight into likely difficulties for other readers.
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Primitive, yes, but with great insight , great depth.
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He had a real love of children's work and a great sensitivity and insight into its many different qualities.
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The third of these great insights of Galileo was a beginning of an understanding of conservation of energy.
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The method thus supplies greater transparency and insight and leads to a unified approach offering progress along a wide front.
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Abram exhibits great sensitivity and insight into the essential reciprocity between our human senses and the sensuous earth.
important
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What are the most important insights you have gained?
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Mrs Neil tells me she thinks I have arrived at an important insight .
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In connection with the depiction of home makers as competent and decisive, the reader is offered two important insights here.
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Morris' important insight is that issues do count.
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It is an immensely readable book, yet it treats its important subject with insight and responsibility.
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With this simple but important insight , they had an idea.
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The family interaction that takes place provides important insights into family functioning.
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Nevertheless, a review of both systems provides important insights into the problems associated with budgetary reform.
interesting
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The lecture lasted for 45 minutes and provided an interesting and amusing insight into the world of international rugby.
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But the fullness of the material makes possible qualitative study with particularly interesting insights into popular opinions and activities.
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There is some hammy acting, but the film gives an interesting insight into the gangster scene of the Sixties.
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An interesting insight into her approach is provided by a chalk drawing on blue hand-made paper dating from 1919.
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Comparing dinosaurs with birds provides interesting insights .
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It is accepted that such a perspective affords interesting and novel insights into conflicts of interest.
new
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You learn as you give, gaining new insight into the lives and needs of poor communities.
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Out of this new insight has come a radically improved understanding of how alcohol and caffeine work.
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Detailed work in recent years has given us new insights into how nineteenth-century towns developed.
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Fortunately, some scientists saw them as posing tractable scientific questions and offering new insights .
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This leaves the possibility open of finding new insights into deixis perse as well as into its behaviour within a particular discourse.
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I want them to understand that living through struggles can help a person discover new insights and new strengths.
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The disciplines are always on the move, generating new meanings and insights .
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They have found, from the study of other planets, new insights into the nature and governing laws of worlds.
profound
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But they will be remembered for their profound creative insight and as the people who restored the mill as a vibrant life-force.
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But life is not all clear, and the most profound insights in this life and the world are not clear propositions.
psychological
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The Barthelmes recount in vivid detail and with good psychological insight the trauma of coping with that dual loss.
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He was sure there were newer techniques, all much smarter and written up in books with deep psychological insights .
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And there's enough psychological insight to give the characters three dimensions.
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As evidenced by the above, she has no psychological insight .
real
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Daily feeding displays, talks and demonstrations provide a chance to gain a real insight into this marvellous underwater world.
special
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We can all do this - it does not require any special insights .
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For this effect to occur, the care giver attending a laboring woman needs special skills and insights .
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But on nearly all occasions the answers have actually seemed to me not to require any special insight into unique cultural peculiarities.
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You can not expect every special word or insight to take hold in the organization.
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It requires special gifts of insight and patience to move from a mono-cultural to a cross-cultural perspective.
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A man needed special experience and insight to work true meanings out of certain murky remarks.
useful
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The questionnaire turned up some other useful insights - some predictable, several less so.
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Even where a general model is not available, however, study of special cases can still yield useful insights .
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Although Maslow offers us useful insights into individual psychology, his theory is open to a number of criticisms: 1.
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Some skepticism from Summerlee not withstanding, the station has already yielded useful insights .
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Nevertheless, useful insights have been offered by such workers as Anderson, Hegarty and Hodgson.
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Yet I was forced to admit no very useful insight emerged.
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Such evidence provides useful insights into the site's morphological development, both inside and outside the central core.
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Given its market knowledge, Price Waterhouse was able to provide a useful insight into each supplier.
valuable
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An up-front market study can provide valuable insights and provide sharper focus for the subsequent search.
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They offer valuable insights into what can be expected from an orchestra dealing with fewer dollars.
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Second, the handling of humour in the book provides valuable insights .
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Working independently, J. Havelock Fidler came up with original and valuable insights into the operation of earth energy.
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If we recognize this possibility we may gain much valuable insight into the complex forces acting in the real world.
■ VERB
bring
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In future, the main reason for financial firms to band together may be that lunching brings them vital extra insights .
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Clairvoyant Stephanie Stevens brings her supernatural insights to Borders Books.
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More lay inspectors, drawn from other professions and from the general public, will bring fresh insights into service improvement.
