I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a battle/clash/test of wills (= when two determined people oppose each other )
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Even the smallest decision could become an exhausting battle of wills.
a blood test (= a test done on your blood to see if you have a disease or another condition )
a driving test (= that you must pass before you are allowed to drive )
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I passed my driving test the second time I took it.
a fitness test (= an examination to see if a sports player is fully fit )
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Chris Pike is facing a fitness test before tomorrow's match.
a personality test
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Employers are increasingly using personality tests to help them select staff.
a sight test
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If your sight test shows that you need glasses, the optician will give you a prescription.
a test case (= one that will establish a principle for the first time )
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If the dispute goes to court it could be an important test case.
a test flight (= a flight to test a new plane )
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The aircraft made a successful test flight on June 3rd.
a test of ability/an ability test
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Examinations are not always a good test of ability.
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The class was given a verbal ability test.
a test of ability/an ability test
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Examinations are not always a good test of ability.
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The class was given a verbal ability test.
a vocabulary test/exercise
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The teacher gave us a vocabulary test.
alpha test
an exam/a test question
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You have to answer twenty exam questions.
an experiment to test/measure/find out sth
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We did an experiment to test the acidity of the soil.
an eye test ( also an eye exam American English ) (= to find out how well you can see )
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You should have an eye test every couple of years.
an eyesight examination/test
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The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded.
analyse/test a sample
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All the samples were tested for bacteria.
beta test
breath test
carry out a test
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Forensic experts are now carrying out DNA tests.
carry out a test
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Forensic experts are now carrying out DNA tests.
cloze test
conduct a test/experiment
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Investigators will be conducting tests to determine how the man died.
devise an experiment/test
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He devised a series of experiments to test his theory.
diagnostic tests/tools
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Doctors depend on accurate diagnostic tools.
DNA test
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A DNA test showed that he was not the baby's father.
doping scandal/ban/test etc
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doping offences
driving test
field test
laboratory tests/experiments/studies
lie detector test
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He was asked to take a lie detector test .
litmus test
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The mayoral election is regarded as the litmus test for the integrity of the electoral process.
means test
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means-tested benefits
nuclear testing
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a nuclear testing area
polygraph test
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The suspect was given a polygraph test .
pregnancy test
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a pregnancy test
prove/test/support etc a hypothesis
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We hope that further research will confirm our hypothesis.
random checks/tests
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He believes the police should be able to carry out random breath tests.
road test
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All our vehicles are roadtested before they are sold.
Ronseal test
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Will the new legislation pass the Ronseal test?
Rorschach test
screen test
smear test
stand the test of time (= stay popular )
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His poetry will stand the test of time .
stiff test
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a stiff test
test a theory
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Researchers gave workers a questionnaire to test that theory.
test ban
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the test ban treaty
test card
test case
test certificate
Test cricket (= played between the teams of different countries )
test drive
test match
test of endurance
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The marathon is a test of endurance .
test pilot
test run
test sb's nerve (= test whether someone will have the courage to do something difficult )
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The next few days would test their nerve to the limit.
test scores
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The school’s test scores have not improved.
Test series (= in cricket )
test tube
test/check/monitor the quality
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The equipment is used to monitor the city’s air quality.
tested...reflexes (= especially by hitting her knee with a special rubber hammer )
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Doctor Mulholland tested Jennifer’s reflexes .
testing ground
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Eastern Europe has become a testing ground for high-speed privatization.
test/show/prove your mettle
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a crisis which will test the minister’s mettle
try/test/tax sb's patience (= make it difficult for someone to continue to be patient )
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The guy at the desk was beginning to try my patience.
undergo tests/trials
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He is undergoing tests for pneumonia.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
diagnostic
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At one point in his career he became interested in toxoplasmosis and shortly thereafter developed a diagnostic dye test for the disease.
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The famous Wassermann diagnostic blood test for syphilis has been used for forty years.
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His promotional leaflets referred to his routine practice of obtaining x ray films, running diagnostic tests , and prescribing treatment.
