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a management/research/sales etc team
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The design team has come up with a few ideas.
a research centre
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the new research centre at King's College Hospital
a research council
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the Medical Research Council
a research degree (= a higher degree for which you do your own research )
a research grant
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He received a research grant to study the effect of pollution on the environment.
a research library (= one that is good for doing research )
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The university has one of the best research libraries in the world.
a research project
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The aim of this research project is to study modern food habits.
a research proposal
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Applicants should submit a short research proposal on their chosen topic.
a research student (= doing research in a university )
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When I returned to Cambridge, I continued this work with two of my research students.
a research study
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Research studies have found that young people are drinking no more than they were 20 years ago.
a research/rescue/health etc worker
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Rescue workers searched the rubble all night looking for survivors.
academic research (= study of a subject, in order to discover new facts or test new ideas )
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Many academic research projects take years to complete.
basic research
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We need basic research into the causes of mental illness.
carry out research
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I was in Italy carrying out research for my book.
carry out research
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I was in Italy carrying out research for my book.
conduct research
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He’s conducting educational research at the University of Washington.
financial/educational/research etc institution
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the government and other political institutions
for business/research etc purposes
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About one in five of all trips are made for business purposes.
historical evidence/research etc
in-depth study/research/analysis etc
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an in-depth study of patients’ needs
longitudinal study/survey/research etc
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a longitudinal study of unemployed workers
market research
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They had to conduct market research, then advertise the product.
operational research
pioneering work/research/efforts etc
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the pioneering work of NASA scientists
research and development
research laboratory
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a research laboratory
research station
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an Antarctic research station
space research
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The institute is a world leader in space research.
studies/evidence/research etc shows
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Several studies have shown that aggressive toys lead to bad behaviour.
undertake research/a study
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Students may undertake full-time supervised research leading to the award of a Ph.D.
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■ ADJECTIVE
basic
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Microelectronics; and Basic research Actions.
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The issue of conducting basic research at Carville remained unresolved.
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One needs the basic skills of research , including the ability to use the full resources of a research collection.
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Taylor offered his group a rare opportunity: the freedom to do basic research for a handsome corporate salary.
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Our mission is three-fold: To undertake basic research to advance knowledge for its own sake.
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It does, however, present a number of operational difficulties that require basic research before it can be widely used.
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This need not apply to basic research and design.
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How does basic scientific research fare in the face of so much application interest?
further
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Illmensee and Hoppe concluded their astonishing report in Cell with recommendations for further research .
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But further empirical research has revealed considerable diversity in the roles of particular political structures.
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The range of possible interpretations of these ratios is quite wide, however, and could provide material for further research .
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They published a list of eleven questions, each describing an area in which they felt the need for further research .
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The second-level decision required is whether or not to authorize further research or to abandon the project at decision node 2b.
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It has also suggested many lines of further research .
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These questions in turn suggest further lines of research that deserve serious attention by historians of both science and art.
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At postgraduate level the Bucher and Fraser Scholarships provide opportunities for further research or for advanced studies in composition or performance.
historical
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Many staff have interests in the application of social science theories and methods in historical research .
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While based upon an extensive data base and significant historical research , this Rand report has been criticized as being too pessimistic.
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Labour history too has developed into a recognizable historical research area and women's history is following suit.
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This is an extraordinary situation, perhaps unique in the entire spectrum of modern historical research .
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Such catalogues include accounts of relevant historical research , and may cause new original historical work to be done.
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Data archives store, catalogue, index and disseminate the data for further contemporary or historical research .
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Over the past 30 years, musicological, historical and biographical research have all led towards a new Mozart.
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He wants my library toi stop my historical research .
major
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Agriculture, as the industry producing plants and animals as good or raw materials, is a major sector for research .
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In the case of survey research , that title should express the major research question.
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You should then aim at getting into one of the major research companies.
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I would suggest that ten or twenty questions would be satisfactory to cover the subject area framed by the major research question.
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When completed, the project will have brought into being a major research resource for the academic community.
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A major research hypothesis is a restatement of the major research question.
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Finniston converted it into a major international research organisation that still exists today.
