line of inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflineandinquiry
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line
noun
uk/laɪn/us/laɪn/
a long, thin mark on the surface ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition oflineandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofline of inquiry
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I will not pursue thislineofinquiryhere.
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You don't want to close off alineofinquiryprematurely.
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If so, advances in molecular techniques could eventually aid thislineofinquiry.
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He empahsizes time and again that these scientists had various motives for undertaking a givenlineofinquiry.
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This type of methodological approach appears to provide a very fruitfullineofinquiryfor the investigation of noticing, hypothesis testing, and particularly feedback.
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The book is a mandatory reference for any scholar or institution interested in learning and expanding thislineofinquiry.
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Describing the burden of tick-transmitted rickettsiosis in tropical countries would seem a fruitfullineofinquiry.
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They shed new light on an already established field of research by unexpectedly connecting it with an independently developedlineofinquiryand its problematics.
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This is an excitinglineofinquiry.
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Thislineofinquiryhas revealed an interesting difference between mice and humans.
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The secondlineofinquirystresses the radicalising factor of involvement itself.
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Further study of such multiple determinants of regulatory function may then be an importantlineofinquiry.
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We are not sure that this represents a productivelineofinquiry.
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Another profitablelineofinquirywould be to chart how the masculinities of various national ' others ' were presented in times of war.
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Such alineofinquirymight be seen as an attack on (2) above.
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The thirdlineofinquirymight be called the history of subjectivity.
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Thus, thislineofinquiryshould continue.
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In two sub-disciplines of social history, however, the immense potential of this untappedlineofinquiryhas become evident.
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A second, complementarylineofinquirythat is illustrative rather than theoretically conclusive is the one we pursue here.
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The formulation of the research question in terms of degrees of separation has recently opened up a newlineofinquiryinvestigating the possibility of cross-linguistic influence in bilingual development.
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