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If a standard dosage is given initially, then a diagnostic water deprivation test can also be carried out.
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In addition, the computer would run reading and diagnostic tests , offer remedial programmes and keep complete records of child attainment.
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There are other diagnostic tests for hyponymy which are either discriminatory but insufficiently general, or general but insufficiently discriminatory.
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A diagnostic colon test , which costs the average beneficiary $ 164, would carry a price tag of $ 79.
driving
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How many people do you know who failed their first driving test ?
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If you were disqualified and must pass the driving test again the two year period begins when you pass the test.
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Learner drivers are often frustrated at the long wait for driving tests .
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They included taking lessons for her advanced driving test , watercolour painting and gardening.
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Lewin, of Toxteth, who had never taken a driving test and was already banned for stealing cars, admitted manslaughter.
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Licences from certain designated countries will exempt you from the need to take a driving test .
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The defendant was drunk, had never passed a driving test , was uninsured and drove dangerously.
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I passed my driving test just in time for the holidays.
nuclear
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Greenpeace began with a protest voyage into a nuclear test zone.
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Pakistanconducted its first nuclear test days afterward.
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Would not an extension and strengthening of the nuclear test ban treaty be a means of helping the Soviet people?
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The stress echo and nuclear tests are both approximately 85 to 95 percent accurate.
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Meanwhile, direct action against nuclear tests becomes more frequent.
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The Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed a few weeks later, prohibiting nuclear tests in the atmosphere.
positive
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The disclosure about their son's positive test result was made at 2 to 3 weeks.
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Frederick Brewing officials say drinking Hempen Ale will not produce a positive drug test .
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In Gloucestershire, the number of positive pre-Christmas breath tests has halved in 6 years, reflecting a public change of attitude.
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Two positive tests could result in a suspension.
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Patients with a normal exercise test often do well while those who have a dramatically positive test do not.
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This should be repeated two or three times; if the results are consistently positive , the test is quite reliable.
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Patients B and E were positive in the test but were negative in bacterial culture examination of the sample.
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All patients with sclerosing cholangitis and positive tests for anti-lactoferrin had ulcerative colitis.
simple
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The referential rigidity is said to be subject to a simple intuitive test .
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These antibodies can be detected in the blood by a simple test , usually two weeks to three months after infection.
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The baby born blind for the want of a simple test .
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Sometimes some simple tests are needed.
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I mention, to dismiss, some examples of unacceptable simple tests .
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Re- creating what happened Any system need meet only a few simple tests .
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It is difficult to diagnose, as there is no simple test .
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There is a simple test , and I run back to the cabin to embark on this project instantly.
written
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Part A. Written test - 45 minutes.
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Consequently, while many pupils in the samples in 1984-6 completed written and mental tests , fewer did practical and oral tests.
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The results are from written tests unless otherwise stated.
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Thus, although these pupils generally have difficulty with reading, this does not mean that written tests should be ruled out.
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The written test success rates are given in the table below.
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In another written test on tabular data one set of questions was about a calendar which was provided.
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Identification of 3-D shapes from their 2-D representation was the subject of two groups of items in written tests .
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Extended Response Commonly known as an essay, this form of assessment is the most open-ended type of written test .
■ NOUN
acid
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Ibrox, therefore, could be an acid test for Robertson, Levein and a few others.
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The acid test , of course, was to sit through Driving Miss Daisy without shedding a tear.
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The acid test was when I told him why I never had any money to spend, but he was very understanding.
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The critical question, the acid test of socialism, is the distribution of power at the point of production.
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The acid test of a good leader is the extent to which they select a style to suit the circumstances.
ban
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The campaign's agenda of Trident, conversion, test bans and warhead convoys is plenty wide enough.
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A test ban that could not inspire confidence would undermine stability and might even provoke a new arms race.
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Or that a comprehensive test ban might not be possible - even desirable - at some point in the future.
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A test ban is the least of the proliferators' worries.
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However, the point is that if there were a complete test ban , there would be no nuclear tests allowed.