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Discussion Endothelin-1 has become a major research topic since its discovery and characterisation as a potent vasoconstrictor.
medical
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But they're worth doing: the program has suggested whole new directions for medical research .
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Data for nutritional care audits are derived from written documentation in the medical research and dietetic card file.
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You can help by joining the Research Defence Society and supporting our work to safeguard the future of biological and medical research .
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Most medical research probably will be spared, Vest said.
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Firstly, many junior doctors have little understanding of what medical research is all about.
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It could potentially improve care, assist in medical research and help in detecting patterns of insurance fraud.
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Medical practice and medical research Ethics affect both medical practice and research, but research usually falls under the closest scrutiny.
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It doesn't just have Peavey - it has freight yards, shopping malls and medical research .
recent
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Articles by well-known political scientists discuss the central concepts and recent empirical research in many important subfields.
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The major thrust of this recent research has been in four directions.
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We leave the more recent research which has challenged their findings to the following chapter.
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They are, according to recent research , bringing up the next generation of offenders, truants, divorcees and generally inadequate people.
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Welfare and social services Recent research has demonstrated that people with severe mental handicaps can undertake productive work, with adequate support.
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The description of speech and language difficulties which draws on recent psycholinguistic research will be referred to as the process of assessment.
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Some recent research has given us synthetic fats which are not utilized by the body as an energy store.
scientific
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The machine, which comes in seven standard configurations, was originally developed for in-house scientific research .
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In its spare time, Teraflops will work on civilian projects and scientific research .
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We are left in no doubt that fund-raising, and knowing the right people, are essential skills in scientific research .
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The Renaissance did not neglect scientific research , but it by no means gave it top priority.
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How does basic scientific research fare in the face of so much application interest?
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This anticipatory power of the imagination has been utilized in many sports, and scientific research has established its effectiveness for athletes.
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Our image information is an under-used resource of enormous potential value for scientific research , public enquiries, and commercial development.
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The success of a scientific research establishment is directly related to the number of useful ideas that are generated by its people.
social
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Arrangements can be made to provide basic and more advanced tuition in the use of computers in legal and social research .
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Inc., a social research firm for Domini.
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They are free to ignore social research , and often do.
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A third reason has to do with the non-experimental character of most social research .
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This has moulded a dominant conception of what social research should be.
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In any event, the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside.
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The Environment and Planning Committee will continue to be responsible for the development of social science research in transport.
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field
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Where quantitative analysis requires mathematical and computer skills, area studies require language training and extensive field research .
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Extensive field research can mean long periods living under adverse conditions to which the researcher is unaccustomed.
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Moreover, funding organizations may be less inclined to support projects that envision long periods of field research .
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His contribution lay firstly in his intensive field research , quite novel by the standards of his time.
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Secondly, this list of headings conveys a quite false impression of how field research is conducted.
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The approach to pro-active searches is well established and involves a combination of desk and field research .
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What is the role of field research within the market research process? 4.
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The achievement of these aims imposed certain restrictions on the methods used during this stage of the field research .
finding
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Staff and researchers are encouraged to present research findings to conferences both at a national and international level.
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Research and literature being published now are based on these new techniques and provide us with greater confidence in research findings .
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Some of these fears were allayed by scientific research findings , such as laboratory experiments with rats.
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These projects encourage a questioning attitude, and the application of nursing research findings to patient care by the ward team.
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The process of reviewing research and research findings will eventually lead you back to the same references.
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The research findings will provide practical assistance for teachers in the running of schools.
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For example, research findings suggest that children of families under stress are more vulnerable to accidents, such as ingestion of poisons.
group
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The writers had developed bibliometric indicators for analysing research group performance within two large faculties of the University.
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But two years later, an independent medical research group confirmed the link.
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The chapters range from general reviews to those with a heavy research group bias.
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All research groups will continue to be based in their present locations.
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Three research groups , employing three different methods, are now on the case.
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One in four is preparing to pay between £50 and £100 on Christmas presents for each child, according to research group Nielsen.
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Our example was prepared with the help of Reward, the pay research group .
institute
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Opportunities exist in University departments and research institutes , in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and medicine.
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There are also posts in various environment-oriented research institutes and other organisations for which a knowledge of meteorology is advantageous.
