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an investigative/investigating commission
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An investigative commission was set up immediately after the incident.
investigate a claim
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Detectives are investigating claims that the two officials took bribes.
investigate a complaint
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The dog was rescued after officials investigated a complaint of neglect.
investigate a murder
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The police are investigating the murder of a homeless man.
investigate allegations
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A committee will investigate allegations of racial discrimination.
investigate the cause
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Police are still investigating the cause of the fire.
investigate the matter (= try to find out the truth about something )
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The police said they were investigating the matter.
investigate the origin of sth (= try to find out where, when etc something began to exist )
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researchers investigating the origin of AIDS
the police investigate sth
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Sussex Police are investigating a break-in at the club.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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A consultative committee could also investigate the quality of the buses.
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Ishmael, consequently, also investigates the antithetical approach, the method of pure subjective perception.
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In addition we have also investigated the involvement of platelet activating factor in the endothelin induced fibrinolytic activation.
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Many inspectors also investigate construction or alterations being done without proper permits.
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The relationship of these metals with other elements in the colloidal fraction is also investigated .
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The Army is also investigating scores of charges at other Army posts.
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The study also investigates the use of novel research methodology, including the use of identical twins, and new instrumentation.
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The association between gastric histopathology and Helicobacter pylori was also investigated .
further
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It further investigates the impact of these changes on management culture and employee relations in a number of privatized companies.
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Mortality appears to be higher, though officials are reluctant to put a number to it until they investigate further .
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This in turn compelled me to further investigate the fascinating world of rocky shores.
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After tying it to the mizzen-mast, he did not investigate further .
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Before she could investigate further , her own dim worm fired a warning shot.
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To investigate further the link between planning and language a computer model will be implemented.
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If the pain gets any worse, see your doctor in case it needs to be investigated further .
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It is time to investigate further .
how
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A government commission is now investigating how these billions were made.
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Center president Robert Freedman said he and his staff are investigating how to do that.
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Film evidence can be extremely useful in investigating how the media both influence and reflect contemporary events and opinion.
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Always investigate how a company spells its name, either by calling or by looking at its stationery.
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Now they're investigating how the rave was organised.
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Prison officials are investigating how he managed to escape from the maximum-security facility.
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It will investigate how such children do attempt to communicate, and the problems that this creates for parents.
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It is up to you to investigate how the drugs you are taking may be affecting your sleep.
thoroughly
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AltaVista thoroughly investigated finding another supplier to provide a free Internet access service.
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Most importantly he needs to make sure past abuses and present intimidation manoeuvres are thoroughly investigated , and those responsible punished.
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After thoroughly investigating their backgrounds and their political beliefs, he had approached them one by one.
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It is understood that the police thoroughly investigated the shooting at Tully-West within the limitations imposed on them.
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At the time, the story was not investigated thoroughly and Craxi and Martelli were able to brush it aside.
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ALCOHOL/DRUGS/SUICIDE Claims involving alcoholism, drugs and suicide must be investigated thoroughly .
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abuse
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It also calls for more funding and civilian staff to aid in monitoring and investigating abuses .
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The drumbeat for an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in campaign financing will almost certainly escalate.
activity
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Squad has been investigating her activities in Northern Ireland.
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As well as investigating the activities of individual authorities, it publishes papers which compare practice and offer suggestions for improvement.
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I often travelled abroad with him as his driver when he investigated the activities of our revolutionary emigres.
affair
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The Federation are investigating the Daum drugs affair .
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After investigating Rizvi's affairs , police claimed they had uncovered evidence that underworld money had financed his mercurial film career.
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Also in May the police were called in to investigate the affairs of the club.
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He rewrote his original report for Viktor Rakovsky, incorporating the results of investigating the affair .
allegation
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To investigate allegations of offences against trading standards legislation.
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Milosevic promised the students he would investigate their allegations and punish any officials found responsible for electoral fraud.
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On July 4, 1990, the Lightman report investigating the allegations was published.
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The agency monitors police activities and investigates allegations of cop misconduct.
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The regional attorney general's office is investigating corruption allegations against the university's former rector that involve millions of dollars.
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Its chairman and company secretary are being questioned by police investigating allegations of fraud.
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They're investigating allegations of interference with witnesses and tampering with evidence in a forthcoming trial.
