lack of continuity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandcontinuity
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noun[U]
uk/ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ə.ti/us/ˌkɑːn.tənˈuː.ə.t̬i/
the fact of something continuing for a long period of time without being changed ...
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Yet, invariance does not hold, due to thelackofcontinuity.
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A class of examples underlining the possiblelackofcontinuityin these two functions is thereafter constructed.
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Delivering such care in these private settings is often difficult or impossible, for various reasons, includinglackofcontinuityof expert care.
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Thelackofcontinuitycharacteristic of nowmoment composition does indeed interrupt forward flow in the music in one sense, namely that of structural predictability.
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The replacement of the government service with a tendering process meanslackofcontinuity, and lack of clarity about which organisations provide services.
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Alackofcontinuityof support and ownership is also typical.
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Lackofcontinuitymay reflect the lack of developmental research on internalizing problems, along with the fact that prodromal signs may be less obvious.
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Thelackofcontinuityin personnel was argued to be putting strain on existing partnerships and making the pursuit of new connections more difficult.
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Such a discontinuity in specific contents does not imply alackofcontinuityin development.
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They did not appreciate thelackofcontinuityof carers, lack of co-ordination among the professionals or the lack of emotional care.
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Due to this turnover, there was alackofcontinuityof collaborative activities.
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It had also been found that the short-term commitment to cases, the interface workers had been restricted to, caused some upset due tolackofcontinuity.
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Thislackofcontinuitycould be disruptive for older people, who often preferred help from someone they had got to know and who knew their needs.
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Thelackofcontinuitybetween the atrium lining and the outer tegument in mature cercariae suggested that the excretory atrium might have been formed independently of the body wall.
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That means a certainlackofcontinuityin dealing with the families that most need her services.
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I am convinced that one of the major causes of high cost modem housing islackofcontinuityin the building operations themselves.
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There will be nolackofcontinuityin this respect.
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Lackofcontinuityin industry and a lack of ability to adhere to delivery dates, for example, stem from the high cost to industrial stocking.
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Thislackofcontinuitywill deprive our nation of the seed corn for the future.
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There is, however, considerable interindividual variability in this time course, which might explain thelackofcontinuityin the first months.
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Nothing would be more damaging than alackofcontinuityof policy.
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There are more formidable objections to this harebrained scheme in addition to thelackofcontinuityand expert advice.
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The reason why people do not invest in this country is that there is alackofcontinuity.
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There are a variety of reasons which enable a question to arise of alackofcontinuityor a threat to the continuity of service.
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Even the clinics that provide that service are characterised by staff shortages, the freezing of vacancies andlackofcontinuity.
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