Collocations withmaterial
These are words often used in combination withmaterial.
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access material
This would enable interested students to access material more easily without overwhelming the narrative.
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additional material
In a few places the arguments would have been strengthened by use of additional material.
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advanced material
The author has presented experimental results in some of the more advanced material which is useful to understand practical performance and trade-offs of the various algorithms.
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alternative material
It is an audacious way of introducing alternative material, in particular political theory, and possibly moving knowledge forward at a rapid pace.
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amount of material
It is therefore possible to separate the verb and the trace by an arbitrarily large amount of material.
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archival material
There are a number of well-known historical events narrated in the book but presented more vibrantly and accompanied by rich archival material.
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audio-visual material
An interactive media environment is created which allows for negotiation between audio-visual material and user-based interactive behaviour.
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availability of material
In the human, similar studies are difficult mainly due to the limited availability of material.
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biodegradable material
They are nevertheless useful for the analysis of effluents from industries that release large quantities of biodegradable material.
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biographical material
The collection has admirable range (including sport, dance, music, architecture, poetry, sci-fi) and offers useful biographical material for all of its subjects.
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biological material
All contributors were given a complete copy of the biological material to be sequenced, and quality standards were set by the consortium as a whole.
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building material
There is a sufficiency of building material generally.
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bulk material
For voids in the bulk material, there are two separate issues.
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ceramic material
A tremendous amount of ceramic material was recovered from the dry-core fill just above this thin layer of matrix.
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classified material
Previously classified material is published and related to new ideas and the current development.
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combustible material
Fires raged for hours because of the lack of pumps and the inaccessibility of narrow alleyways overhung by buildings full of combustible material.
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composite material
In a typical real material the fibres are densely distributed, and occupy 50-60 % of the volume of the composite material.
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confidential material
The report contains a good deal of confidential material relating to individual firms, and the consultants are assisting in preparing a version suitable for publication.
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copyrighted material
The legal issues in file sharing involve violating the laws of copyrighted material.
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curricular materials
The underrepresentation of women musicians in textbooks and other curricular materials should be a subject of concern to teachers, publishers and curricular planners.
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curriculum material
The educators in the academic and professional community need to help set an agenda for research and knowledge development to ensure that it generates curriculum material.
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educational material
Educational material of appropriate form and literacy level for older patients is required.
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ethnographic material
Some say that structuralism is more a method, a set of heuristic tools, to order ethnographic material.
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excess material
It should be explicit and ensure that excess material is destroyed rather than set up in files on people, which is the big brother technique.
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exotic material
It is based on wide reading, and has recovered a range of exotic material.
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explicit material
Inappropriate images should not be used nor should explicit material not directly related to explanation.
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explosive material
They should at once return any explosive material to the sea, mark the position carefully, and report the incident.
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factual material
The data suggest that people require health professionals to followup their consultations with the provision of written material containing the same factual material.
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faecal material
Samples containing distilled water alone (blank) and others spiked with faecal material were also incubated in order to assess the effectiveness of the incubation phase.
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fill material
The off-site disposal of fill material is not restricted, although the disposal must not result in any off-site impact.
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fissile material
In addition, these areas also functioned as fast neutron breeder reactors, producing additional fissile material in the form of plutonium and other trans-uranic elements.
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fissionable material
The agreement requrires reports on nuclear material, including special fissionable material.
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flammable material
Will be go beyond that to see if steps can be taken to stop the manufacture and sale of all clothing made of flammable material?
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genetic material
Essential genetic material is found in the nucleus of the cell.
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granular material
The cytoplasm of normal blastomeres was occupied by vacuoles with electron-dense granular material and large lipid drops.
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hazardous material
Will roads be identified as priority routes on which the hazardous material must be transported?
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indecent material
Consumer protection is still limited for sales via internet, and internet can be used to transmit indecent material.
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inert material
It is assumed that aerobic composting plants are situated near every disposal site so that cost of transportation of inert material is negligible.
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inexpensive material
This particular one is made of very inexpensive material and would probably outlast the bottle.
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inorganic material
Some of them photosynthesize, others metabolize organic material and others metabolize inorganic material such as ammonia, hydrogen sulphide and iron.
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instructional material
From observation and other data collection it is claimed that the use of such instructional material was beneficial.
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insulating material
A constraint on brain evolution in cephalopods is the lack of capacity to manufacture myelin, the insulating material of axons.
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introductory material
But these are minor points, and do not really detract from the solid worth of this introductory material.
