primary material
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprimaryandmaterial
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primary
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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material
noun
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theprimarymaterialaimed at basic literacy, while the other two packages were concerned more generally with 'knowledge about language ' (including grammar).
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We are left instead to hunt through text and footnotes forprimarymaterialand contemporary reviews.
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The measure of its importance is its rich bibliography ofprimarymaterial, including many anonymous texts.
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For that, the author makes use of a wealth ofprimarymaterial.
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They examine an exceptional range ofprimarymaterialin a wide variety of languages, but fail to develop any comparisons.
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Both these volumes are concisely written and synthesiseprimarymaterialthat has not previously received adequate scholarly attention.
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Overall the book provides richprimarymaterialfor anyone interested in the development of the population movement.
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It must have been one of the first areas of study to develop where theprimarymaterialwas acknowledged to be records.
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Particularly on this topic, more extensive quotations from theprimarymaterialmight have been helpful.
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The end product was a unique, if unwieldy and diverse, mass ofprimarymaterialgenerated via collaboration, in fact, if not in name.
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Much of theprimarymaterialwhich the editors review while compiling entries is available online.
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Instead, she relies onprimarymaterialto address the goals, strategy, ideological foundations, self-image, and perceived enemies of the movement.
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A number of his ideas and observations are not as original as the author seems to believe, with his exclusive reference toprimarymaterial.
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The essays provide usefulprimarymaterialon recent initiatives.
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The author has thoroughly combed the literature and publishedprimarymaterial.
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As has been said, the book relies on some strongprimarymaterial, but this material is obscured by the carelessness of both author and editor.
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I will explore these general issues briefly before diving into ourprimarymaterial.
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These reports are significant asprimarymaterialon pro-business elites' worldviews.
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Selected documents ofprimarymaterialaccompany each essay.
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As a piece of work, it uses interviews and informal conversations to foster further engagement in the absence of other forms ofprimarymaterial.
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