noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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clinical
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While these symptoms impart a conformity to the clinical presentation , the underlying psychodynamic psychopathology is varied.
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Trismus may be very prominent, resulting in a clinical presentation mimicking tetanus.
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There have been few controlled prospective studies of the effect of transferring to human insulin on the clinical presentation of hypoglycaemia.
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A presumptive diagnosis of gout can often be made on the basis of hyperuricemia and the clinical presentation .
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Firstly, he or she will have an understanding of primary care, especially clinical presentations in general practice.
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Usually, the clinical presentation is not subtle, and the presence of a malignancy becomes obvious after a thorough clinical examination.
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The clinical presentation of complex partial seizures is diverse and includes psychiatric, motor, and somatic signs and symptoms.
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It is a nonspecific test and must be interpreted in the context of the total clinical presentation . 4.
formal
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Suppliers may also give a formal presentation of their intended approach if they wish.
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Soon after I returned, I gave a formal presentation to the president, emphasizing the benefits of the project.
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Occasionally, however, his more formal presentations could disappoint.
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Staffing responsibilities, operating budgets, and graphs illustrating the back-ground rounded out the formal presentation .
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After the formal presentation , there will be an opportunity for questions.
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First, I appealed to the board members' conscience in a formal presentation .
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Following the formal presentation tea and sandwiches were available as old friends and colleagues met.
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He stood up and made a formal presentation with the flip charts.
oral
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Abstracts for oral and poster presentations should be submitted by 15 May 1992.
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Assessment will be in the form of a personal log and oral presentation .
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As forewarned, I did not win, despite a good oral presentation and the best c.v. of all the candidates.
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Stress is also laid on oral and written presentation of scientific reports.
special
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A special presentation of the film From Swastika to Jim Crow begins at 7 p.m.
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Generous cash prizes from the Northern Bank will be awarded to winners in four categories at a special presentation ceremony.
verbal
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You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations .
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But making effective verbal presentations is definitely not the same as talking in conversations.
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A poor verbal presentation will not only devalue your message but you along with it.
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Make a brief effective verbal presentation of your case. 3.
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Your prime objective should assist you in coming to terms with the most limiting aspect of verbal presentations .
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It has generally been found that people can only absorb around seven key ideas in any verbal presentation , nomatterhow well conveyed.
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It can therefore pay to subject your verbal presentation to some extremely critical scrutiny before it reaches its final destination.
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In many situations there is little real choice as to whether a verbal or written presentation is desirable.
visual
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It is the combinations of such codes that determine the visual presentation .
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The latter technique allows the presentation of signed stimuli since it involves brief visual presentations of material.
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As we will see, some of these experiments used visual presentation and some used auditory presentation.
■ NOUN
graphics
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The final twist to the whole presentation graphics story must be the current upsurge in interest in Desktop Video.
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Electronic generation of presentation graphics has, until quite recently, been a very expensive process.
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The other significant problem that is currently dogging the presentation graphics market is that film recorders come with a paucity of typefaces.
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He adds that the graphics capabilities allow the operation of a slideshow without the need to buy a specialist presentation graphics package.
■ VERB
attend
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Ward staff are invited and encouraged to participate in the learner's project and to attend the presentation .
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I got to eavesdrop on their informal conversations and often attend their presentations or meetings or whatever.
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Unfortunately, the other winner,, of Conoco, was unable to attend the presentation .
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I have long been interested in military technology so I was determined to attend the presentation .
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She is one of 700 young people who will attend the presentation .
follow
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In the evening there is a barbecue dinner around the camp fire, followed by a presentation of Meo dances.
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The pattern will repeat itself throughout much of the day, with discussion following each presentation .
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Three-quarters felt that there had been little feedback following its presentation .
give
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And, given that an average presentation may require 20 to 30 of these, that represents a substantial investment.
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Simon has given hundreds of educational presentations about rape to high school and college students and other community groups.
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It should have been given the right presentation .
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Soon after I returned, I gave a formal presentation to the president, emphasizing the benefits of the project.
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They also appear slightly more confident and enjoy leading groups, giving speeches and presentations .
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Instead I gave Frank the entire presentation .
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Suppliers may also give a formal presentation of their intended approach if they wish.
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On the third day tenant reps on each team gave a full presentation of their team's proposed solution.
include
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The year includes the presentation of a methodical approach to programming and contact with different programming environments.
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Divided into two sessions and a home pack, it includes presentations , videos plus group discussions.
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Just don't include it in the presentation , that's all.
make
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Those projects already in hand have made progress presentations to the Steering Committee.
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Most of all, he desires to make an intelligent presentation .
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But making effective verbal presentations is definitely not the same as talking in conversations.
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Hewlett-Packard asks customers to make presentations describing their needs to its engineers.
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It is not time wasted. Make sure the presentation can be seen and read from a distance.
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Connie and I helped him make his first presentations .
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Marketing director Robin Ritchie made a fast-moving slide presentation - based on earlier presentations to the chairman and directors.
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David and Jirn made the presentation .
prepare
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There are two main methods by which material is prepared for presentation work; artwork and electronic.
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But the meat and potatoes of the newscast is the gathering, preparing , and presentation of the news.
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Copies of the papers were issued at registration which enabled delegated to prepare for the presentations .
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Next we prepare the data for presentation to the neural network software development program.
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They are now being prepared for presentation to the Royal Statistical Society.
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Police are preparing to make a presentation of their proposal to councillors and town hall officials in the near future.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bear's Cafe needs to pay more attention to presentation and taste.
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I was supposed to be giving a presentation that morning to some colleagues from the Japanese division.
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Our presentation was followed by about two hours of discussion.
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The presentation went extremely well, with almost all of the audience requesting further information about our proposals.
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We blamed the lawyers for a weak presentation of the case.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd spent years tied to drum machines and Portostudios, crafting songwriting ideas but without finding the perfect format of presentation .
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He loved to have an audience, to have customers to make presentations to, and to close the deal.
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Incidentally, Chandos have greatly improved the presentation of their Collect series.
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Instead I gave Frank the entire presentation .
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The human factor also looms large in Bamford's presentation of the agency's strengths and weaknesses.
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To speed up publication the presentations have been used unaltered so the book lacks a coherent style or structure.