I. noun
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a comprehensive study/survey/assessment
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The report includes a comprehensive study of the company’s training needs.
an Ordnance Survey map British English (= a map showing the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail )
carry out a survey
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The committee has carried out a survey of parking problems in residential areas.
carry out a survey
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The committee has carried out a survey of parking problems in residential areas.
conduct a survey
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They conducted a survey of students’ careers one year after graduation.
longitudinal study/survey/research etc
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a longitudinal study of unemployed workers
Ordnance Survey map
survey course
survey the wreckage (= look at it )
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After the explosion, they got cautiously to their feet, surveying the wreckage.
survey/census data (= produced in a survey or census )
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Survey data show that people’s participation in sports rises with their level of income.
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■ ADJECTIVE
annual
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From 1989 until then, the species' population had remained stable in annual surveys at about 450.
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By the time of the last bighorn hunt, in the fall of 1992, the annual survey produced 15 sheep sightings.
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Through an annual survey in each business area, we prioritize key customer requirements and measure satisfaction.
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She has pledged to reduce pay differentials to single figures within five years by making pay more transparent through annual surveys .
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To date mathematics, language and science have completed their initial round of annual surveys .
comprehensive
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It contained a comprehensive survey of the world's countries and their populations and referred to earlier missionary endeavours.
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It is not the purpose of this chapter to provide a comprehensive survey of the empirical work undertaken upon this topic.
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The poll, for the Press Association, is the largest and most comprehensive survey of the campaign.
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Clearly one can not hope to give a comprehensive survey of the history of metals and metalworking in a single chapter.
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A comprehensive survey with this emphasis is very welcome.
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With the remainder, a full, comprehensive survey of painting in this country during the last four centuries should be created.
detailed
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It provides a detailed survey of pay, and therefore makes research possible into what determines pay in Northern Ireland.
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This detailed survey is peppered with information on how the faunas came to be collected - often by amateurs.
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After some detailed survey work members of the Glasgow South branch.
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Seventy years later an even more detailed survey of another Dorset town was made.
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In Northern Ireland, a detailed gravity survey was made in the Cushendall area.
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A small, detailed survey found that older inheritors tended to put aside much of their cash to benefit their own children.
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However, that property could have defects which could only be identified and reported by a more detailed survey .
national
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Three national surveys were carried out between 1970 and 1981.
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The latest national survey for the Pew Research Center found a majority of those questioned tend to disbelieve Clinton.
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Each of the four countries is to submit a report based on national surveys in March 1992.
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While Clinton has a comfortable lead over Dole in recent national surveys , the Kansas senator is expected to win Texas.
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The government gets its data from a national survey conducted every five years.
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More detailed information will be sought from national surveys of higher education, employing organisations and former students, supplemented by interviews.
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In the national audience research survey I conducted in 1970-73, listeners were asked to state their favourite programme or programmes.
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Going further back again, local authorities had made good use, on a comparative basis, of national reading surveys .
nationwide
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It is one of the findings of a nationwide survey carried out by the Bitumen Association.
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A subject chosen following a nationwide survey . £60,000 advertising campaign.
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Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey .
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A nationwide survey completed May 16 showed that Clinton is reaping a political windfall with support from women.
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Drug use among teen-agers rose 78 percent between 1992 and 1995, according to a nationwide federal survey released Tuesday.
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The latest nationwide survey showed Clinton defeating Dole 56 percent to 39 percent in a hypothetical two-way race.
new
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Data from the Higher Education Statistical Agency records and from new surveys are presented and analysed.
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A new federal survey on the growing shortage of nurses portrays a stagnant workforce with a dramatic slowdown in nursing school enrollments.
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But mum still knows the best way to a man's heart, according to a new survey .
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But a new survey has revealed more problems at Park South Junior and Infants schools.
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A NEW survey says people fantasise more about winning the Lottery than meeting their dream date.
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A NEW survey says women spend up to 12 times longer on housework than men.
public
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The very questions used in public opinion surveys indicate the importance of the assumption.
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Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey .
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Clinton remains far ahead of Republican rival Bob Dole, according to the latest public opinion surveys .
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The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
recent
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A recent survey by Proshare-Mori reveals that there are now 9.26m shareholders in Britain.