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Nuclear disarmers are right in saying that a test ban would stop weapons builders trying out new and fancier designs.
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I am increasingly convinced that a comprehensive test ban would be a big step to take in curbing proliferation.
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But it has refused to sign up to the comprehensive test ban treaty.
blood
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A diagnosis would not be made for 48 hours, until the results of blood tests are returned.
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This is done by a quick and simple blood test .
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Virgets said his fighter has long objected to blood tests but has acquiesced in the past.
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A blood test can be used to find out whether a person's blood contains antibodies to the virus.
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If appropriate blood tests are not available, disulfiram should not be used.
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The blood test for anaemia checks the level of haemoglobin, which helps carry oxygen through the blood.
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Services include group therapy, job counseling and blood tests to make sure his white-cell count is stable.
breath
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Instead he admitted lesser motoring offences including drink-driving, failing to give a breath test and not stopping after an accident.
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Police stopped Kelly, of Chelmsford, and a breath test showed him to be more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
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Pritchard failed a roadside breath test which recorded 151 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
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Mr Warren was arrested in Mayfair, London, in May 1990 after a roadside breath test proved positive.
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In healthy volunteers, H pylori state was determined by the C urea breath test .
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Police kept her locked up in a cell until she gave a negative breath test and was deemed fit to leave.
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Police said the driver, who lives nearby with his grandmother, had failed a roadside breath test .
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One month after completing this treatment, the C-urea breath test was repeated to assess eradication of the infection.
case
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This is symptomatic of the adversarial relationship schools have with Woodhead, but it is also an extremely important test case .
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Prosecutors made Pate their test case .
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In March 1918 Nina Boyle, offering herself as a test case , announced that she would stand in the Keighley by-election.
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It promised, in a very real sense, a test case for our theories of the behavior of impactors.
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The infuriated Abbot put forward a test case by sending a monk with a wagonload of corn across the bridge.
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In a test case , the state of Hawaii may become the first to legalize gay marriage, next year.
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Van Gogh as the subject for a biographer is thus a test case .
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Mrs Ruth Annison, association secretary, thought the Redmire branch would become a test case for similar lines elsewhere.
dna
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Thirty-nine women treated at the hospitals have been offered DNA tests to prove their babies are their own.
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They alleged that scientists, supposedly objective, interpreted DNA test results in the most incriminating way possible.
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A legal case is pending which will force a DNA test to acknowledge paternity.
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The results of DNA tests have not been received yet.
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Why, for example, have we had to wait so long for DNA tests on the blood?
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A quick DNA test shows which partner succeeded as a father.
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Police are almost certain the torso was Mr Davison but they're awaiting confirmation by a DNA test .
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He was aware that DNA tests would be carried out on Otzi.
drug
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Under the governing body's initiative, some karate competitions now include a random drug test .
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The order temporarily overrules a four-year ban from competition imposed upon Johnson by the international track federation for failing a drug test .
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Bear in mind that cold cures and certain drinks contain prohibited substances that show up in a drugs test .
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Subsequent drug tests revealed the boys had used cocaine, police said.
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In 1979, it was the people who invented games rather than the participants who apparently needed to take drug tests .
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The drug tests have been done so far only in fruit flies.
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What they are actually selling is drug tests for employees.
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Her disputed drug test was taken in Tempe unlike the Reynolds' test, administered outside the United States.
eye
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Therefore, the potential demand for eye tests from the over-60s will increase exponentially.
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Many optometrists are worried by this and feel there should be a routine in-depth eye test much earlier.
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Does the Minister agree that people need and prefer a free eye test ?
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Robin Cook told delegates that tax concessions for private medical insurance would also be abolished and charges for eye tests scrapped.
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In July 1988 the Lords voted by 120 to 94 to reject the imposition of charges for eye tests .
laboratory
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The first, a clinical suspect in whom no laboratory tests were done, was reported after he died on Dec 20.
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Objectives of laboratory assessment. Laboratory tests have two primary purposes, one of which is to detect marginal nutritional deficiencies.
