Collocations withexpression
These are words often used in combination withexpression.
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algebraic expression
An algebraic expression is given to estimate the timescale for breakup of viscous jets with large velocity modulations.
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artistic expression
The court was the modality of artistic expression.
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clarity of expression
The authors should strive for clarity of expression, avoiding, in particular, the use of jargon.
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colloquial expression
So, except as a colloquial expression of preference about usage, "ungrammaticality" is an impossible concept.
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concrete expression
Nevertheless, the distinction between the abstract work and its concrete expression is influential both within and outside the field.
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creative expression
This confounds a static view of design: evolution in the language of design is the inevitable result of creative expression.
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curious expression
That seems a curious expression.
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differential expression
Differential expression of angiogenic and vasodilatory factors by invasive trophoblast giant cells depending on depth of invasion.
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emotional expression
Scoring of the emotional expression multimorph task.
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expression of affection
The second is an ' expressive-affective ' component which has as its chief motive the expression of affection.
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expression of appreciation
The drink is the physical expression of appreciation for the gift, and is crucial so that the transfer of land rights by gift will not be contested in the future.
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expression of concern
I appreciate their expression of concern.
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expression of disgust
The reference to 'healthy' music and expression of disgust with contemporary musical production reiterate a traditional notion of decline.
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expression of dissatisfaction
There is also an expression of dissatisfaction, in that the cause of the ' second illness ' is attributed to the medical treatment received for the first.
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expression of dissent
This discussion focuses on the expression of dissent.
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expression of emotion
This makes the expression of emotion a possibly conscious and pre-meditated behavior.
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expression of feeling
There is a long tradition of talking about charity as a necessarily spontaneous and unregulated expression of feeling.
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expression of gratitude
His speech was a brief expression of gratitude to the organisers.
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expression of grief
This clearly causes considerable distress to the family, who obviously feel a deep sense of pain at her expression of grief.
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expression of identity
Consumption proved - the essayists agree - both a crucial determinant and an expression of identity.
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expression of intent
The expression of intent document also contains phrases about public relations exercises being undertaken to ensure that any opposition is kept to the minimum.
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expression of love
They saw children as an expression of love and something the couple had created together.
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expression of opinion
I purposely read that out because that is a very strong expression of opinion, a decided expression of opinion.
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expression of regret
Yet not one word of apology have we had, nor one expression of regret.
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expression of sentiment
The principle of allowing the individual expression of sentiment had allowed the rampant expression of poor taste.
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expression of solidarity
And it is exactly revealing of the formation of a village identity emerging during the expression of solidarity over asserting village limits.
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expression of sympathy
Sorry, for example, usually occurs as an expression of sympathy to someone who has just had a mishap.
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expression profile
Here we examine the expression profile of uvomorulin at the cellular level, in oocytes and embryos up to and during compaction.
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expression profiling
In expression analysis or expression profiling, microarrays and gene chips analyze or profile gene expression.
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facial expression
Transmitting and decoding facial expression.
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figurative expression
The task did not explicitly ask participants to use a figurative expression.
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form of expression
The dominant form of expression, clustered bacterial cells arranged in an abundant matrix, was recorded after 2 days of incubation without shaking.
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free expression
In this context, voting against a legitimate official is not a free expression of preference.
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freedom of expression
The court can protect equality by limiting freedom of expression, or it can protect freedom of expression by limiting equality.
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idiomatic expression
I wouldn't be caught dead though using an idiomatic expression wrongly!
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increased expression
Increased expression of pulmonary surfactant proteins in oxygen-exposed rats.
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legitimate expression
That is a legitimate expression of a society's ethics.
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linguistic expression
Do they refer to universal notions of emotion varying only in their linguistic expression?
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literary expression
The linguistic force that drives literary expression is ubiquitous in everyday language too.
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mathematical expression
Our approach involves compiling the syntax to the domaintheoretic notation, and simplifying the resulting mathematical expression via equality axioms provided for each semantic primitive.
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means of expression
Taxidermy was his craft and his chosen means of expression.
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medium of expression
The term 'embodiment' is used to refer to the performer and the dance as the medium of expression and their capacity to embody the site's essences in a phenomenological sense.
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metaphorical expression
But to the extent to which the father-son relationship was problematic when its dangers were given metaphorical expression, their conflict was an absolute one.
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mode of expression
If so, determination of one's mode of expression is an important deliberative value.
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musical expression
The acceleration of this outpouring of musical expression shows no sign of slowing.
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nonverbal expression
Their success at nonverbal expression of memory was related only to their age at the time of test.
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outward expression
Characterizing it as simply an outward expression of an inner emotional state also risks oversimplification.
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reduced expression
The mutations result in either absence of the protein, its reduced expression, or production of a structurally altered protein.
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relative expression
That is, the x-axis is a relative expression of duration.
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slang expression
The slang expression which is the subject of this paper is the phrase, "to cut a deal," referring to the making of an agreement.
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spontaneous expression
The original levee en masse was a system of conscription enforced from above, but it was presented as a spontaneous expression of popular will.
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symbolic expression
Each culture is, in all its manifestations of life, the symbolic expression of a 'culture-soul'.
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tangible expression
In this context, an individual's perspective changes with spatial orientation and, as such, represents a more tangible expression of changing experience.
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temporal expression
In the basic variety, verbs appear in base form, and the system of temporal expression includes the use of time adverbials.
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ultimate expression
It is the ultimate expression of the devaluation of people.
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verbal expression
Meaning mediates thought in its path to verbal expression.
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visual expression
Their lofty voices found visual expression in the spectacular illumination of the office.
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written expression
Emotional processing in vocal and written expression of feelings about traumatic experiences.
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