previous investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreviousandinvestigation
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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nopreviousinvestigationhas demonstrated retinal inputs to this region in any species.
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The repelling of a penetrated filament was not reported in thepreviousinvestigation.
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An evidence-based method such as recommending nicotine replacement therapy for smokeless tobacco users was more commonly used than in thepreviousinvestigation.
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Certainly, despite the huge amount of time and money invested in private gardens, we are unaware of anypreviousinvestigationof their soil seed banks.
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There has been littlepreviousinvestigationof frequency effects of the forms produced in obligatory inflected contexts by the affected family members.
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In conclusion, the findings presented here represent a fairly small study in an area that has had littlepreviousinvestigation.
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The findings of the present study are in agreement with the data obtained in thispreviousinvestigationon cats.
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These three-dimensional experiments complement apreviousinvestigationinto the performance of two-dimensional ducts and are of current practical significance in the context of sub-sea wave-energy conversion.
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Yet now we are told that this was done without anypreviousinvestigation.
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I know of nopreviousinvestigation.
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It was noted that the site had become even more ill-defined since thepreviousinvestigation.
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Previous investigations have considered the transmission of these pathogens independently.
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This aspect has not received much attention in previous investigations.
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Previous investigations have only examined relations between children's emotion knowledge and social status itself.
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Previous investigations have interpreted this remanence as both of primary (pre-folding) and secondary origin.
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Previous investigations of such flows have dealt mostly with the mean flow behaviour, and only a few have reported turbulence measurements.
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Despite these limitations, the current study illustrated some methodological improvements over previous investigations.
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Previous investigations of possible links between disruptions in the caregiving environment and risk for bipolar disorder have produced varying results.
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Previous investigations have suggested impairments of grammar and motor functions but the possible sparing of lexical memory and general cognition.
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