noun
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a cooking method
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Adjust your cooking methods for healthy eating.
a form/method/system of communication (= something you use to exchange information )
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At university, lectures are the main form of communication.
a form/mode/method/means of travel
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I find the train a more comfortable mode of travel.
a systematic approach/way/method
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a systematic approach to solving the problem
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a systematic way of organizing your work
alternative ways/approach/methods etc
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alternative approaches to learning
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Have you any alternative suggestions ?
an effective method
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Exams are not the most effective method of assessing students’ abilities.
an efficient method
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The railways used to provide a cheap efficient method of travel.
analytical method/techniques/approach/skills
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During the course, students will develop their analytical skills.
assessment methods/techniques
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We recommend using a variety of assessment methods.
barrier method
devise a method/way
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Our aim is to devise a way to improve quality and reduce costs.
direct method
employ a method/technique/tactic etc
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The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.
novel idea/approach/method etc
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What a novel idea!
quantitative analysis/methods/data etc
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We need to do a proper quantitative analysis of this problem.
rhythm method
teaching methods
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Our teaching methods are quite traditional.
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■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
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Distribution - Setting up agency agreements while avoiding possible conflicts of interest; drafting franchise agreements as an alternative distribution method .
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It may be that under certain circumstances one of the alternative methods of valuation is the most appropriate.
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Incineration An alternative method of disposing of waste is to burn it.
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These are not necessarily alternative methods of management; success is probably most likely where both are utilized.
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Each member is encouraged to speculate on alternative methods of performing the functions at lower cost.
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In creating one she has inadvertently made a move towards alternative methods of selling that could have great significance for organic farming.
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The three alternative methods of connecting four windings are shown in Fig. 1.4.
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This study will also take into account choices between alternative methods and the selection of topics and sites for investigation.
analytical
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They offer contrasts both in the dynamical basis of rhythmicity and in the analytical methods that have been used to examine them.
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A fundamentally different analytical method is to use the concept of bibliographical coupling to construct clusters of co-citing journals.
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In another analytical method , neutron activation, an atomic reactor is used to bombard the mineral with fast-moving neutrons.
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It is one of the most useful texts for communicating to the reader an understanding of an analytical method and its potential.
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Tests to confirm that the analytical methods used in stability testing are in fact stability-indicating should be conducted.
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All analytical methods should be validated in respect of accuracy, precision, linearity and specificity.
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The emphasis on analytical methods in these final chapters is also out of date.
different
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I'd already noted the very different methods of the four who had assembled.
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To guard against this mishap he devised several different methods of deceleration.
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The development of different methods of handling land transfer, especially inter-generational land transfer, introduced further variations within the cultural mosaic.
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Since the respective philosophies involve different methods and aims, the differences in results are quite understandable.
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These are separate problems and require different methods .
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However, others - minorities, but none the less important for that - prefer different payment methods .
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List the different methods by which this modification value could be specified, and discuss their relative advantages and disadvantages. 3.12.
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Different counsellors can use different methods in similar situations with equal success.
direct
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As such it can be an indirect as well as direct method of exporting, depending upon the arrangement.
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When using the direct serum method , pigmented specimens may cause the appearance of false end-points resulting in positive errors.
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Indeed the Post Office is believed to be the first major organisation to provide the details by the direct method .
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The most direct methods to achieve political objectives involve some form of political action.
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Such direct methods were hardly possible except with the backing of military power.
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Venus has no satellite and so this less direct method had to be used.
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Particularly useful in drawing and design, the two button pen provides the user with a very direct method of control.
effective
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This has been shown to be an effective and rapid method of training but it does require intensive supervision from an adult.
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The rewrite rule is an effective method of representing the rules of a generative grammar.
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Or, in an established school where they may not be using the most effective language teaching methods .
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Thus computed tomography remains the most effective method for diagnosing small pulmonary metastases.
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Since company reorganisation, perhaps the most effective method would be a combination of Regional and District input.
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This was an effective method of recognition, but it is generally agreed that the method works only for highly constrained tasks.
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Both are more refreshing than a toner - and more effective methods of removing the last traces of make-up and oil.
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He approach should be a cheap, highly effective method of reducing human exposure to the deadly pathogen, they say.
good
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The best method is to swathe the injury in crêpe bandage and secure it with tape, not a pin.
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One of the best methods for determining significance of change is the technique of graphing.
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It's reckoned to be the best method yet devised of keeping the body in good condition.
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The best rewriting method in this case is the simplest: by correcting one problem you chip away at the others.
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Indeed, it may well have had the indirect, beneficial effect of encouraging the search for better methods .
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The first concerns the best method of allocating the scarce foreign exchange currently available.
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This is a good method of starting a small group of boards without a race organiser and is commonly used in training.
