verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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assumption
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When I started teaching the assumption which underpinned most primary schools was that schools were exclusive places.
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Since then the assumptions underpinning , and the meanings attributed to, census data have changed a good deal.
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They highlight the false assumptions which underpin much social security provision.
policy
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This consideration has underpinned national forestry policy until now.
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There is however a growing body of work which challenges the models of ageing which underpin current policies .
principle
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The principles which underpin good work force relationships in business apply equally well in the education business.
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These various basic principles which underpinned the planning machine have survived throughout the post-war period.
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The principle of altruism underpins the code of ethics and practice which provide regulatory guidance.
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It sets out in some detail the means of complying with each of the eight principles that underpin the Data Protection Act.
value
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Moving towards an open system needs a massive public education effort and public debate on the values that should underpin choice.
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The old values which had underpinned Britain when it was an agrarian society were threatened by a new urban poor.
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These values of conservative normativism underpin the dominant tradition of public law.
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Objectives and interventions vary with the stage of problem development and client status and also with the values underpinning the work.
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Labour's policies may change, the prime minister says, but the values that underpin them remain eternal.
■ VERB
help
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It also helps to underpin earnings when the bullion price drops.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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These two scientific discoveries have underpinned modern agriculture.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market, although other areas of law have also had a bearing.
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Good independent journalism underpins a free, democratic society.
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Such hopes have underpinned the euro's recovery against the dollar over the past month or so.
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The home loans underpinned mortgage bonds.
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This mindset underpins the future of food.
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This was at odds with the view of mathematics and the theory of learning underpinning the innovation with which she was involved.
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We firmly believe it must also underpin the operations of the minerals industry.
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We very much hope that such reforms will underpin the peace process.