Collocations withsource
These are words often used in combination withsource.
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additional source
An additional source of bias in the estimated effect of exports could be the absence of controls for seasonal effects independent of economic output.
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alternate source
Lacking an alternate source of income, they have no choice but to fight.
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alternative source
The final two volumes probably represent a forlorn attempt to continue the publication with support from an alternative source of funding.
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anonymous source
The embryo may include the gametes of one member of the couple, and gametes donated by an anonymous source.
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anthropogenic source
Exhaust from internal combustion engines (mainly automobiles and trucks, as well as marine vessels in coastal waters) is a major internal anthropogenic source.
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archival source
One of the most impressive features of this study is the archival source material on which it is based.
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authoritative source
Unlike legal rules, legal principles lack a canonical form and hence cannot be explained in terms of an authoritative source.
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confidential source
I learned also that a confidential source is a reliable source.
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constant source of
Despite the enormous gains for the state, the liquor industry provided a constant source of difficulty.
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conventional sources
Indeed, unlike conventional sources, which require long exposure times to give high irradiation doses, such sources allow a very fast deposition of high doses.
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credible source
A key issue in this respect is the presence of a credible source of counterframing.
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definitive source
Up to now, the lack of definitive source material has prevented a resolution of this question.
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disparate sources
In large law enforcement agencies, information is gathered and compiled by many individuals from independent and disparate sources.
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distant source
As a consequence, the identification of such more distant source elements may sometimes be less secure than one would prefer.
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diverse source
It will become increasingly difficult to have a diverse political culture if we do not have a diverse source of news and information.
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documentary source
Each author also uses a variety of sources to reconstruct these histories : oral narratives, colonial diaries and that rare documentary source, the autobiography.
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excellent source
It is, however, an excellent source of references, and highlights the necessity for further research in this important area.
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external source
The field can be applied using an external source or by micro-fabricated electrodes.
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greatest source
This is particularly so as the greatest source of variation is invariably due to seasonal differences, rather than due to the treatments imposed.
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important source
However, predicted relationships associated with quantifiers also provide an important source of information about how sentences are related.
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independent source
The 'next step ' on the road to warlord politics - the establishment of an independent source of accumulation by leaders of factions - has been taken.
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inexhaustible source
A seemingly inexhaustible source of funding for healthcare led us to applaud every advance and conquest in medicine.
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informed source
I know he will give it the attention which an opinion coming from such a learned, interested and informed source deserves.
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invaluable source
It is an invaluable source of reference material that, once discovered, will be frequently referred to.
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ion source
This nonequilibrium has been neglected in most previous analyses in favour of a linear electron and ion source term.
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known source
They claimed to be simply obeying a directive that originated from no known source.
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leading source
The leading source option for this approach is a gas plasma source, which provides the necessary current density.
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legitimate source
It appears to have reinvented itself as a credible and legitimate source of policy leadership.
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light source
Lighting is typically calculated at each vertex of a facet, taking into account its orientation with respect to the light source, and its reflectivity.
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literary source
One area remains to be defined: the literary source of the plot.
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lucrative source
The tax would not be a lucrative source of revenue.
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main source
The main source of income tends to shift with age and as older people become economically inactive (results not shown).
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major source
The regular payments by the peasants constituted a major source of income for these institutions.
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mobile source
If this law comes into effect, everyone will have to use cars because then they can have a mobile source of privacy.
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official source
I should make it quite clear that it does not come from any official source whatever.
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original source
The original source files must be properly archived in text format for future updating, in addition to the run-time application itself.
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outside source
Input from such an outside source would be crucial and should be sought.
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potent source
One exceptionally potent source for these insinuations is the recording industry in its attempts to control markets.
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potential source
The pig is increasingly being focused on as a potential source of xenotransplanted organs.
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predominant source
Nongovernmental organizations are the predominant source of provision.
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preferred source
Discussion with the doctor is the preferred source, but information may be reinforced by provision of printed or electronic media.
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principal source
These results question the assumption that mangrove detritus is always the principal source of energy to estuarine consumers.
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printed source
In bringing together thousands of narratives about crime and justice it far outstripped any other printed source of the period.
