state of preservation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstateandpreservation
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state
noun
uk/steɪt/us/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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preservation
noun[U]
uk/ˌprez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌprez.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from ...
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(Definition ofstateandpreservationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The new plant remains discovered by us are in a better, but somewhat unusual,stateofpreservation(as described above).
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It guarantees that a larger sample of sites, regardless of for instance their geomorphological setting orstateofpreservation, can be included in the analysis.
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The framboids show a high abundance, an orderly arrangement of even density and are in a goodstateofpreservation.
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Out of these, seven cases in a goodstateofpreservationwere selected for further molecular investigation.
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Because of the poorstateofpreservationof many monuments, it is difficult to determine whether both hands wear gloves.
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Thestateofpreservationwas generally deficient, and depended on the location of the samples.
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The framboids from the minor lamellae are highly abundant and occur in an orderly arrangement of equal density and in a goodstateofpreservation.
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However, the goodstateofpreservationof most of the intact pellets collected suggests that they were relatively recent.
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Theirstateofpreservationis affected by directed pressure, temperature, and recrystallization.
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Thestateofpreservationis fairly good, despite significant thermal alteration.
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These particular grains are invariably overgrown by metamorphic zircon, and their relative abundance and goodstateofpreservationsuggest derivation from a more proximal and volumetrically significant source terrain.
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Large groups had several to many structures with elevations higher than 1.5-2 m in their presentstateofpreservation, usually placed on a raised platform.
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Secondly, it has to be kept in a reasonablestateofpreservation.
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That will probably have to come if we are to see the woodlands of this country in a decentstateofpreservation.
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Indeed, it is true that sometimes an entire wooden dug-out canoe in an amazingstateofpreservationcan be found in a swamp.
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The property is in a perfectstateofpreservationand its destruction can only be regarded as an act of sheer wanton vandalism.
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A great many documents there are untranslated, unpublished, unindexed, not always filed in chronological order, sometimes in an imperfectstateofpreservationand sometimes, in part, almost entirely illegible.
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This covers the cost of treating the monuments so as to put them into a goodstateofpreservationand also the cost of care-taking and of recurrent maintenance.
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The owners andstateofpreservationof all four scrolls has since changed.
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The southern part is in a fairstateofpreservationand shows a panelled composition.
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