thorough research

collocation in English

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thorough
adjective
uk
/ˈθʌr.ə/us
/ˈθɝː.ə/
detailed ...
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research
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us
/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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(Definition ofthoroughandresearchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is that - a compelling story clearly told, based onthoroughresearchand direct, first-hand knowledge.
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This book is based on extremelythoroughresearch.
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He qualifies his findings, however, by stressing their subjectivity and the need for morethoroughresearch.
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Another reason for concern is that the poor may be overlooked in seeminglythoroughresearch.
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It is only bythoroughresearchand public debate, rather than lofty aspirations and assertions, that controversies about concepts such as dignity in health care can be resolved.
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Toscano's work is impressive in itsthoroughresearch, fluid narrative and perceptive insights into the attitudes of an era long past.
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Continuingthoroughresearchis vital to enable us to render harmless existing and new chemical waste.
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This approach to recruitment has been devised as a result of much thought andthoroughresearch.
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He will be aware also that that fear will dissipate only when there isthoroughresearchinto the subject.
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It doesthoroughresearchwork and has wide membership for its discussions.
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Of course, legislators need also to be informed bythoroughresearch.
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First, the proposals must, as far as possible, be based onthoroughresearchand hard evidence, not supposition, not intuition and not anecdote.
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It is based onthoroughresearchand experience from voluntary schemes.
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It may need athoroughresearchto establish all we want to know.
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Thoroughresearchhas been done by many of them.
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Such radical proposals should be based on lengthy andthoroughresearch.
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I do not think that any of us has carried out anythoroughresearchinto why people do not vote.
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Careful andthoroughresearchpointed clearly to the conclusion that the present structure is too centralised and has to be changed.
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Because of itsthoroughresearchthe programme's team frequently spends a large part of a year in researching and producing a single programme.
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