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I would have been working in some library or some research institute in the Army.
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The application of the wife of a politburo member to study at a research institute would never have been easy to reject.
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He will not in the long run profit from arrangements that turn the surviving research institutes into training grounds for emigrant specialists.
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Her work experience has been various, including that of Director of an environmental research institute .
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The mechanics lost out, and the place became a research institute funded by subscribers who attended lectures.
institution
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This is normal procedure inmost research institutions .
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They recognize that co-operation between industry and research institutions is beneficial in raising productivity and enhancing competitiveness.
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It is rapidly becoming one of those elite research institutions some academics are looking for to improve the quality of research.
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His sights also are set on putting Clark Atlanta University on the global map as a research institution .
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The objective is to re-position the University as a strong teaching and research institution .
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Each country runs a national network that links to a host computer in a research institution that acts as a national hub.
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The university and other local research institutions have been a breeding ground for many of the new companies.
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These networks connect universities and research institutions at data transmission speeds ranging from 64 kilobits per second to 2 megabits per second.
laboratory
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A panel of 10 scientists drawn form universities and private research laboratories will advise Bienenstock.
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That sort of thing is annoying, but the main product of a research laboratory is ideas.
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Tests on the items at the Oxford research laboratory for art and archaeology revealed them to be modern.
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We are really a basic research laboratory in a clinical department.
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We are housed in a modern, purpose-designed building, with extensive teaching and research laboratories and computing facilities.
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The utilization of consumer electronics-related ReD results, from government research laboratories , is one of the highest in the country.
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We've had it into the major research laboratories around the world who specialise in security.
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But his research laboratory colleague Tom Hedman can-thanks to generous people who donate their bodies to science.
market
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There are special collections of country information, newspaper cuttings, market research reports and theses.
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After much testing and market research , the chain may adapt its food to local tastes.
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What is market research , and why does it play an important role in the marketing function?
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What major factors are relevant to the design and construction of a market research questionnaire? 6.
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Shaw hires mostly female salespeople because market research suggests that carpet shoppers are primarily women who prefer to buy from other women.
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This type of survey is part of market research .
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A final point of note here is that the purpose of market research in consumer and industrial markets is the same.
programme
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Modifications or additions to the protective belt of a research programme must be independently testable.
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The department has a vigorous research programme .
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A two-year research programme is currently in progress which is examining the outcomes of these courses.
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The Social Science Research Council initiated a research programme .
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The Committee is currently reviewing its policy on research grants in order to produce a better defined and more coherent research programme .
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There were also a number of minor studies in connection with the main research programme .
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The Northern Ireland Panel was dissolved in December 1984 after making arrangements for the evaluation and dissemination phase of the research programme .
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The Bureau's comparative research programme comprises a continuing analysis of model properties and forecast performance.
project
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A number of research projects have now examined this question, and a number of conclusions have begun to emerge.
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A calendar of events is a time schedule for carrying out the required tasks of the research project .
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The Board decided to sponsor a research project by Mellanby to ascertain the true incidence, given the controversy that was developing.
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Long-term research projects within companies will most likely be abandoned altogether or sharply reduced.
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Fourth-year students carry out an original research project under staff supervision.
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Deciding on optimal resource allocations for different research projects is a serious issue.
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Usually I have at least one long-range research project going.
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If she is successful, final approval for the research project will be delayed or even rescinded.
station
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These pilot projects represent in principle a transition phase between research station and the real world.
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It was founded in 1937 as a private, non-profit archaeological research station .
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Part of the money will also be used to refurbish the Signy research station .
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After their divorce Jane worked on, helped by students at the growing research station .
student
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The point appears to come through even more strongly in the role of the postgraduate student , particularly the research student.
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A department-wide graduate seminar is held during each Michaelmas and Hilary Term for the benefit of research students .
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To see research students in that way is educationally shortsighted.
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The analysis and discussion are, therefore, based on the completed questionnaires of 139 research students .
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All research students are required to take the courses in research methods and skills which are specified by their departments.
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Table 6.2 shows the distribution of research students across the different departments.
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The admission of research students is delegated by the Physical Sciences Board to the head of department.
study
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Jean Packman concludes by showing that new policy embodied in future legislation owes something to child care research studies in recent years.