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About 34 percent of those who took part in the recent survey said they use a commercial online service.
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A RECENT survey says workers are more likely to do overtime if their boss is handsome.
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In a recent Industry Week survey , sixty-three percent of the respondents said that they did not get satisfaction from their work.
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A recent survey showed that more than 7,000 people telephoned Colchester General in an average day.
social
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As part of this a rather different kind of social survey emerged and with it new kinds of data.
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The social psychological survey also left a legacy in the attitudinal questions which are very often contained in questionnaires.
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This was stressed in all the social surveys of the period.
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The research uses a variety of social survey methods.
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Furthermore social surveys had shown that early marriage, by unskilled workers could lead to poverty and destitution.
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So, in social surveys the limitations can be very severe, yet it would be foolish to try to avoid them.
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By contrast, the social survey was developed as a more generic method.
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Would social surveys be better understood if both approaches to data analysis were to be adopted?
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data
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This survey data is cross-section data taken from a sample of households at a particular point in time.
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In order to test these theoretical assumptions, a factor analysis of the survey data was performed.
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This will provide information on neighbourhood characteristics from the 1981 Census to analyse in combination with the individual survey data .
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This process requires at least a bivariate analysis, if not a multivariate analysis of the survey data . 2.
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The third generalization is drawn from survey data .
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They deal mainly with the analysis of secondary data , rather than multi-country analysis of survey data.
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Everyone else who was not engaged in either survey data collection or ship handling seemed to be doing the same.
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In the corporate and financial environment, numerically presented financial and survey data was subjected to increasingly sophisticated statistical and econometric analysis.
opinion
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The very questions used in public opinion surveys indicate the importance of the assumption.
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Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey .
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An opinion survey by the party's communications group showed women had significantly different political views from men.
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Clinton remains far ahead of Republican rival Bob Dole, according to the latest public opinion surveys .
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Wartime opinion surveys showed consistently, however, that unemployment remained a matter of concern.
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But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
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The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
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Public opinion surveys show voters have little interest, however.
sample
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Here one is dealing with social situations which are relatively unexplored and where sample surveys may be quite inappropriate.
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In such cases the issue of representativeness is of less concern than in the sample survey .
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It will use a sample survey and a life history approach.
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The other is collection of information from consumers, using sample surveys .
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This work arose out of a project in which a sample survey program was written specifically for use by developing countries.
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It is concerned with both theoretical and applied aspects, the latter emphasising the use of sample survey data in policy analysis.
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These in turn are based on sample surveys taken in various parts of the country.
■ VERB
based
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In the case of criminals, much early research was based on surveys of those who had been caught and convicted.
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But the study was based on surveys mailed to 517 clients a year after they completed the program.
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That is the figure it has come up with, based on a survey of chief executives.
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A First Call consensus estimate based on a survey of four analysts was 42 cents for the Columbus, Ohio, company.
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This decision was based on a survey of 1991 visitors and exhibitors which also revealed attendance figures of 17,000.
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The non-computer-\#based local surveys established this stereotype as one that is widely endorsed.
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These in turn are based on sample surveys taken in various parts of the country.
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The figures are based on a survey sample, although one with a very high response rate.
carry
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We carried out a survey to determine how buyers of conference facilities selected venues.
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Had they already reached Saturn, carried out their survey , and gone into hibernation?
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We will carry out a free survey of your electrical installations and visually check the condition of your wiring.
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Nether Wyresdale Parish Council would like to express their appreciation of the effort that went into carrying out the survey .
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Rowntree carried out his third survey of living standards in York in 1951.
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We plan to carry out a borehole survey starting during hte week beginning 26 April 1993.
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Councils will have to carry out an annual survey of customer satisfaction, published just before local election.
complete
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The team has completed a second survey recently.
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As part of management training in the computer company, new managers were required to have their subordinates complete opinion surveys .
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The third development, the Lanterns, built to a more conventional design, was being completed during the survey period.
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After completing her survey she ensured that she left without the concrete socks.
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Commissioned as consultant for the Newry canal, he completed his survey in 1736, later spending two years on site.
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This arose partly from the ever present pressure from official sources to complete the survey of the country.