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It does not make lure fishing better than other methods .
modern
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The usual modern method is to use the vertical length of the head as a unit of measurement.
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In his take-away, Teravainen defies the modern method , for he does not fan the club face open.
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Already many of the remaining noble landowners were developing modern capitalist methods of farming their estates.
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They say that the extra energy would be unnecessary if modern conservation methods were adopted.
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How did people in the past clean this room, and are old-fashioned methods or modern methods better?
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Disposable workers Modern methods of super-exploitation, tried and tested in the Third World, are coming home to industrialized countries.
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To observe modern methods , come aboard this red monster, which, if new, would cost about £25,000.
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Pupils look at modern computerised methods of printing and prepare their own news-sheet on computer using a simple newspaper software package.
new
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Here each film shows a different junction so it is necessary to use a new method of dividing the data.
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This is a new method and is being developed further with some optimism.
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Now the police have developed a new method , which is used at 60 percent of fires where arson is suspected.
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This is one of the ways in which this new method differs from diets of the past.
other
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They can be used in a variety of ways, combined with other methods of instruction such as lectures and programmed learning.
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It is therefore necessary to consider other methods of analysing spontaneous speech samples.
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It will be based on computer literature searches, previous data collected at Templeton College, and other methods .
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There are many other methods including capsules, poultices and oils.
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No other sporting method does that.
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It is probably better to use an agency in addition to the other methods available.
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Fig. 3.11 Checking the entity model Entity modelling has documentation aids like other methods of systems analysis.
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The other methods listed have been used much less.
quantitative
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The project makes extensive use of quantitative methods and also analyses institutional and organisational changes.
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Geophysics: study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods .
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Chapter 6 deals with strikes and industrial conflict, an area where more specific hypothesis-testing via quantitative methods is possible.
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The qualitative methods provide them with feminist validity, while the quantitative methods ensure the reliability which psychology values.
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Third, some are comfortable using quantitative methods while others are not.
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A mixture of qualitative and quantitative research methods will be employed to collect evidence about the efficacy and impact of the Plans.
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It is proposed to investigate these relationships in historical context applying comparative and quantitative methods .
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But feminists often use quantitative methods as well.
scientific
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The scientific method may sometimes mislead.
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Let us briefly consider how you might analyze this claim by means of the scientific method .
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It could reinforce prescriptions for an appropriate scientific method .
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A fourth criticism faults the scientific method , because it does not help answer the crucial normative questions of politics.
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But for many, scientific methods of dating are still very expensive in relation to the resources available.
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The scientific method has provided standards for research.
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The main differences between specialists studying different types of finds is in the scientific methods of analysis available.
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Most contemporary political scientists attempt to use the scientific method to establish shared knowledge about the political world.
simple
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The association between echographic measurement and visual scales is a simple method of evaluating the relationship between the stomach and appetite.
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Where patients were brought in unconscious, and therefore unable to disclose their faith, a simple method was followed.
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The simple construction method allows the company to build an AP1-88 in nine to ten months.
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These ownership forms are generally reflected by a simpler method of presentation of the equity section.
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A simple problem-orientated method of assessment can facilitate both management and communication between start members.
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Meditation is profoundly simple in method .
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Payback Payback is a very simple and useful method , and hence it is popular.
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There's a perfectly simple method of proving this.
statistical
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This is in essence a chapter on basic statistical methods with some basic definitions in the beginning.
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The neural network approach requires fewer resources than conventional statistical methods , and further, can process data in real time.
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They point out that bottom-up statistical methods are efficient from a computational point of view, but exhibit poor error correcting capabilities.
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This type of learning, a statistical mechanics method for solving complex optimization problems, has its basis in physics.
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The response to that entry by the dominant firms via the advertising variable is being modelled using statistical ie econometric methods .
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Comparisons to other technologies, such as statistical methods and expert systems, comprise the bulk of chapter 6.
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A case-study can be carried out, using almost any method of research, though the less statistical methods are usual.
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Your statistical method is, in the absence of any other published sales information, not unreasonable.
traditional
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Traditional producers proudly maintain their commitment to traditional methods and whole hops.
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Most have relied upon traditional methods for analyzing jobs, by breaking them down into long lists of discrete skills.
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By using traditional disposal methods , only 25 percent of an average car is salvaged and re-used.
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Consistent and reliable. Traditional baking methods .
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Landfill has been the traditional method of catalyst disposal.
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The page layout software and the laser printer make the big difference compared with traditional methods .
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As a former schoolmaster, he has always been outspoken on education issues and a firm supporter of traditional learning methods .
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Fish is very popular and it is still preserved and smoked by traditional methods .
various
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The other 5 percent of deaths were caused by various weapons and methods , including burning.
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They evaluate various construction methods and determine the most cost-effective plan and schedule.
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It has also made clear that these problems are embedded in the overall trade-offs between the various methods of comparison.