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Earlier, he had complained that he lacked the resources to investigate all the allegations of corruption against government officials.
area
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For science, students drew maps of the nearby river, studied its ecosystem, and investigated animals in the area .
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Alex, however, subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas .
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We decided to investigate this area with a purely elderly group of patients.
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The firm's main work was producing components for aircraft but my job was to investigate new product areas for the company.
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The two say they will also investigate areas of co-operation on future-generation storage products.
authority
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But her family have now lodged a formal complaint with the Police Complaints Authority which is to investigate .
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The bureau can obtain authority for wiretaps to investigate gun and explosives violations but not threats against its own agents.
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The increase in multiple myeloma was reported by the health authority and is being investigated . 3.
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That same year, authorities investigated five attacks on sea lions in San Diego Bay.
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Many more have been beaten by police, but there have been few attempts by the authorities to investigate .
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The officials were being held under house arrest while authorities investigate .
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But the National Rivers Authority , which has investigated the site, says there's nothing to fear.
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Alex, however, subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas.
case
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The Stock Exchange is investigating both cases .
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The agency declined to release the results of its own tests of the product and said it is still investigating the case .
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It is up to Jim and Bess Hunt to investigate the case .
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A University committee charged to investigate the case of the young lecturer determined that there had been no administrative malpractice.
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Police are still investigating the case , the bank official said.
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Detectives investigating the case went to the Pryse-Jones' former home in Haverhill.
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West Yorkshire police confirmed they would be investigating the case .
cause
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In investigating the causes of absenteeism from work, for example, researchers have found different contributory factors.
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Firemen were still investigating the cause yesterday of the fire at Mossa Grange Farm in Yafforth.
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We therefore investigated the causes of this complication.
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Almost certainly under Westminster pressure, O'Neill announced the Cameron Commission to investigate the causes of the disturbances.
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Mrs Aquino, we are investigating the cause of death of Inday Rodriguez.
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Police believe the body may have been in the field for several weeks and they're still investigating the cause of death.
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Surrey police are investigating the cause .
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It held up tram traffic for several hours, while the police investigated the cause .
claim
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Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use.
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The state is still investigating the Trelows' claims .
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Insurance companies started hiring him to find stolen goods and investigate false claims .
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Arsenal Football Club are investigating Mr Levi's claims .
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Dozens of scientific studies investigated the claims .
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Read in studio A hospital is investigating a woman's claim that a botched operation led to her suffering months of pain.
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He says the World Bank could not have investigated his claims thoroughly in only six weeks and is covering up.
commission
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A government commission is now investigating how these billions were made.
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres has since apologized and assembled a special commission to investigate the blood issue.
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Lord Young felt less able to help increase foreign shareholding limits since the commission was investigating Rolls Royce's foreign shareholding arrangements.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission also is investigating the situation, Sunrise said.
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The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination.
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The National Human Rights Commission said it is investigating the murder.
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The University of Geneva appointed an international commission to investigate their work, which met in August 1983.
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Suppose you sat on the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and were investigating this monopolist.
committee
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A consultative committee could also investigate the quality of the buses.
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The Joint Committee investigating the scandal cleared my name.
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Alice was for ever serving on community and social committees that investigated , planned, organized and gave functions.
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A University committee charged to investigate the case of the young lecturer determined that there had been no administrative malpractice.
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In 1640, parliament, with the agreement of Charles I, appointed a committee to investigate complaints against clergy.
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The committee Jim formed to investigate the relationship recommended that he drop the idea.
complaint
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This will provide an opportunity for investigating the complaints and remedying any flaws before the trial.
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McGehee advocates the creation of an independent Office of Ethics Counsel to interpret the rules, investigate complaints and recommend sanctions.
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How do social workers go about investigating these complaints , and what leads them towards deciding that a child has been abused?
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The Wage and Hour Division investigates complaints .
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Trading standards officers investigated the couple after complaints from a computer engineer who bought their products at a sale in Lyneham.
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Do you genuinely and sincerely investigate customer complaints and try to eradicate the causes?
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Also new is the provision for a Conveyancing Ombudsman to investigate complaints against lenders doing conveyancing.
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In 1640, parliament, with the agreement of Charles I, appointed a committee to investigate complaints against clergy.
counsel
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The drumbeat for an appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged abuses in campaign financing will almost certainly escalate.
