comprehensive investigation

collocation in English

meaningsofcomprehensiveandinvestigation

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comprehensive
adjective
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/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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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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Learning e-learning - acomprehensiveinvestigationof course developers' and language teacher trainees' views regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of a multimedia self-tuition course.
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So acomprehensiveinvestigationof the problem is still lacking.
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The mostcomprehensiveinvestigationof the function of these inner retinal photoreceptors has come from studies of retinally degenerate mammals.
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The present studies therefore attempted to provide a morecomprehensiveinvestigationof effects of stress position by manipulating the structure of the final syllable, while controlling for other relevant parameters.
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Nevertheless, it is expected to be acomprehensiveinvestigationinto the matter.
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It is the mostcomprehensiveinvestigationever conducted.
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I propose, therefore, to arrange for acomprehensiveinvestigationin the near future.
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It is far too early to say when thecomprehensiveinvestigationinto this accident will be completed.
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There is nothing new about the famouscomprehensiveinvestigation.
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What is required is a full, complete andcomprehensiveinvestigation, and such an investigation will have to last for a considerable number of years.
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I do not, however, consider that anycomprehensiveinvestigationby a firm of consultants or otherwise would be either useful or practicable at this stage.
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She said that the previous committee conducted a thorough investigation, and that means acomprehensiveinvestigation.
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Would it not be a good thing if we had a rather morecomprehensiveinvestigationinto the whole subject?
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That was only the beginning of acomprehensiveinvestigation.
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After many recommendations, that court of inquiry specifically recommended that a committee should be formed to undertake acomprehensiveinvestigationof the industry as a whole.
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Surely if the committee's views are to be reconsidered, the proper way to do so is as part of a complete andcomprehensiveinvestigationinto the whole question.
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I have yet to see acomprehensiveinvestigationof this on a national scale, particularly in respect of those schools that are dealing with it successfully.
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Vandort vows to conduct acomprehensiveinvestigationof the rebel action.
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Acomprehensiveinvestigationfailed to substantiate the allegations, and no subsequent punitive action was taken.
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This perspective is derived from a dearth ofcomprehensiveinvestigationof central gyre habitats.
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