lack of consistency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandconsistency
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noun
uk/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/us/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/
the physical nature of a substance, especially a thick liquid, for example by being thick or thin, smooth or ...
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Thislackofconsistencyof symptoms confuses both patient and doctor and psychosomatic issues are attributed or sought to explain the dysphagia.
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One of the difficulties in reviewing the literature is thelackofconsistencyin the studies.
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It is fair to say that there is alackofconsistencyin the findings of earlier studies.
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Moreover, gem gum has sometimes suffered from alackofconsistencyand a failure to link individual performance with wider objectives.
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Alackofconsistencyin methods of data collection has already been mentioned as a problem when comparing rates of premature birth.
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Thelackofconsistencyis also re-ected in the use of policy instruments.
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There islackofconsistencyas to how to deal with these items, as if writers don't know what to do with them.
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The possibility of thelackofconsistencyacross studies being due to underlying interactions between genetic factors and maternal smoking has been discussed.
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Another problem is thelackofconsistencyin the citation of sources, particularly for the tables.
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No clear pattern emerged that could explain thislackofconsistencybetween productive and receptive association knowledge change.
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Thelackofconsistencyin the procedure time is a barrier to adopting the review approach to assessment of learning.
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Thislackofconsistencyseemed to demonstrate that nothing is terribly universal in electroacoustic analysis as the repertoire is so hugely diverse.
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There is, moreover, alackofconsistencyin formatting the graphics; some text samples are transliterated and translated, and some are not.
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It is also interesting to note thelackofconsistencyamong the examples.
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But unless a phonetic alphabet is employed, there must be alackofconsistencyand indeed of accuracy.
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Thus, thelackofconsistencywith which a preposition is used in these sentences could also explain children's difficulty with dative prepositions.
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This "evolution" of the domain may be reflected in an apparentlackofconsistencyor regularity in designs.
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There is a distinctlackofconsistencyin the messages emerging from government in relation to child protection services.
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Thislackofconsistencywould seem to indicate that other, non-hormonal explanations should be sought and tested.
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The differences found with the pressure, on the other hand, are associated with thelackofconsistencyof the test-kinetic approach.
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