advancement of knowledge

collocation in English

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advancement
noun[U]
uk
/ədˈvɑːns.mənt/
us
/ədˈvæns.mənt/
the development or improvement ...
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofadvancementandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The young students began to see law as part of theadvancementofknowledgeand the product of ineluctable universal progress.
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For basic science, alternatives have provided sound scientific principles for theadvancementofknowledge.
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It seems timely, then, to take stock of what exactly constitutes architectural knowledge, and so what constitutesadvancementofknowledgein our field.
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Clinicians, especially those engaged in clinical research or graduate medical education, also place a strong emphasis on theadvancementofknowledge.
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We know so little about what is effective about our treatments, and the exploration of the psychotherapy process is the key to theadvancementofknowledgein this area.
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If we view universities as parts of a desirable institution whose core rationale is the advancementofknowledge, then we place a high valuation upon correctly informed attitudes.
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Theadvancementofknowledge—one of the functions of a university—is inseparable from the education of young people.
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I would hope that for most university workers research—theadvancementofknowledge, the pushing out of the frontiers of knowledge—is insufficient in itself.
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However, academic freedom is crucial to a liberal society and to theadvancementofknowledge.
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I include in those wider needs both the provision of qualified graduates and theadvancementofknowledgeand technology.
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Theadvancementofknowledgeand its sensible application to what we do are matters of the greatest importance.
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I think—not all will agree with me—that this part is primarily concerned with theadvancementofknowledge.
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First, the experiments must be with a view to theadvancementofknowledgefor saving life or alleviating suffering.
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When faced with that argument, he retreats into the most traditional view of universities—that they exist for theadvancementofknowledgefor its own sake.
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First, what one might describe as maintaining the level of intellectual achievement—mainly in the pure sciences and fundamental research—theadvancementofknowledge.
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This £100,000 is not merely for radium salts, but it is to provide for theadvancementofknowledgeof the best methods of rendering such treatment.
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Theadvancementofknowledgein these countries has always tended to go hand in hand with its practical and commercial exploitation.
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Research infrastructures are playing an increasingly important role in theadvancementofknowledgeand technology by offering unique research services to users in different countries.
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Subscriptions are allowable only where they are paid to bodies whose activities are directed solely or mainly to theadvancementofknowledgeor the maintenance of professional standards.
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They are conducted in accordance with the statutory provisions which authorise the granting of licences to perform experiments for theadvancementofknowledgeuseful for saving life.
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