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The statute gives the independent counsel the opportunity to investigate anything that is perceived to be criminal.
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It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.
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Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have joined in the call for an independent counsel to investigate campaign fund raising.
crime
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Police investigating the crimes are themselves primary targets.
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Although the fiscal does not collect information or investigate the crime he is entitled to intervene and direct himself police investigations.
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To a lesser extent, his duties include patrolling and investigating crime in the unincorporated areas of a mostly urban county.
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Sam Bass, who specializes in investigating crimes against people with mental disabilities.
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It is now up to those charged with the duty of investigating alleged crimes to do so.
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Joe Gentile of the Metropolitan Police Department said that police investigate diplomatic crime fully, and they do issue citations to diplomats.
death
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Read in studio A senior police officer has been criticised for the way he investigated the death of a student.
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Officials were investigating whether two other deaths were related.
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You didn't mention that kind of thing to a detective investigating the death of a fellow club-member's wife.
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Laura has investigated his death thoroughly, looking at the coroners report and police statements.
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Mrs Aquino, we are investigating the cause of death of Inday Rodriguez.
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Police believe the body may have been in the field for several weeks and they're still investigating the cause of death .
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Police say they are still investigating Jason's death , but the McGowans lack any confidence in them.
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Read in studio Police investigating the death of a man in a house fire have now ruled out murder.
department
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Will my right hon. Friend consider extending the inquiry of Leicestershire social services department to investigate departments throughout the country?
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Two Republican leaders asked the Justice Department to investigate the incident.
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The council's Conservation Officer interested his colleagues in the Architect's Department in investigating possible residential use of the building.
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The Justice Department likewise is investigating .
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They are now considering legal action and the Department of Health is investigating their case.
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She decided this month not to seek the outside inquiry and instead formed a Justice Department task force to investigate the allegations.
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Fife Symington vetoed a bill that would have given the Insurance Department the power to investigate and fine managed-care plans.
detective
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You didn't mention that kind of thing to a detective investigating the death of a fellow club-member's wife.
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Now, detectives are investigating the possibility that a fourth woman may have been slain by the retired Army sergeant.
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Almost a hundred people telephoned offering help to detectives investigating the stabbing of Richard Miles.
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Homicide detectives are investigating the case.
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Two other people, a man and a woman, have already been arrested by detectives investigating the case.
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But detectives investigating her death believe she invented the story just to get the gun to take her own life.
incident
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Police said they were investigating the incident as a petrol bombing.
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Cooper and Santos emphasized that their job was not to investigate specific incidents but to listen and offer suggestions.
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Steps were immediately taken to recover the diplomatic mail and to investigate the incident .
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Police are investigating the incident at Allistragh on the Moy Road.
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Police are now investigating the incident .
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Mr Jones suggested that Physic News magazine should be approached with a view to investigating the incidents and perhaps providing a satisfactory answer.
issue
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He chooses to investigate the big issues .
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres has since apologized and assembled a special commission to investigate the blood issue .
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At Level One students will work as individuals or in small groups to select and investigate a Contemporary Issue .
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When historians and anthropologists first began to investigate the issue of pre-patriarchal cultures they made two assumptions.
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He set up an improvement team to investigate the whole issue of stores requisitions.
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This study, which extends previous work by the research team, investigates these issues in two stages.
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We shall investigate some of these issues in the course of this book, particularly in Chapters 6 and 7.
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Alternatively, pupils could be encouraged to investigate a fundamental issue of belief underlying the Catholic response to the above key questions.
matter
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We shall continue to ask lime to investigate this matter .
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I have known Mycroft to investigate suchlike matters , but only on behalf of the government.
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A Crown lawyer said the offences came to light when the youngsters were interviewed by police investigating other matters .
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Cheap politics is no way to investigate the matter .
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She said the Justice Department is investigating the matter itself.
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I should be grateful if you would investigate this as a matter of importance and urgency and let me know your findings.
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In the meantime he would investigate the matter so he could report his findings to appropriate officials back home.
murder
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David Blakey led a team focusing on the ability to investigate murder , and Dan Crompton reviewed the attitude to race issues.
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Now, Doctor Illingworth, I am never too busy to investigate a murder .