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Correlation between the scan score and laboratory tests varied with disease location.
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We shared the results of every medical exam and laboratory test with them and with their physicians.
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No clinic patient received any examination or laboratory test specific for erectile dysfunction or its causes.
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But no laboratory test is foolproof.
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Likewise, no chart recorded either a blood lipid profile or any laboratory test relevant to diabetes.
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No laboratory test or pathological finding can make an absolutely certain diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
pilot
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In March the manufacturer's test pilot flew the aircraft for its annual inspection check flight.
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The owner pilot accompanied the test pilot on this flight, but acted only as an observer.
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Former test pilots , engineers and craftsmen turned up to watch a fly past by two of the jets.
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The test pilot quietly waiting, literally for the paint to dry.
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I was talking this week to one of the test pilots on the Eurofighter.
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He is a former test pilot and qualified on the Boeing 707.
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I set off as a television test pilot and have ended up with my best-ever chance of winning the race.
result
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The test result which always raises the most interest and the most questions is the cholesterol level.
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The test results were in and only his urine got a passing grade.
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On the evidence of these test results was it possible to say whether or not pupils could estimate and measure length?
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Field test results were obtained from 102 sites in 35 states.
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National test results should reflect the involvement of the school and there should be more contextual evidence included in Ofsted reports.
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But as a group, ill veterans could be distinguished from healthy ones by overall test results .
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Six patients had planned operations cancelled because of the test result .
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So she launched a campaign against the test results .
road
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Included are technical specifications, road tests and a buyers guide.
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Spider gave him the road test , presented him with the license.
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It is the most comprehensive of the road test series and is also one of the first to feature colour pages.
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On a recent trip to London, I took the Zagat survey for a road test .
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Read our full road test to find out.
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It was time to road test my new hair, so I popped into the local florists.
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A road test by a competent mechanic would confirm.
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The candidates faced hours of written exams, manoeuvres and then a gruelling road test through Milton Keynes.
site
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In many ways the Settlement movement of the 1880s and 1890s provided test sites for these initiatives.
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As a favor, the masons at the test site had said they would do the caulking of the mockup.
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Sailing to within a few miles of the test site , he successfully delayed the detonation.
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And much of the liquid used to simulate nerve gas at the test site was contained by the wooden crates.
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Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals.
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Different versions of the individually labeled tests are given at different test sites .
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Ideally, an open area test site should be situated in a position with low levels of ambient radio activity.
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The firm claims its sold 390 licences since March and has another 250 in test sites .
■ VERB
conduct
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She had a slight problem, no doctor to conduct the test ..
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One student had actually been conducting a water test while other students were presenting.
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It was therefore inadvisable to conduct statistical tests when missing data from some schools distorted the representativeness of the sample.
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Interstate 680 runs through the area where Communities for a Better Environment conducted its tests .
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Only three are suspected of having conducted a test .
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We wanted to find out so we conducted a test at a local shopping mall.
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Bios-3 has conducted tests with two and three people for up to six months.
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Vichy conducted their own test on 47 women.
develop
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The aim of the research is to develop such tests .
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Whitney develops and tests jet engines at its Palm Beach County plant.
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Vaccines take time to develop , test and produce in quantity.
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There is nothing wrong with developing an additional test set using hypothetical data.
fail
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Pritchard failed a roadside breath test which recorded 151 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
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And phlogiston also fails the test .
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Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud, it failed to stand the test of time.
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Again he failed a sobriety test .
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So the transvestite fails the test of humanist transgression.
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Sixty of them have been fired this year for failing drug tests .
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This Home Secretary and this Government have failed that test .
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Because if she failed the test , she would be erased.
pass
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On the first day I pass the acid Fitzgerald test .
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After passing the written test , Solomon began his driving lessons.
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Have I passed the memory test ?
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The Division had passed the most crucial test .
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Such joints are said to pass most of the tests in the specifications for wood adhesives.
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He has passed the first three tests on the way to the presidency with room to spare.