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It can be found in news reports and research studies .
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Every research study needs to be assessed on the criterion of whether it measures up to its own stated objectives.
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It became obvious from a number of research studies that employees enjoyed keeping score.
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To help tackle the problem, the park authority is carrying out a research study .
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The first of these criticisms was by fur the strongest made by solicitors interviewed for the research study by Baldwin and Hill.
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A second report on the same research study gives further information about clients' use of the fund.
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Two patients in each treatment arm refused to accept the treatment assigned or participate in the research study or both.
team
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Or at any rate, he is with one of the research teams working on the man project.
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Unlike most members of his research team , Cantor was not a nocturnal creature.
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The research team monitored 61 catches at 18 North Sea ports over a two-week period.
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Initially, two assemblers who were good friends were chosen by the research team .
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This model has been developed and validated over the past four years by a research team at Loughborough University through extensive experimentation.
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The Clarins research team successfully created two ultra effective products.
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They also liaised with each other, their supervisor and the research team .
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Building such research teams is essential.
worker
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The Avon Papers are now available for study by research workers on application to the University Library.
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Take care that your teaching is not guided by your preferences as a research worker .
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There are plenty of good recent reviews aimed at research workers covering at least some of the issues I was starting to address.
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Each research worker took part in a different sphere ... The published records about Banbury were analysed.
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And without the new grant for golden hellos the World would have lost its research workers .
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First, research workers must be absolutely sure they know what the statistics are about.
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At this stage, then, the general position has been stated as to how research workers should approach their task.
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Unlike Fleming, Florey found the atmosphere of a London teaching hospital uncongenial and the conflicts between clinicians and research workers discouraging.
■ VERB
carry
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Doctors at the National Epilepsy centre at the Park hospital in Oxford carry out research into what can trigger epileptic fits.
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This in turn will generate an online archive for those keen to carry out research .
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In the interim, they agreed to carry out further research into land-based disposal.
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Teams from Teesside, Durham and Newcastle universities are carrying out the research .
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This report contains three keynote speeches on commissioning, carrying out and disseminating research .
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This was considered generally impractical and in view of the particular difficulties of carrying out social research in Belfast, probably unattainable.
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She urged health authorities to carry out urgent research into the problem.
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On several occasions, however, delegates have faced obstruction and harassment in carrying out their research .
conduct
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One participant had conducted some research into small businesses in West Belfast for a research report.
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Secondly, this form of research endeavour can all too easily produce a state of alienation in those conducting the research.
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The area utilized to conduct this type of research and evaluation must have a low radio noise interference level.
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Stoves conduct exhaustive in-depth research to find out exactly what customers want from their cookers.
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We conduct extensive consumer research in which a large number of women are interviewed about their preferences.
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She conducted research in schools investigating the assumption of strength and competence, and the assumption of ineptitude and incompetence.
fund
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There is increasing emphasis in the development of innovative methodologies in order to secure funding for research .
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The first is the significant drop in nationally funded research grants that has occurred over the past 10 to 15 years.
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It also contains a coupon that readers can send to Specter to show their support for increased funding for spinal cord research .
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He not only developed sociological research but encouraged a culture of funded research throughout the institute.
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Since funding existed, research was generated: tons of it.
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We will bring in much tighter labelling requirements for all foods, and make funding available for food research and scientific establishments.
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However, most foundations and governmental funding agencies will supply a list of recently funded research projects.
show
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Financial difficulties and childcare / domestic responsibilities, have been shown in other research on participation to be fundamental barriers.
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It also provides a way of showing economic research in action by sketching the ongoing debate.
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Chapter 13 examines 4 projects in detail, to show how research is carried out in practice, from start to finish.
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Mental repetition has been shown by research on basketball players to be as effective as going through the actions.
support
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How can university personnel be involved to support research carried out in schools by teachers?
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Since then, Quaker has continued to support university-based research into the substance.
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The Faculty has a number of scholarships which are used mostly to support research students.
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An especially large debt is owed to the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College for supporting my research at a critical time.
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Furthermore these are claims that have actually been supported by empirical sociolinguistic research .