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Police investigating the murder of a pensioner have begun interviewing shoppers in an attempt to catch his killer.
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The National Human Rights Commission said it is investigating the murder .
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I've been investigating a series of murders in London.
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Officers investigating the murder say they've had more than a hundred calls from the public offering information.
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They've got the manpower and the facilities to investigate murder , Jett.
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Gilliane Queripel, 33, was arrested on Thursday by officers investigating the murder of Stacey Queripel.
officer
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In one of the worst nights on record, officers were called to investigate 20 separate thefts from cars.
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When things go wrong, the officers usually do the investigating and the enlisted men usually take the blame.
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A team of 18 Met officers is investigating every police interaction with the Lindos over eight years.
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Trading standards officers investigated the couple after complaints from a computer engineer who bought their products at a sale in Lyneham.
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More sinister are the deaths in suspicious circumstances of two army officers who were investigating the rhino horn trade.
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Mr Howell says he is asking the chief education officer to investigate the matter urgently.
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The force confirmed allegations against police officers were also being investigated after a newspaper claimed four officers were being quizzed.
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Gilliane Queripel, 33, was arrested on Thursday by officers investigating the murder of Stacey Queripel.
official
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Genomecenter officials investigated , and found that Hughes was using government resources to perform genetic studies on test-tube embryos.
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Prison officials are investigating how he managed to escape from the maximum-security facility.
police
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But the police were still investigating , and Brown told Hicks not to leave town.
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A police spokesman said Sunday night that no charges have been placed and that police were still investigating .
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The official was fired on July 18. Police are still investigating the case, the bank official said.
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Police probe mill blaze POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire which badly damaged a large mill last night.
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Burnt out: Police are investigating a car found burnt out near Ripon.
possibility
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This project investigates the possibilities for economic development which were open to this group.
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Now, detectives are investigating the possibility that a fourth woman may have been slain by the retired Army sergeant.
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We must now investigate all possibilities for assisting women in need.
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Police are now investigating the possibility Spiro even slaughtered his family while high on drugs.
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These questions are then taken by each of the site groups and used to investigate new possibilities .
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Accidents still occur, and indeed, are furthered by those investigating new possibilities .
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This research aims to investigate the possibility of obtaining information for decision-makers that is more sensitive to people's health needs.
problem
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This project therefore investigates the problems associated with integrated approaches to environmental design.
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The second audience is equally important as a justification for investigating the problem .
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Northumberland County Council has vowed to investigate the problem , which is blamed on the county's peripheral position in the country.
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The research will investigate the problems people have in using experimental machines in building societies.
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Please would you investigate this problem and let me know what action you take to resolve it.
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Why don't they investigate our problems ?
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Many of the methods developed in that study will be used to investigate the more specific problem of investment decisions making.
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This study investigates the frequent problems which arise when school age children become ill.
project
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This project therefore investigates the problems associated with integrated approaches to environmental design.
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A three year programme of four linked projects will investigate small services sector firms in five types of local economy in Britain.
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This project aims to investigate the impact the new legislation has had.
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This research project will investigate the emphasis on efficiency and effectiveness, specifically the contribution made by developments in accountable management.
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This ESRC-sponsored project was designed to investigate these claims.
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This project will investigate all 74 cases together with a series of long term detention case under the 1964 Act.
prosecutor
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Rafael Cesario, a state prosecutor who investigated the bicheiros for a decade, linked them to 40 murders.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Castle Grande was part of a conspiracy to defraud Madison.
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The couple appealed to provincial prosecutors to investigate .
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They are the primary target of a special prosecutor investigating a long-ago Whitewater business deal that went sour.
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Before the pardon was granted, federal prosecutors began investigating new allegations of money laundering and tax evasion.
relationship
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It is proposed to investigate these relationships in historical context applying comparative and quantitative methods.
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The committee Jim formed to investigate the relationship recommended that he drop the idea.
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Desmond Morris and Sarah Kennedy tour Britain investigating our relationships with animals, wild and domestic.
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To provide a research base for investigating the relationship between various levels of nutritional status and health consequences.
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This study was designed to investigate further the relationship between inflammation and fluid transport in the small intestine of the rat.
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The first is a comparative study of wool textile organisations, investigating the relationship between career development, innovation and company performance.