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Among them, Cadw would be told to complete its survey in three years.
conduct
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In fact, astronomers who conduct such surveys estimate that 95 percent of stars are less luminous than the Sun.
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Finally, they conducted a customer survey of 1, 300 park users.
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We continue to conduct dioxin surveys .
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So Fox Valley also conducts detailed surveys of the community and of its own employees.
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In conducting their pioneering survey , Abel-Smith, Zander and Brooke were faced with this problem.
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Run a pilot project, conduct some surveys or select some employees for a focus group discussion.
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At this very moment, other hoteliers no doubt are busy conducting surveys designed to pinpoint our newest whims.
find
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The survey also found that the likeliest effect of downsizing is a slump in morale, which can reduce productivity and profits.
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In fact, a Longevity magazine survey finds some things actually get better with age.
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The Hollywood Reporter recently conducted a survey to find out who are the most bankable directors.
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Female athletes, the survey found , received a little more than a third of the money spent on all athletic scholarships.
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A Wildlife Trust survey has found the immigrants in ponds in south-west London.
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One survey found that if the Bill of Rights were on the ballot today, most people would vote against it.
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Fundamentally, the survey method finds out what people will say when they are being interviewed, or filling in a questionnaire.
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And when I made extensive surveys I found them almost exclusively on sugar maples.
include
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These details will not be included in the survey . 1 Which of the following cleaners do you own?
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Approximately 24, 000 families were included in the survey .
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These details will not be included in the survey .
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If all cities were included , the survey says the loss would amount to billions of dollars.
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Research methods will include interviews, a survey of relevant documents, a questionnaire and limited observation.
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Whisky exports were not included in the survey because comprehensive statistics on Scotch whisky exports are obtainable from the Scotch Whisky Association.
reveal
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The variation in prices is revealed in a survey published today.
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But there are two dramatic weaknesses in the new model family as revealed by these surveys .
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Particularly insidious is the unobtrusive process of grooming for partnership, as revealed in the survey .
show
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In fact these groupings are shown by the survey as having fairly characteristic woodlands.
undertake
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They can generally undertake big surveys involving large numbers of people and they provide statistics and interpretations of them.
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In addition to the lectures, part 11 participants attend two days of conferences related to archaeology and undertake a short practical survey project.
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Little public attention was paid to rural poverty before Rowntree undertook a survey in 1912.
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Its main object is to undertake research into survey methods and problems.
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These are students who have organised themselves to undertake surveys of buildings requiring modification for full public access.
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a geological survey
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A recent survey found that 36% of the women asked did not feel safe walking alone at night.
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According to a survey of 606 city residents, garbage collection was the city service people liked most.
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Many parents were surprised by the survey on teenage drug use.
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The survey on consumer confidence was conducted in late December.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey .
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References to be obtained by fax / e-mail within days, surveys within a week.
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Results of surveys, inspections and investigations should be revealed to prospective purchasers.
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Similarly inconclusive are studies that have attempted to evaluate the managerialist hypothesis through surveys of management attitudes based on questionnaires.
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The survey answers have to be mailed in by this Saturday.
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The survey did not go into reasons for the increase in acrimony.
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The third development, the Lanterns, built to a more conventional design, was being completed during the survey period.
II. verb
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■ NOUN
scene
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William is seen surveying the scene with dad Harry, and quarry manager John Austin.
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The policewoman, Song Anni, came up to survey the scene .
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There are admirers of rugged grandeur who are content merely to survey the scene from easy points of vantage.
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Then I would emerge to survey the scene .
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I was able to survey the London art scene with detachment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A large segment of the population that was surveyed was taking vitamin supplements.
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Kramer quickly surveyed the competition and decided he had nothing to worry about.
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Of the 1007 people surveyed, 74% supported the decision.
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Researchers surveyed 10,000 customers about the quality of companies that they used.
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Southwest Junior High is surveying parents about their children wearing uniforms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fenn had stopped the car and was surveying the panorama, allowing the information to assemble itself in his mind.
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He said divers surveying the aftermath of the Braer tanker disaster found large numbers of razor shells contaminated with oil.
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I stood under trees, surveying the stone walls and vines of the Villa Diodati.
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My brain wandered off surveying the amorous absurdity of it.
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Yet the world was still waiting on Flamsteed to finish surveying the stars.