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I had passed the terrible test of the measuring rod.
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Until the curtain wall had passed its test , none of the work on the walls could start.
perform
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Comparisons between groups were performed with the Wilcoxon test for unpaired data and the Fisher test.
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Economists can not so easily divide the country into two districts to perform similar tests .
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Howard University will perform two sorts of tests .
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The patient performed the tests with no other comment-until the temporal lobe site was stimulated again without warning.
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Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's rank correlation test as appropriate.
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They performed a series of tests and took an identical snack every 3 hours throughout the study.
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They also checked for a history of asthma or related allergies, and performed immune-system tests .
take
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Anyways, when Belinda died, she asked me to take a blood test .
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Mike Quinn Student: I was not feeling well the day I took that test .
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The pupils though are glad they don't have to take the tests .
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Hardin said prosecutors wanted both Moons to take the test and said he advised them against it.
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What if I decide to take the test ?
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You get all kinds of facts, and then you take the test , and then they all leave you.
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An estimated 65 per cent of test candidates had taken pre-test training.
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Testing-the effects of taking a test on the scores of a second testing.
undergo
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She was airlifted to Childrens Hospital, where she underwent a battery of tests .
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Reluctantly, Rob persuades Suzanne to undergo tests .
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The helmet is designed to limit the rotational forces affecting the head during an impact and is currently undergoing bench tests .
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Since then, Kleine has undergone a series of tests , including cardiovascular and neurological exams.
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The patients also are examined, and undergo laboratory tests , based on their complaints.
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His partner in crime, Myra Hindley, also underwent tests after collapsing in her cell at Highpoint prison.
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He and I exchanged sharp words when he informed me that the hamster would have to undergo the rabies test .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aptitude test
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Miss Guthridge tells Miss Peterson, the guidance counselor, that vocational aptitude tests are meaningless.
dope test
run a check/test/experiment etc
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I also ran a check on my own records, I should add.
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It had been switched off after two senior doctors had twice run tests on the patient before declaring him dead.
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There is no incentive to run tests and analyse the results.
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They ran tests and took x-rays, then I was called in to hear the results.
the Ronseal test
the acid test
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The acid test of a good leader is the extent to which they select a style to suit the circumstances.
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For my own small study, the acid test was one of relevance.
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The critical question, the acid test of socialism, is the distribution of power at the point of production.
tried and tested/trusted/true
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After all, these methods are tried and tested.
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Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer.
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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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Look for the more creative solution - the tried and true don't always bring the best results.
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Others stick to the tried and tested method with a sponge.
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Some parts of the blueprint will have been tried and tested, and found to be reliable.
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The genre is tried and true, of course, from Animal House to Reality Bites.
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These have the advantage of being tried and tested and involve lower cost.
written test/exam
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After passing the written test, Solomon began his driving lessons.
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Applicants may take a written exam, undergo a preliminary interview, or submit records of their education and experience for evaluation.
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Knowing how to use your head is not a subject you can study for a written exam.
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Pudwill said only five passed among the 60 in his group that took the written test.
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Students had to pass oral and written exams before moving up.
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The written test success rates are given in the table below.
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The results are from written tests unless otherwise stated.
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Thus, although these pupils generally have difficulty with reading, this does not mean that written tests should be ruled out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a ban on nuclear tests
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A blood test can be done to determine who the baby's father is.
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A blood test will show if you are a possible bone marrow donor.
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A good test of any Chinese restaurant is its sweet and sour soup.
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Did Lauren pass her driving test ?
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Doctors did several tests to find out what was wrong.
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How did you do on the spelling test ?
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I have a chemistry test tomorrow.
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Listen carefully, because there will be a test on this next week.
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Nine-month-old babies are given hearing tests by health visitors.
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Several students were caught cheating on the test .
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Teachers can use the program to create tests to check children's progress.
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The committee is calling for national tests for American schoolchildren.
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There is a simple test for diabetes.
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We carry out safety tests on all our products.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And indeed, I do subject each new species I find to a set of stringent tests.
