subject of investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubjectandinvestigation
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subject
adjective
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
to have or experience a particular thing, especially ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition ofsubjectandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As in many topics, history is a commonsubjectofinvestigation.
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Bipolar depression was also thesubjectofinvestigation.
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But modeling and (especially) simulation is like experimental work in that the behavior of the model or simulation is thesubjectofinvestigation.
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No attempt was made to control late blight with fungicides since yield stability under late blight pressure was thesubjectofinvestigation.
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But in particular, the argument goes, the application of theory and principles stands in tension with the scientific or social practice itself that is thesubjectofinvestigation.
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It is a matter of concern to me, and is already thesubjectofinvestigation.
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Security would obviously be jeopardised if complainants who were properly thesubjectofinvestigationwere made aware of that fact.
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Many of those named or implicated in this book as having been thesubjectofinvestigationhave died.
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The matter has twice been thesubjectofinvestigation.
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I mentioned as well that 33 cases had been thesubjectofinvestigation—going back to the more general matters, not matters concerned with detainees.
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Certainly the matter relating to the papers will be a matter which will be thesubjectofinvestigation.
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His roles as chief executive and as a doctor will be thesubjectofinvestigationby the inquiry.
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This matter is still thesubjectofinvestigation.
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I have made inquiry into the case, which has also been thesubjectofinvestigationby a committee of the guardians.
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That again will be thesubjectofinvestigation.
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The case referred to has been thesubjectofinvestigationand correspondence with the firm.
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The fact that somebody has been thesubjectofinvestigationdoes not necessarily, or even generally, mean that he has been positively suspected.
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The stories that she has told us must surely be thesubjectofinvestigationand inquiry.
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Furthermore, the governments of non-party states whose members may be thesubjectofinvestigationare unlikely to cooperate.
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One point to which he drew attention was that, under these arrangements, a person would not know that he had been thesubjectofinvestigation.
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