intensive course

collocation in English

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intensive
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us
/ɪnˈten.sɪv/
involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period ...
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course
noun
uk
/kɔːs/us
/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofintensiveandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With such anintensivecourse, there will be nurses disadvantaged before they start without the fundamentals highlighted above.
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The schools specializing in a foreign language introduced it to the children at a younger age and gave a far moreintensivecoursethan did the regular schools.
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A furtherintensivecourseof "auditing"— for which charges are, of course, made—is usually prescribed before forgiveness is granted.
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The result of such anintensivecourseas that has been to make me not only a non-smoker but a nondrinker.
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They are selected for qualities of authority and leadership; and they have to succeed at anintensivecourseof training.
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If these big associations compel their men to go in for anintensivecourseof training, surely they are the people who ought to know.
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Many of these carmen, if they had the opportunity of attending anintensivecoursein motor mechanics, could become motor drivers.
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Therefore, a course which involves full-time attendance for a short period—for example, a 10-weekintensivecourse—is regarded as a full-time course.
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They have gone through that veryintensivecourse.
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Men and women from all three services go there for a two-yearintensivecoursecombining theory with practice.
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They are anintensivecourseof education, training, sport and community service for more than three months.
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It is anintensivecourse, and takes a year.
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Before taking up commercial appointments, officers are required to undergo a specialintensivecourse of two months' duration which deals with all aspects of commercial work.
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The reason for this limitation of age is that it has been found necessary to give forecaster candidates anintensivecourseof training in the theory and practice of forecasting.
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Lectures, physical education, film shows and anintensivecourseof practical work were instigated and integrated with the respective academic courses run at the local technical college.
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Each summer, a professional artist is invited to present a two-weekintensivecourseon a topic not covered in the usual academic text.
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It may consist of anintensivecourse, or a one-year programme.
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However, he underwent anintensivecourseof chemotherapy during season 2 and into season 3, which sent his cancer into remission.
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There was a short period when she took dressage lessons, that mostintensivecoursein aids to severe narcissism.
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It was thus quite anintensivecoursewith a large workload.
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