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Before concluding the development of this framework, we should investigate the relationship between the constraints.
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There are different ways to control for a third factor when investigating a relationship between two variables.
research
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The research investigates the consequences of some specific relaxations of these assumptions that are of practical relevance to economic time series analysis.
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The research investigates the reasons why companies have introduced Quality Circles and evaluates their benefits and shortcomings.
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This research investigates folk conceptions of logical ability and contrasts these with the positions adopted by psychologists, anthropologists, and others.
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This study, which extends previous work by the research team, investigates these issues in two stages.
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This research aims to investigate the possibility of obtaining information for decision-makers that is more sensitive to people's health needs.
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The research will investigate the problems people have in using experimental machines in building societies.
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It is the purpose of this research to investigate how changing the feedback provided by the computer affects the complex learning process.
role
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Four prospective randomised trials have investigated the role of polymeric formulas in Crohn's disease.
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We investigated a role for testing for human papillomavirus as part of cervical-cancer screening.
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We undertook a pilot study to investigate the role of domestic flies in the transmission of trachoma and diarrhoea.
study
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Shultz and his associates carried out a series of studies to investigate children's understanding of intentions.
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Dozens of scientific studies investigated the claims.
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Describe how you would conduct a study to investigate the well-being of such ex-patients.
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The first study to investigate the feasibility of permitting parents into the premature nursery began at Stanford University, in California.
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The study also investigates the use of novel research methodology, including the use of identical twins, and new instrumentation.
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Therefore, this study investigated carnitine concentrations in serum of patients with coeliac disease.
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Most studies have investigated senile dementia in relatively small populations.
team
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They contacted Newcastle University's archaeology department which sent a team down to investigate .
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He set up an improvement team to investigate the whole issue of stores requisitions.
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This study, which extends previous work by the research team , investigates these issues in two stages.
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The team is currently investigating the feasibility of installing direct dial facilities.
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The United Nations sent a team to investigate .
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The provincial government did not send a team to investigate until August 1.
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In these cases the team would investigate within 24 hours.
use
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The study also investigates the use of novel research methodology, including the use of identical twins, and new instrumentation.
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The buy was set up by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, whose agents were investigating possible drug use at the academy.
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It will investigate the use of local radio as a source of business related information by employers.
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The council's Conservation Officer interested his colleagues in the Architect's Department in investigating possible residential use of the building.
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Byrd has also investigated the use of the overlap process to map between dictionaries, matching word sense definitions.
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aim
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It is this particular level of grouping that this research aims to investigate .
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This research aims to investigate , in detail, activity in a small number of committees which vary in operation and intentions.
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The research aims to investigate some of the social psychological factors that have helped to maintain the present conflict.
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This project aims to investigate the impact the new legislation has had.
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This research aims to investigate the possibility of obtaining information for decision-makers that is more sensitive to people's health needs.
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The research aims to investigate the contribution to pupils' understanding and tolerance made by language teaching.
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This research aims to investigate the factors that underlie the current restructuring of that sector.
begin
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When they began to investigate the tiny houses, they found other bodies: men, women, children ....
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Scientists have begun to investigate and to identify some of the possible causes, which may differ from species to species.
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Several other groups, including some psychiatrists, began to investigate the drug chlorpromazine about the same time.
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I circled around a group of men who were watching the screen and began investigating the length of the room.
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The authorities of New College have also begun investigating the extent of the drugs problem there.
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As I was working with Harold, we began to investigate what being a physician meant to him.
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Before the pardon was granted, federal prosecutors began investigating new allegations of money laundering and tax evasion.
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In the 1970s zoologists began to investigate these patterns to try to find out what determined a species' mating system.
decide
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Then, when all was deathly quiet again, he decided to investigate .
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Cameron decided to investigate to find out what her legal rights might be in this situation.
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He decided to investigate , to see if he could gain entry, and crossed the clearing towards the front door.
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We decided to investigate this area with a purely elderly group of patients.
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The terrace, I decided , I would investigate later.
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Quickly putting on some clothes, he decided to investigate .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hunt was investigated for more than a year before he was arrested.
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Police are investigating an explosion at the city store.
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The commission will investigate the cause of the accident, focusing especially on safety issues.
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The FBI has been called in to investigate the murder.
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We sent our reporter, Michael Gore, to investigate .