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Another difficulty is that the various methods of measuring the lag are subject to severe criticisms.
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There are various methods of training these and they can provide as much fruit as larger trees in a much shorter time.
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To reduce these security threats, various protection methods are used.
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This approach leads directly to various methods for generating further exact solutions.
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Preventive measures include data encryption using various cryptographic methods .
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research
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But quantitative and qualitative research methods will be used to gather data.
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Too many students write far too little about their research methods in the proposal as well as the final research report.
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The research methods will include classroom observation, interviews with teachers and analysis of curriculum documents and of other support.
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The department contributes to the programme of courses offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences in different aspects of research methods training.
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A mixture of qualitative and quantitative research methods will be employed to collect evidence about the efficacy and impact of the Plans.
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Next it is a history of developing research methods , employing those ideas and investigating those questions.
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The research will draw on a number of research methods .
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Used on their own as a research method they have limitations but, within these, much can be achieved.
teaching
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Or, in an established school where they may not be using the most effective language teaching methods .
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Embedded in the teaching method employed by Betty is the transmission model of learning referred to earlier.
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It occurred to her that her inability to contemplate changing her teaching methods might mask an actual inability to change them.
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Well, clearly she must give thought to how she could change her teaching methods .
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The first consisted of an analysis of curriculum content and teaching methods conducted by questionnaire.
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It has sought to avoid the narrow dogmatism of the latter, combining a radical analysis with democratic participatory teaching methods .
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The teaching method will be implicit.
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These changes in assessment procedures had evident consequences for the teaching methods adopted.
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adopt
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The Society was substantially unsuccessful in its aim of persuading other charities to adopt the same methods .
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Having to adopt the fast-track method made life difficult for all three.
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After all, one does not have to adopt a Marxist method in order to make statements about poverty, injustice or exploitation.
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Only two judges have been turned out of office since Wyoming adopted this method of judicial selection nearly twenty years ago.
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There had been no pressure brought by the employers to adopt that method of working.
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Small companies are also beginning to see the benefits of adopting the same methods .
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My decision to adopt this method is not an arbitrary one.
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Without the advantage of mobile clearinghouse personnel, the majority of clearinghouses have no option but to adopt this method .
apply
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There is, however, considerable pressure in many parts of the world to apply these methods as screening tests.
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Quality assurance must be an ongoing improvement activity applying multiple methods most suited to content. 5.
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The Survey's ability to apply vector electromagnetic methods to hydrogeological and other near-surface site-investigation work was studied.
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Not everyone agrees that it is appropriate and desirable to apply the scientific method to politics.
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The same suggestion applies to methods of establishing the existence and contents of bill of lading telecommunications.
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It applied the methods of Kent campus to imaginary grievances in a divided, or divisible, community in Northern Ireland.
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In order to apply this method to large-scale problems, we must find the tree T B using the pointers available.
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But there is large-scale agreement that the aim is explanation by applying the methods of natural science.
describe
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Before describing each of the methods in greater detail, one further point can be made about them as a whole.
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Walton, using audio clips for illustration, describes some popular methods of representing bird song.
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Randi describes their methods in detail, except where some professional magicians' secret would otherwise be exposed.
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It could be described as the Fordist method of international political regulation.
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In the next section we will describe a method for finding all efficient tableaux.
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The first two volumes describe methods used in microscopy.
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It describes the methods by which the integrity and stability of the system can be maintained.
develop
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It has to incorporate a wide range of factors and develop methods of investigation other than laboratory experiments.
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Students therefore have developed their own methods of dealing with the issue.
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Now the police have developed a new method , which is used at 60 percent of fires where arson is suspected.
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He was assigned four years ago to develop packaging and storage methods that could beat such problems as the carrot coating.
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This chapter describes the research project that was carried out to develop the method .
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They have developed accounting methods that force politicians to maintain the programs and infrastructure they build.
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They've developed a method to help putt by pulling back the club every inch for every foot.
devise
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To guard against this mishap he devised several different methods of deceleration.
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Jim McWhir, working with Ray Ansell, devised an extremely efficient method for doing this.
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Now he had to devise a method by which workmen and supplies could shuttle back and forth across the gorge.
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Perhaps the best approach is to devise methods by which patients conclude for themselves that smoking is harmful and undesirable.
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On the third day I devise a foolproof method: stomp them to death.
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So Galileo set out to devise a method of considerable precision.
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It is almost impossible to devise a method of ensuring that all the firms involved obtain an equal share of the cake.
employ
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Viewpoints such as these are challenged by teachers who employ more traditional methods .
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Bankinter has a reputation for employing conservative accounting methods .
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I began to employ the list method for other things, planning my weekends for instance.
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Guthrie, on the other hand, employs a method designed to draw a composite.
