thorough survey

collocation in English

meaningsofthoroughandsurvey

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thorough
adjective
uk
/ˈθʌr.ə/us
/ˈθɝː.ə/
detailed ...
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survey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɜː.veɪ/us
/ˈsɝː.veɪ/
an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking ...
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(Definition ofthoroughandsurveyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In such athoroughsurveyof the sources it is all the more surprising to find some striking lacunae.
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His evidence comes from athoroughsurveyof published primary sources.
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The book is athoroughsurveyof a surprisingly rich research literature on grammaticality ' judgements ' in a rather broad sense.
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Both volumes give athoroughsurveyof the way these computer systems are used in archaeology.
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The introductory chapter is not the all-too-common, dutiful sketch but athoroughsurveyof the author's theoretical apparatus.
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Thethoroughsurveyand mapping work has taken so long that regretfully, much of the spatial information is mainly of historical interest.
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Athoroughsurveyof this locality might serve to establish the presence of a fly-belt, and a possible cause of outbreaks of the disease on alienated farms in the vicinity.
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Our team has conducted the mostthoroughsurveyto date of the role of genetic factors in covariances between measures of the social environment and measures of adjustment.
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After athoroughsurveyof these 15 buildings, a range of additional safety measures is being implemented.
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It was suggested to them, not by a building society or an estate agent, that they should have a morethoroughsurvey.
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Athoroughsurveyis, unfortunately, likely to be both disruptive and costly.
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It will be necessary, in the light of the experience obtained from this trial, to make athoroughsurveyof representative opinion.
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As he said in his speech, the time has now come to make athoroughsurveyof our export markets.
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Last autumn, my fish disease scientists conducted athoroughsurveyof fish farms that have been connected with the present outbreak.
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We made athoroughsurveyof all these routes and their problems.
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A morethoroughsurveyought to have been made of the number of school places available in the evacuation areas.
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We are dependent upon other countries for our base metals, and we have yet to make athoroughsurveyof our own.
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It was a mostthoroughsurvey, and a most interesting and alarming report was produced.
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With such scant communication services it is not surprising that nothoroughsurveyof the territory has been undertaken.
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