subject of inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubjectandinquiry
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subject
adjective
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
to have or experience a particular thing, especially ...
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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofsubjectandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has, however, been a development of a newsubjectofinquiryclosely analogous to individualism.
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In doing so, he provides a powerful defense of the idea that causation is a legitimate (indeed, necessary and unavoidable)subjectofinquiryin statistics and econometrics.
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Another notable feature of this disposition is that it reckons explicitly with the influence of knowers' surrounding social context and relationships, especially with thesubjectofinquiry.
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Scientific study clearly requires deep commitment, devotion, and passion to thesubjectofinquiry.
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This is the principal,subjectofinquiry, and the other four items are all subsidiary to, and appended to it.
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This matter is at present thesubjectofinquiry.
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The supply of candidates is at present thesubjectofinquiry.
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Every case is made thesubjectofinquiry.
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The matter is still thesubjectofinquiry.
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That surely ought to be thesubjectofinquiry.
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The number of cases which were thesubjectofinquiryis given in the table below.
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As he is aware, the question of the improvement of production has been thesubjectofinquiryby the employers and the trade unions jointly.
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This case is now thesubjectofinquiry.
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But this, too, is asubjectofinquiry.
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This matter has already been thesubjectofinquiry.
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This matter is already thesubjectofinquiry.
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I can assure him that it is still thesubjectofinquiry.
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That is thesubjectofinquiry.
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But is not all this thesubjectofinquiry?
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I invite them once again to accept my challenge to allow this to be thesubjectofinquiryand examination.
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