key theme

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandtheme

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/
us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/
us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofkeyandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofkey theme

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However, akeythemein the book is the complexity of evaluation.
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However, the irony is that it is ambiguity itself that remains thekeytheme.
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As the title announces, thekeythemeis gender and domestic life.
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Anotherkeythemewas the need to make data collection useful and relevant for participating practices.
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This is akeytheme: the process through which the meanings of spirituality and its place in political cultures were constantly negotiated and redefined.
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Indeed, akeythemewhich links many of the papers in this section is a focus on commitment.
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Akeythemeemerging from the book is the lack of good-quality evaluative evidence, in both the short and the long term.
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Onekeythemeof the book is the analysis of automatisms - actions experienced as occurring without conscious will.
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Akeythemeis that television is a significant mediator of knowledge, understanding and experience of music.
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Akeythemeis that the implementation of environmental management, using any type of instrument, will continue to be constrained by various institutional factors.
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Akeythemeis, then, the ways in which subaltern groups responded to colonial rule, whether through cooption, adaptation or resistance.
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We have already referred to this focus on narrative as akeythemein medical education and the sociology of health care more generally.
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Akeythemein both books is the link among pasts, namely the precolonial, the colonial and the postcolonial, three historic ' zones ' which were once treated as distinct blocs.
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I believe that economic growth and stability will be akeythemein that announcement.
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That is thekeythemeof the code.
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Child care is akeythemefor the future.
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Onekeythemebeing developed is improving the management of common childhood illnesses and health concerns.
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Akeythemethat rightly concerned many colleagues was subsidiarity.
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Sustainable development is akeythemein our national planning policy guidelines.
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Maternity services are akeythemeof this consultation.
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