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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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essential
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That would be an essential prerequisite for any United Nations force being asked to take over a policing operation.
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They consider that an exchange of information on this problem is an essential prerequisite .
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An essential prerequisite for this work will be the definition of the directly implementable subsets of occam.
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This issue of number portability is considered an essential prerequisite to competition.
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Second, the process of increasing self-awareness is itself an essential prerequisite for emotional health.
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Therefore self-observation is an essential prerequisite for his tack.
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Control was merely the essential prerequisite to constructive administration.
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The existence of expanding and contracting directions is an essential prerequisite for chaotic behaviour in dissipative systems of this sort.
functional
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These needs are known as functional prerequisites .
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The major functions of social institutions are those which help to meet the functional prerequisites of society.
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A minimal degree of integration is therefore a functional prerequisite of society.
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They assume that society has certain basic needs or functional prerequisites which must be met if it is to survive.
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They therefore look to social stratification to see how far it meets these functional prerequisites .
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Thus a functional prerequisite of society involves at least a minimal degree of integration between the parts.
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One such functional prerequisite is effective role allocation and performance.
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The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system.
necessary
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A number of different theories concerning the necessary prerequisites for the State have been proposed by anthropologists.
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Is a trace of insanity a necessary prerequisite for originality?
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However, the teaching of students is a necessary prerequisite of good patient care.
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On the one hand, large-scale machine industry was seen as the necessary prerequisite for socialism.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Adequate food and shelter are the minimum prerequisites of a decent life.
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Some knowledge of the French language is a prerequisite for employment there.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A minimal degree of integration is therefore a functional prerequisite of society.
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All too often these prerequisites were withheld, especially but not exclusively in the early stages of the Programme.
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As a practical matter, a receipt showing the amount of the expense is an absolute prerequisite to substantiating a travel expense.
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As for relations with the public, rudeness seems almost a prerequisite of government employment.
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At one time, physical presence was a prerequisite for first-hand experience.
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Having reliable data for the current year is, of course, a prerequisite of good budgets.
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The only important prerequisite is that there must be light: they do not thrive in dark tanks.
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What are the prerequisites before counselling another human being?