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probable source
We have also found the probable source and route of transmission in a local outbreak and linked it to a geographically distinct outbreak.
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published source
The values for text frequency were obtained from a published source.
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radioactive source
The sealed radioactive source contained an extremely small quantity—a few thousandths of a gram—of plutonium.
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reliable source
That is so because you believe your professor is a more reliable source of information-about the information concerned in this dialogue, at least-than your friend.
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renewable source
Continents rising above sea level constitute the major renewable source of nutrients (nitrate, phosphate) essential to maintaining life.
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reputable source
While the amendments are not of great significance, they come from a good and reputable source.
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rich source
Of course these moments are a crucial aspect of our delight, and can be a rich source for interpretative ventures.
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secondary source
Sometimes the source cited as authority for a factual statement is a secondary source rather than the appropriate primary source.
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sole source
This makes it difficult to see religion as the sole source of the conflict.
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source of amusement
They're usually a source of amusement rather than a source of admiration.
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source of annoyance
In less secure discussions, however, it can be a source of annoyance.
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source of anxiety
The intrusion of archaic forms of narcissism, it is believed, is the source of anxiety disorders in the modern world.
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source of bias
This source of bias would only serve to weaken the strength of any association we found.
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source of comfort
The well-to-do smokers will not suffer much, but poor pensioners for whom tobacco is perhaps their only source of comfort will suffer.
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source of conflict
Though specific scientific hypotheses can come into conflict with religious doctrine, there is no sense in which methodological naturalism is itself a source of conflict.
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source of confusion
It was the source of confusion regarding goals of care.
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source of contention
Here we combine historical and geographical research methods to investigate a neglected source of contention-that of property held by the church.
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source of controversy
The commission was an early source of controversy during the rebellion.
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source of disagreement
In their search for the source of disagreement, the opponents move in the direction of foundations.
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source of discomfort
This may be because they are unsightly and may be a source of discomfort.
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source of discontent
This had long been a source of discontent among the local population.
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source of dissatisfaction
Marginal tax rates applying to incremental overtime earnings on the shop floor amount to a real source of dissatisfaction in our own plant.
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source of distress
Similarly, adults who are aware of an infant's frequent negativity or distress might help by distracting the infant from the source of distress.
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source of embarrassment
As the war progressed into its final phase, party membership became less a source of authority or prestige within the community and more and more a source of embarrassment.
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source of employment
Developing economies are diverse and complex, and in most cases agriculture remains an important source of employment, output and foreign currency earnings.
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source of encouragement
The children also see him as being 'very into his classical music', and in their descriptions of learning musical instruments cite him as a source of encouragement.
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source of entertainment
Why cannot theatre be more than a mimetic mouthpiece, a source of entertainment and instruction?
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source of error
We make the distances between the boundaries of successively refined regions large enough to reduce this source of error to an acceptable level.
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source of friction
Because joints 4-6 use direct-drive motors, the only significant source of friction is from their motors.
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source of frustration
The role of the doctor with whom they discussed their treatment options was repeatedly a source of frustration to the men.
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source of guidance
None the less, it is a useful source of guidance for those who need it, and most people do.
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source of illumination
All the experiments took place in a quiet dark room, in which the only source of illumination came from the monitor.
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source of income
The fact that shoemaking is the only source of income is worrisome, particularly for most micro enterprise owners (70.3%) since their production is seasonal.
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source of inefficiency
The already seriously indebted co-operatives were perceived as one source of inefficiency.
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source of inequality
This effect is very small in the model but the most important source of inequality change in the data.
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source of infection
The objectives were to describe the outbreak, to identify the vehicles and source of infection and to effect rapid control.
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source of insecurity
Sometimes this image corresponded to reality, yet at the same time the rulers were themselves the principal source of insecurity.
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source of inspiration
At the same time it was an effective source of inspiration for the generation of electronically transformed and synthesised sounds.
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source of instability
Their findings, however, do not condition upon an economic model, and hence cannot isolate the source of instability to be within the economy.
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source of irritation
These last items were a particular source of irritation to authorities, since modish garments made of foreign fabrics disrupted economic as well as social norms.