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But were the tests sensitive or relevant enough not to miss therapeutically important benefits?
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For Divine, the test is whether it can hold its own against the multinational chocolate companies.
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I had come first in our exams and tests.
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If X is some form of test instruction then the iteration might cease before the counter reached zero.
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In the new test , the patient drinks a specially prepared solution of urea supplemented with carbon-13.
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Only one test was conducted in each patient.
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To identify which hues a person favors, Ryan encourages her clients to take the supermarket test .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ability
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Now, the hawthorn fly is testing its ability to live on cultivated cherries.
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At least once a week we were tested on our ability to copy correctly a literary passage dictated to us.
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We fitted a thinner section scroll saw blade to test the cutting ability on tight curves and corners.
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It is a strange malady that strikes following a stunning election victory and tests your ability to avoid injudicious and arrogant actions.
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Ideas need to be tested by their ability , in combination with events, to overcome inertia and resistance.
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Results obtained in testing its ability to deal with the recognition problem. 3.2.
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He was testing your ability to take control of a meeting.
hypotheses
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In formulating and testing hypotheses , method makes the decision rules and the rejection of rival hypotheses explicit.
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What we have done amounts to a series of experiments intended to test some of these hypotheses .
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The first step in genome expression, i.e. transcription, was studied in order to test these hypotheses .
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He did not typically employ elaborate statistics to test hypotheses or use control groups in his research.
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There are, again, problems for the researcher hoping to test out such hypotheses .
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It enables us to formulate hypotheses about relationships among the different components of culture and to test these hypotheses empirically.
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The Circular clearly envisages that LEAs will set about testing these hypotheses .
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Asset markets provide a convenient framework for testing many hypotheses about expectations formation.
hypothesis
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If this hypothesis could be tested only by weighing substances before and after combustion, then it was adhoc.
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The proposal serves as a guide to the hypothesis testing process which embodies the specific purpose of the study effort.
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The hypothesis can therefore be tested by clock-shifting experiments.
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It was a hypothesis she could test .
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Table 5.1 summarizes in non-quantitative fashion the main findings of this hypothesis-testing exercise.
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More formally, we can test the rational expectations hypothesis by testing the joint null hypothesis,.
mettle
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If Labour wins on Thursday, it is likely that the markets will test the mettle of Mr Smith.
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You are pleased with yourself for venturing, testing your mettle .
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The result is a sort of upscale Hemingway-esque story about affluent, pampered men testing their mettle .
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The best place to test a motorcycle's mettle is on a twisty mountain road.
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Graham led a lovely rib, slabby and clean, though it didn't test our mettle too severely.
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Crises will strew his path to test his mettle .
product
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You need to test different products to find one that really suits.
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I am not aware of any reliable testing done on herbal products .
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Success is achieved by analysing our market carefully, then researching and testing our products thoroughly.
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Scientists tested 131 products , including toys, video cables, phone cords, place mats and other household items.
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Its underlying objective was to improve the man-made environment by testing a range of products .
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The three planners then turned to how Mike should market test the new product .
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They can also be asked to test out their finished product by investigating whether it in fact does the job intended.
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Cedre experts are also testing a product called Balarep, which covers rocks witha protective film.
sample
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Do not forget to test the sample piece for washing and pressing ability.
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Once the testing laboratory receives the samples , it will screen them for drugs and then perform confirmation testing to minimize errors.
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Each kit, imported from theUnited States at a cost of $ 980, can test 100 samples .
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The lab will test samples and, within 24 hours, fax the results to inspectors.
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Professional help Doctors: your doctor will talk to you about your problem and will probably test a sample of your urine.
skill
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Set among forest land in the Eifel area, its 14-mile lap certainly tested a driver's skill and concentration.
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Initially, interviewers evaluate or test new employees' skills to determine their abilities and weaknesses.
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It's a challenge, a chance to test your playing skills , despite the wind blowing.
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The epidemic and the issues it raises will continue to test the essential skills and wisdom of management at all levels.
