incidence of violence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofincidenceandviolence
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incidence
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/us/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/
an event, or the rate at which ...
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violence
noun[U]
uk/ˈvaɪə.ləns/us/ˈvaɪə.ləns/
actions or words that are intended to ...
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(Definition ofincidenceandviolencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The daily social relations of the workplace in the late 1940s were marked by an apparently highincidenceofviolence.
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Another problem with the land price variable is that it is potentially endogenous because a highincidenceofviolencein a state may decrease the value of the land.
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Theincidenceofviolenceagainst staff was intolerable.
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By licensing all door supervisors, the authority will drive down theincidenceofviolenceand drug offences in pubs and clubs.
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Nevertheless, theincidenceofviolencehas diminished and the security forces have responded imaginatively to the ceasefires.
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It surely is impossible to place a time limit, whether of three years or any other period, on theincidenceofviolence.
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Earlier in the debate, we heard about the increasingincidenceofviolencein schools, by pupils against teachers and pupils against pupils.
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We are determined to reduce substantially theincidenceofviolencetowards everyone working in social care.
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What steps he is taking to reduce theincidenceofviolencein the home.
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The trueincidenceofviolenceto wives and children is difficult to ascertain.
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In addition, we realised that there was a direct correlation between the level of economic activity and theincidenceofviolence.
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The incidence of crime there is very much higher and theincidenceofviolenceis also much higher.
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There is much community concern about theincidenceofviolenceand in particular about repeat acts of violence.
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Its quasi-judicial nature does not accord with the more discursive activities which relate to research into, for example, theincidenceofviolenceon television.
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Against that background, there are clubs with these schemes where theincidenceofviolencepro ratais lower than in other clubs.
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That does not seem to have been any more successful than any other scheme for reducing theincidenceofviolencein those areas.
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That is a very highincidenceofviolence.
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However, we are determined to reduce substantially theincidenceofviolencetowards everyone working in social care.
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I come now to theincidenceofviolence, which has recently been reported quite widely in the press while we have been in recess.
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Theincidenceofviolenceis reaching such proportions that although such events are reported daily in our newspapers they gain little or no attention.
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