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In order to do this, we have to employ a method of understanding rooted in scientific principles that are universally accepted.
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The complaint states that Asarco employed unsafe mining methods to increase the company's profit.
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Three research groups, employing three different methods , are now on the case.
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It is foolish and unnatural to employ teaching methods that enforce and seem to advocate their quiet passivity.
provide
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They provide a cheap method of short-term borrowing for bank customers.
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The amendment provides no method for resolving such an impasse and it could well end up being decided by the courts.
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Instruction is provided in research methods and analysis from first year; and training is provided in the use of computers.
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This also provides a method of categorising new driving protocols as central or peripheral with respect to risk.
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The Administration of Estates Act 1925 has provided a uniform method for the administration of all the property of a deceased person.
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Elections provide a more stable method of succession, especially in liberal democracies.
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Paul Tukey in particular provides new methods for exploratory data analysis, and his work is an excellent start for the curious.
teach
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She can advise on ward objectives, teaching content and methods of presentation.
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University professors can not be mandated to work with high schools or employers or to change their teaching methods .
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There are also extensive entries on classroom practice, teaching methods , the language laboratory and the psychology of learning.
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Those who pay for education, for example, may lose touch with what is taught and with the methods used.
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The faculty was undistinguished, teaching methods uninspired, and the attrition rate, of course, appalling.
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Given the class size of more than 60 it's hardly surprising that the teaching methods have to be quite traditional.
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And their dull appearance is often accompanied by teaching methods that consist mostly of scribbling graphs on a blackboard.
use
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He must understand the technique being used , along with methods of eliminating possible interference effects by using classical chemical separation techniques.
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When I started psychotherapy work with people with cancer, I used the methods and concepts with which I had been trained.
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Anchor Organic, produced using natural farming methods , is the perfect choice for any meal.
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When using the direct serum method , pigmented specimens may cause the appearance of false end-points resulting in positive errors.
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Hubble was forced, therefore, to use indirect methods to measure the distances.
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As with any difficult action, we split up in stages, using the method of successive approximations.
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Here each film shows a different junction so it is necessary to use a new method of dividing the data.
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The protocol was accepted by proponents of provocation testing, and clinicians who used this method participated in the study.
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high-pressure sales/selling methods etc
strong-arm tactics/methods etc
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A case's merit should not have to depend on strong-arm tactics.
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Also rumoured they used strong-arm tactics during one of Buckmaster's many takeover bids to build up his conglomerate.
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In this game strong-arm tactics were deployed by both sides to kill five ends and force replays.
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Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote.
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Strachan believes they can do it - provided dangerman Lee Chapman gets proper protection against Stuttgart's strong-arm tactics.
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The prefect at the time, Dominique Vian, could see the advantages of Bena's strong-arm tactics.
the scientific method
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A fourth criticism faults the scientific method, because it does not help answer the crucial normative questions of politics.
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A third criticism is that the analysis of politics can not be objective in the way assumed by the scientific method.
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As criticism is the backbone of the scientific method, this accounts for the indentations permanently sunk into my chest.
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It might be argued that this problem regarding interpersonal differences underscores the virtue of the scientific method, at least in theory.
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Let us briefly consider how you might analyze this claim by means of the scientific method.
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Minerva should take the scientific methods used in papers into consideration.
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The main differences between specialists studying different types of finds is in the scientific methods of analysis available.
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They solved them by the scientific method.
working practices/methods
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But it will coincide with political pressure for doctors to accept fundamental changes in their working practices.
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However, only 44% had changed their working practices.
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New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.
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The accident happened because of a culture in which working practices were not checked, Whitehaven magistrates heard.
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The courses, examinations and working practices have been based on their perceptions.
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Their work allowed them to identify working methods and the characteristics of particular ateliers.
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Those familiar with the work and working methods of Frank Auerbach may find all this oddly familiar.
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an environmentally-friendly method for treating household waste
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He didn't seem to have any method in the way he approached the problem.
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In this school, staff are given complete freedom in their choice of language teaching methods.
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Make a list of the different methods you could use in conducting a survey.
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Medical science has not yet found a satisfactory method of treating cholera.
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Printing methods have changed completely in the last twenty years.
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You can choose whichever method of payment you prefer.
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A really pro-active job-search campaign must include all three methods.
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But what students gain from this method is how to be individualists, not individuals.
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Excellent reader on the main theories and methods of political science.
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Expand the use of Sentinel Surveillance Networks to complement other surveillance methods for detecting and monitoring emerging infections.
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He had found a method of neutralising MacDonald's most effective political quality - his inspirational personal presence.
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In a sense we have already gone too far with the boy, exposed too many of our methods.
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One of the preferred methods for estimating usual dietary intakes of individuals is the diet history questionnaire.
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The flow accompanying this method is illustrated in figure 3 opposite.