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Then they speak out of the silence bringing their insights to the person.
develop
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In developing the Kantian insight along Rawlsian lines, several points must be borne in mind.
gain
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You learn as you give, gaining new insight into the lives and needs of poor communities.
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She may talk with attorneys and other observers during the breaks to gain further insights .
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In this way, he gained a lot of insight into the psychological make-up of different sheep in his flock.
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We also felt that they might gain some insight into why it is they are so often in trouble with us.
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To visit them is to gain an insight into what many of our own wetlands must have been like.
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The trust wants to gain an insight into the county's butterfly population.
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Its modest size appeals to visitors who gain an unusual insight into the domestic life of the house.
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One way to gain insight into these issues is to view them through the work of some of the main protagonists.
give
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One collection of such gives insight into the literal way spiritual truths were inculcated.
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This will give you insight into your writing strengths and weaknesses so that you need less editing help the next time around.
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However, the interviews included in the report give an insight into how decisions are made.
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His job of monitoring the movements of all units gave him an excellent insight into the difficulty.
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You learn as you give , gaining new insight into the lives and needs of poor communities.
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It gave an accurate insight into what the crew valued.
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But this incident gave me an insight into Dana's mind.
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This impetus, in turn, gives social theory new insights into how individual selves negotiate larger social structures.
offer
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In connection with the depiction of home makers as competent and decisive, the reader is offered two important insights here.
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Morris was offering insight on his pitching, his team and throwing in a few one-liners.
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All these satellite systems offer an insight in near real time.
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Perhaps a personal note can offer some insight .
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There are three intellectual positions that offer insight into this problem.
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The wide range of responses offers further insight .
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And although this research is industry-specific, the hope is that it offers insights and design lessons applicable in many areas.
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And it may also offer insight into other brain disorders such as epilepsy.
provide
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In so doing, they should provide insight into the way these processes work.
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Such calculations also provide an insight into particle physics.
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An up-front market study can provide valuable insights and provide sharper focus for the subsequent search.
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An examination of some of the reasons may provide an insight into the sources of a modern Prime Minister's power.
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A visitor centre provides a fascinating insight into this traditional farming method.
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Subsequently the highly rated manager develops creative solutions and provides new insights into problems.
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This capability provides even greater insight into the structural significance of anomalies and trends than conventional image-based systems do.
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The displays provide a vivid insight into the way the castle grew in response to new developments in contemporary warfare.
share
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The two approaches, he claims, share the same essential insight but use it to tackle different questions.
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In Chapter 8, they share their insights about the resources on which they relied.
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We will want to give adequate time to them to share their experiences and insights .
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Hardware hackers typically share their insights at special-interest Web sites.
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For sonic strange reason management did not share our insight .
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He shares insights on his favorite hikes, scenic lookouts, secret beaches, helicopter and boat tours.
yield
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Work with other organisms should yield some insight into the likely outcome.
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Such an examination can yield further insights into how gender informs self-constituting and meaning-producing activity 7.
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The focus on performance and work yielded additional insights about specific behavior and skill changes.
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Even where a general model is not available, however, study of special cases can still yield useful insights .
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Some skepticism from Summerlee not withstanding, the station has already yielded useful insights .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flash of inspiration/brilliance/insight/anger etc
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He is some one who feeds off flashes of insight, like bolts of lightning from a clear blue sky.
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Mario Bennett, another first-round pick last summer, also showed flashes of brilliance after returning from knee surgery.
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One who'd probably mowed the nurses down in his student days, too, she thought with a flash of insight.
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There was no momentary flash of inspiration; it was typical of Laura's talent to turn a disadvantage into an advantage.
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There were flashes of brilliance from Michael Hordern and Kelly Hunter but generally the acting lacked sparkle.
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With a flash of insight, she imagined Guy's jilted fiancée had received a timely escape.
gain an understanding/insight/impression etc
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By analysing simple situations, with essential features in common, we can gain insight into the behaviour of these complicated beams.
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It is difficult to see how avoiding teaching about what is distinctive of religion can help people gain an understanding of it!
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One way to gain insight into these issues is to view them through the work of some of the main protagonists.
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Pupils use drama to gain insights into moral and social issues in works of literature.
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Self-assessment Building self-esteem is about appreciating strengths and developing them as much as it is about gaining an understanding of weaknesses.
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The trust wants to gain an insight into the county's butterfly population.
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This guidance helped them gain insight into the characteristics that inhibited their own ability to persist and to complete schoolwork.
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To visit them is to gain an insight into what many of our own wetlands must have been like.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Crick soon established himself as a scientist of great insight and creativity.
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We help troubled teenagers gain some insight into their own problems.