adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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But they regarded the simple wartime orientation of the neutralisation regime as insufficient in the post-Second-World-War era.
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Industry bodies have dismissed what has so far emerged as insufficient .
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Any increases in spending on education were seen as insufficient by staff and students alike at major universities.
■ NOUN
attention
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However, most of these methods paid insufficient attention to the highly complex nature of landscape values, while overemphasizing scenic attractiveness.
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Pena was roundly criticized by senators who lectured him about public grandstanding and insufficient attention to safety concerns.
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The failing of the more usual critique lies in its insufficient attention to empirical practice.
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The underlying cultural patterns anthropologists seek means the implications offered by changing historical circumstances are given insufficient attention .
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There is insufficient attention paid to the analytical problems to be addressed in biochemistry.
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Certainly, insufficient attention is often paid to concepts of choice, self-expression and self-help.
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The trouble with our system is that we overdo the disqualification and pay insufficient attention to requalification.
data
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Government scientists may be forced to declare that they have insufficient data to justify recommending commercial production.
evidence
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Unfortunately the true picture will never be established, for insufficient evidence survives.
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They will help us explain the prosecutor 5 zeal to accuse on insufficient evidence .
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There was insufficient evidence to identify a patron.
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A subsequent grand jury said there was insufficient evidence of misconduct.
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The two agents were arrested in May 1990, but were released a few days later on grounds of insufficient evidence .
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But Weisberg said there was insufficient evidence to back that claim in the Menendez case.
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There is clearly insufficient evidence for the most serious charges.
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Furthermore a higher proportion of blacks were acquitted after trial, which again suggests insufficient evidence .
funds
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Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this.
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It was returned for insufficient funds , according to the suit.
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Essentially those institutions with surplus funds lend to those with insufficient funds to meet their requirements.
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The accused drew by cheque card on a bank balance which had insufficient funds to meet the sum.
information
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It gives insufficient information about the reasons for its decisions.
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For one, with so little time in the field, there was insufficient information about routine operations.
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There may be insufficient information , in which case the conclusion is exactly that.
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It could be that insufficient information was available upon which to make a correct decision.
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However there is insufficient information present in script for unambiguous identification of characters and words.
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Changes will be deferred if there is insufficient information available to make a decision.
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Where there is insufficient information supplied about a proposed assignee for a proper decision to be made on the question of consent.
time
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Unfortunately this does not always happen and when it does there is often insufficient time given to such training.
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Simply expressed, they have insufficient time , inadequate resources, not enough basic interest and, crucially, other priorities.
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For this reason, machine-cut trial trenches are most commonly used on sites where there is insufficient time for more careful methods.
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The average stay is two years and this is considered insufficient time to master the workings of a complex government department.
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For most this left insufficient time to build any significant pensions.
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It is better to report that you had insufficient time to collect certain data than to produce half baked results.
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Equally, the estimator may have insufficient time or resources to provide a breakdown of the estimate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an insufficient source of water
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The bank charged me for having insufficient funds in my account.
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The data we have is insufficient to draw any conclusions.
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There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.