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source of legitimacy
With the regime's popularity and legitimacy discredited by these events, it sought ways to find a new source of legitimacy.
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source of livelihood
Having more than one activity as a source of livelihood is termed multiactivity, and such households are termed multi-active households.
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source of material
An artistic application for manipulating speech requires no assumptions to be made in terms of the source of material.
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source of mortality
Since natural enemies are an important source of mortality, conservation biological control is a tactic to be considered.
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source of motivation
One source of motivation can be traced to the persistence of an interventionist agenda within the policy community.
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source of nourishment
The sea is also viewed as the repository and giver of treasures, as a source of nourishment and abundance.
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source of nutrition
These organisms are an important source of nutrition for fish and this has important ramifications for parasite transmission.
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source of patronage
This raises suspicions that state officials were using their political discretion to hold on to an important source of patronage.
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source of pride
For these people, the war was a source of pride, the launching pad of civilian careers, or just a new start in a new region.
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source of resentment
The success that those contacts provided was a clear source of resentment to those left out of the network.
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source of satisfaction
By teaching the younger generations moral and behavioural codes, the focus group participants felt that they could make a difference and this was a source of satisfaction.
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source of strength
The past was a source of strength because it provided examples of difficulties overcome before.
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source of stress
Several studies have identified both the contagious nature of the infection and the link with sexuality as being a source of stress.
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source of support
Another important source of support comes from the information extraction and text mining field which allow the detection and extraction of relevant information from texts.
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source of sustenance
It cuts down on poaching and gives a source of sustenance to the local population.
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source of tension
From the point of view the opportunities and problems encountered in achieving these desires, though, these changes are a significant source of tension.
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source of variability
First, in biological selection, the source of variability is well identified: it is the random mutation of the genetic material, followed by genetic mixing.
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source of wealth
They instead turned to another source of wealth, subject peoples, generally minorities or neighbours, seeing in them an opportunity to recoup their losses.
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source of wisdom
It was a source of wisdom.
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source reduction
According to those authors, in contrast to wheat, maize grain filling is generally very sensitive to source reduction during grain filling (but not to source increase).
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source separation
There are some successful applications of source separation for artificial mixtures (sources are recorded separately and are then digitally mixed by weighted addition).
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stationary source
Obviously, the electron energetic spectrum differs from that formed under the stationary source action.
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steady source
Control of oscillating glycolysis of yeast by stochastic, periodic and steady source of substrate : a model and experimental study.
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sustainable source
Nuclear power is not a sustainable source of energy.
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textual source
They communicate only by the creation and modification of textual source files in which programmed definitions persist.
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third-party source
Social messages are effective because they come from a trusted, third-party source, rather than the brand itself.
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trusted source
Newspapers are the most editorially influential mass medium, and television is people's most trusted source of information.
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ultimate source
But the ultimate source of moral obligation is not discussed in this context.
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unconventional source
These data came from an unconventional source and represent the preconceptions of senior managerial men and their wives about retirement.
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underground source
Next the search algorithm for the underground source locating robot is addressed.
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unexpected source
Help came from the labor movement, an unexpected source, with its own, distinct motives.
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unlikely source
Now however an excellent account has appeared from an unlikely source.
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unnamed source
The article quotes an unnamed source that it's the largest database ever assembled in the world.
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unofficial source
For 1923 there is no official information, but a rough estimate from an unofficial source places the output at about 40,000,000 tons.
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unreliable source
Intuitively, the rule r6 states that an unreliable source is not queried by default.
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untapped source
Beetles, with their unparalleled species and habitat diversity, might be a major untapped source of antibiotics and biopharmaceuticals.
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valuable source
Similarly, corn gluten should be reserved for organic laying hens, for which it serves as a valuable source of methionine and of yolk pigmentation.
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viable source
In addition, it must be able to support the industry, should this be necessary, when there is no other viable source of strategic investment.
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written source
This is less than a third of the 10% figure found here from the written source, which is the average for these students.
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x-ray source
Generation and characterization of a bright x-ray source using picosecond laser.
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