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It was a competition to test the skills they've learned in dealing with real road accidents.
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Irvin is back and will test the coverage skills of Marquez Pope, who is playing very well.
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It is a guide for wine-lovers and includes an exciting competition to test your skill !
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Demand the performance results that will motivate and test those skills and behaviors.
strength
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Barton nudged the nose down and tested the strength of the right-hand roll.
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I got a better grip, Lincoln testing my strength , experimenting with the power of the leash.
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Are you naturally more cautious, preferring to test the strength of your enemy before striking at his weak points?
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The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength .
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When an aircraft has been designed and built a full-sized specimen must be tested for strength and stiffness.
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Many happy hours were spent colouring the eggs and inventing games to test the strength of the shells.
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You will at least be able to test the strength of the case against you.
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Having thus tested the strength of the main anchor, the last person down can remove the back-up before abseiling.
theory
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And testing , mandatory in theory , is not widespread.
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By selectively removing certain males and females he tested various theories about why more males did not have multiple wives.
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It uses them to test theories in high-status, male-identified areas of psychology, like achievement and self-esteem.
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It became possible to test theories about nervous system functions.
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In order to test these theories two further stages are required.
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But there never has been such a comprehensive study to test the theory .
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To test that theory and several others, the researchers developed and administered a questionnaire to the workers.
water
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Claudia ran Dana's bath, testing the water carefully.
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We have tested the strawberries, we have tested the soil and we have tested the water .
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He tested the water with his hand, adjusted it, and climbed in.
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Or perhaps it is a logical way of testing the water .
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The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it.
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The district tests the water and adds chloramine if levels fall below standards.
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One felt her skill - here, one was but testing the water in a musical reservoir of immeasurable depth.
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Why do so many of us feel the need to test the water first?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aptitude test
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Miss Guthridge tells Miss Peterson, the guidance counselor, that vocational aptitude tests are meaningless.
dope test
the Ronseal test
the acid test
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The acid test of a good leader is the extent to which they select a style to suit the circumstances.
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For my own small study, the acid test was one of relevance.
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The critical question, the acid test of socialism, is the distribution of power at the point of production.
tried and tested/trusted/true
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After all, these methods are tried and tested.
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Alternatively you could pick up a pinstripe suit from tried and trusted Marks & Spencer.
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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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Look for the more creative solution - the tried and true don't always bring the best results.
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Others stick to the tried and tested method with a sponge.
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Some parts of the blueprint will have been tried and tested, and found to be reliable.
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The genre is tried and true, of course, from Animal House to Reality Bites.
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These have the advantage of being tried and tested and involve lower cost.
written test/exam
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After passing the written test, Solomon began his driving lessons.
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Applicants may take a written exam, undergo a preliminary interview, or submit records of their education and experience for evaluation.
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Knowing how to use your head is not a subject you can study for a written exam.
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Pudwill said only five passed among the 60 in his group that took the written test.
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Students had to pass oral and written exams before moving up.
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The written test success rates are given in the table below.
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The results are from written tests unless otherwise stated.
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Thus, although these pupils generally have difficulty with reading, this does not mean that written tests should be ruled out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Test your brakes to check they are working correctly.
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I need to get my eyes tested.
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New students are tested in math and reading, and placed in the appropriate class.
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Sharon decided to test the truth of their story by doing a little investigating of her own.
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The devices were tested very carefully and are considered safe.
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The store began testing the coupon machines last May.
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The water is being tested for signs of chemical pollution.
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These products have not been tested on animals.
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This section tests your mathematical skills.
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Tomorrow you'll be tested on the main events of the Civil War.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He has several life-insurance policies that require testing.
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It's all about testing the mood of the populace.
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It wants volunteers to test its extra-large new beds and will reward than with a free stay.
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Many area used car dealers are having their inventory tested or offering to test before purchase.
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MicroModule Systems has also developed accompanying software to test the substrates of the dye and the finished micromodule itself.
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You need to test different products to find one that really suits.