adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nuclear testing
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a nuclear testing area
testing ground
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Eastern Europe has become a testing ground for high-speed privatization.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ground
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The model was finished in 1794 and Murdock looked for a testing ground .
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The transfer of the Kit to Novaya Zemlya, a major nuclear testing ground , was carried out in secret.
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Because of the interesting, usually technical, demands made on the performers, their ballets often become testing grounds for future soloists.
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In brief, it was a fertile testing ground for those wishing to demonstrate prowess in their mastery of econometric technique.
procedure
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The row centres on a technicality - whether the proper testing procedure was carried out.
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Groove Tubes are special because of our unique testing procedures , not because of the way they were built.
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But he said Yates denied taking steroids and that there had been irregularities in the testing procedures .
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Market testing procedures in central Government have often taken far too long.
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Many companies participating in Compacts will use a variety of testing procedures in order to select appropriate candidates for jobs.
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Most of the electrophysiological properties are only apparent when appropriate testing procedures are used.
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Whereas the scientific enterprise is legitimated by agreed testing procedures , the theological enterprise has been characterized by dogmatism.
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This covers the testing procedures and assessment criteria to be applied before licences can be granted.
programme
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He disparaged the customs service testing programme as mere display, a gesture of solidarity with the President's anti-drug campaign.
programmes
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Generally Helen would extrapolate on one of the more testing programmes coming out of her department.
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However, local testing programmes can give information on individual schools.
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More central to the concerns of this book is the question of whether testing programmes are a suitable procedure for accountability.
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In terms of sampling the curriculum, examinations do rather better than most testing programmes .
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Deciding whether testing programmes are economic in their use of resources is a more difficult problem.
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Some aid will go to paying for practical steps already taken, like fish testing programmes .
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As a way of ascertaining whether minimum levels had been achieved state-wide testing programmes were initiated.
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Many of the states have linked the testing programmes to the minimum competency testing mentioned in Chapter 1.
time
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The last two or three years have been a testing time for the 180 people who work at Angered.
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When testing time arrives, you have a choice.
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It is a testing time for Stockton.
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Nizan's apprenticeship was a testing time .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they were not allowed to take readings off the island of Novaya Zemlya, a former Soviet nuclear testing site.
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Groove Tubes are special because of our unique testing procedures, not because of the way they were built.
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However, local testing programmes can give information on individual schools.
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In goal, Peter Liles gave a solid performance under very testing conditions.