noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
central
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Veblen's central thesis was that emulation took the form of engaging in a conspicuous way in honorific as opposed to merely useful pursuits.
doctoral
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Kostunica wrote his doctoral thesis in 1976 attesting to the vital role played by political opposition groups in the West.
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From this initial dissatisfaction my own doctoral thesis developed.
main
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His main thesis is that the empirical evidence does not validate the instrumental account.
■ NOUN
title
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Such an analysis of the thesis titles is in preparation by the present author.
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He went on to compare the thesis title with the title of the paper, to determine whether a relationship might exist.
■ VERB
develop
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I want to develop the stronger thesis that criticism is the essence of higher education.
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An examination of Lacanian psychoanalysis will therefore assist in developing my thesis that philosophical texts represent a form of self-construction.
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Durkheim developed this ingenious thesis by contrasting the economic and social conditions in primitive and modern societies.
support
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The significant discontinuities elsewhere support the thesis of adversary politics.
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But there is evidence to support my thesis that status and occupation are as important as cash.
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First, there is evidence to support the thesis that investing substantial public expenditure into declining areas will attract future private investment.
write
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He really took the matter to heart and finally wrote his Master's thesis on the subject.
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He had traveled with a group of Rajput grazers into Haryana, later writing a thesis about them.
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Tolkien was not writing to a thesis .
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Kostunica wrote his doctoral thesis in 1976 attesting to the vital role played by political opposition groups in the West.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The book seems to have no central thesis .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She rejects the thesis that the Shoah was unique.
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The ethical basis for extending effective property rights in the public treasury to officials is overlooked in the Niskanen-type thesis .
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There is a short but cheerful thesis to be written on this aspect of the production.
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To the extent that legitimate authorities have power over us, the pre-emption thesis governs our right attitude to them.
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Whatever the reason, however, our examination of the evidence gives little support for either thesis .
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You might even end up starting on another project with a new thesis adviser.