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Congress's armed services committee recently allocated US$180 million to support research work.
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The existing pool offered too little genetic diversity to support energetic research , they said.
undertake
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It included assumptions about the purposes for which universities are encouraged to teach and undertake research .
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Alison Petch has undertaken research in a range of social policy areas, in both local authority and university settings.
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These surveys are invariably undertaken by specialist research organizations, since the construction and administration of questionnaires is a highly skilled operation.
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Our mission is three-fold: To undertake basic research to advance knowledge for its own sake.
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Firstly, undertaking the research represented one of the only positive steps available to respond to such an increased demand.
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Nevertheless, many agrochemical companies are undertaking extensive research programmes on biological control.
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It is the only institute in Britain with a specific remit to undertake research on land use.
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Its main object is to undertake research into survey methods and problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He hopes that his book will inspire more research on alcoholism.
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Many of the questions can be answered without carrying out any new research .
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More research is needed into the ways in which this virus is spread.
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Recent research has shown that human language is much older than we previously thought.
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She's doing research into the connection between crime and poverty.
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The book draws on Gardner's own research .
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There is no scientific research to back up the company's claims.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Analytical work carried out as part of environmental research often falls into this category.
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Current research , however, indicates that the cleavage cut through class lines.
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It defines producer services, and by reviewing existing research produces a better understanding of their role and growth.
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Many science courses involve elements of library research as well as its laboratory equivalent.
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Much research is carried out using secondary or library data.
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Shaw hires mostly female salespeople because market research suggests that carpet shoppers are primarily women who prefer to buy from other women.
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There are also posts in various environment-oriented research institutes and other organisations for which a knowledge of meteorology is advantageous.
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
carefully
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Such representations have to be very carefully researched , ensuring that as far as possible every detail is correct.
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Such models have to be carefully researched and done accurately to scale.
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This is a relatively short broadcast time, but programmes are carefully researched and prepared by volunteers from the neighbourhood.
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Each holiday will be carefully researched and put together in conjunction with a reputable tour operator.
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So a twice-weekly soap opera such as EastEnders, which started in February 1985, was as carefully researched as any commercial programme.
thoroughly
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The Gillmans have produced a respectful and thoroughly researched account of Mallory's life.
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He thoroughly researched many business opportunities.
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Once you've thoroughly researched and analysed the facts, they should speak for themselves.
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Each will have a detailed invented past, thoroughly researched and crafted.
well
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The prevalence of depression among the elderly in institutions has been less well researched .
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In general, novels of this type are well researched and exhibit a relatively high quality of writing.
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Encyclopedias are generally well researched and reliable, and the answer is probably correct.
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The problems faced by dual-career families have been well researched since the Rapoports coined the phrase in 1969.
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The cultural impact of this has been well researched and extensively commented upon elsewhere.
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This one is well researched , but I question whether it adds much to the sum total of our knowledge about Wellington.
■ NOUN
book
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She has spent her free time researching the book and is now looking for a publisher.
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I came to research a book about my great-aunt Teresita, the Saint of Cabora.
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He'd met Romano de Sciorto through researching the book he'd been planning on the history of the islands.
history
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Dreger now spends his free time volunteering in the Chorus office and researching the Chorus' history for the anniversary celebration.
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She looks forward, in retirement, to researching local history .
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Indeed, when Sophia persists in researching family history on her own, she uncovers much more than she had bargained for.
subject
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Although I began to research the subject , I never wrote that book.
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We, therefore, have an excellent way of researching any subject within the hospitality industry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Doctors researching into the causes of the disease believe they may have found a cure.
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He spent four years researching material for the play.
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It is important to research the market fully before offering a new product for sale.
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Joslin's legal documents were praised for being well researched.
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Vargas began researching his family's history 12 years ago.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At one time we had about eighty people here who did nothing but research into various family genealogies.
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He researched alone at night, and by day discussed his findings with no one.
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Scientific Officer required to assist with a project researching intracellular events in scrapie-infected cells.
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That was 10 years ago and since then I've researched and developed that simple dieting principle.
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The couple still maintain close links with local schools, where they spend hours researching, sketching and absorbing jokes.
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They want to research the features and the prices and they want to get the information from some one they can trust.