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layer of material
The calorimeter measures the change of temperature in a thin layer of material due to its heating by the passing ion beam.
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lightweight material
Depending on the climate it can be made of very lightweight material or heavy wool.
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man-made material
They may be composed of natural quarried material, or from man-made material.
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marketing material
In general our architects stressed their track record of building output in their marketing material.
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material breach
Phrases such as "serious consequences"and"material breach" should be examined carefully in the light of how they have been used in the past.
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material culture
Still, his response suggests how the material culture of law enforcement addressed a widespread unease over police procedures.
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material deprivation
The loss of traditional honour and status was more potent than any mere material deprivation.
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material good
It will not only do them a fair amount of material good, but will have also a psychological effect.
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material prosperity
Those aged 18-24 were preoccupied with material prosperity and identified disproportionately with the middle class.
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material resource
One can choose to work with simplistic assumptions in the behaviourist tradition where power is expressed in conflict or material resource distribution.
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material reward
In peace-time there is a regrettable tendency even amongst quite decent people to expect some material reward in this world for the work they do.
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material support
They received no material support from their surviving children, and had no other form of income or livelihood.
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material well-being
The above argument does not, however, pertain to the environmental resource basis of material well-being, a matter we shall return to subsequently.
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material witness
I ought to have explained that the trial has not taken place, because a most material witness is at present in hospital suffering from wounds.
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musical material
She elaborates this connection, which goes beyond words to musical material and dramatic structures.
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natural material
The database provides natural material rather than idealised or specifically elicited material.
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nuclear material
This methodology can also be exemplified by the several risk assessments that have been made of the transportation of nuclear material on roads or rails.
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organic material
At every inventory plot we also collected soil samples (0-15 cm below the organic material layer).
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original material
The exponential ascent of original material produced by such labels is driven by the natural tendency toward competition and collective valorisation.
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packaging material
The effect of pinholes and fractures in the packaging material is minor compared to leaks in packages that are improperly closed.
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packing material
Discarded paper was gathered up to be recycled or used as fuel or packing material.
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paving material
An array of paving material spanning from one house to its facing peer crosses the normal street asphalt.
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plant material
One approach to the conservation of germplasm is storage of plant material at ultra-low temperature, a technique known as cryopreservation.
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planting material
In general, men had different expectations and reactions to the project - they were interested in the planting material, or seed; they saw the work itself as very delicate or feminine.
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porous material
Bodies here are a porous material where skin is less a limit than a portal.
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primary material
The primary material aimed at basic literacy, while the other two packages were concerned more generally with 'knowledge about language ' (including grammar).
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printed material
Of the yeas, 95 per cent relied on their own statements and 5 per cent on printed material.
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promotional material
These become the most common promotional material (excluding gifts and drug samples) distributed to physicians by pharmaceutical companies (5).
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publicity material
In publicity material for the show, the multiple possibilities of narrative progression are made explicit, as in the flyer reproduced above.
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published material
To carry out these analyses we lent heavily on previously published material but many plots are from previously unpublished data.
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quantity of material
We are certainly in a precarious situation with the sheer quantity of material that requires attention.
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radioactive material
For example, the interaction chamber and the whole experimental area may be contaminated if even small amounts of highly radioactive material disperse.
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reading material
While this makes for less exciting reading material for children, it makes the corpus more suitable for our purposes.
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recyclable material
Recyclable material is sold to wholesalers and organic material is composted and then sold in the market.
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recycled material
Some developed countries are able to produce recycled material of a higher quality compared with recycled material in developing countries.
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reference material
It is an invaluable source of reference material that, once discovered, will be frequently referred to.
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reflective material
One or two points have been put to me about reflective material.
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related material
Its work included the planning of government information policy, censorship and the distribution of related material and gathering information for the government.
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required material
In other cases you may be sure that the required material exists, but it proves very difficult to track down.
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roofing material
Technical innovations related to the construction of the building were set out originally in relation to the use of intelligent night cooling, and the roofing material.
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sensitive material
Any sensitive material was removed prior to receipt by the researchers.
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source of material
An artistic application for manipulating speech requires no assumptions to be made in terms of the source of material.
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stimulus material
The software controlled the presentation of stimulus material while recording response selections and reaction times.
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supplemental material
The identity and expression level of 955 genes is provided in a table as supplemental material 1.
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supplementary material
To view the supplementary material mentioned in this article, go to journals.cambridge.org/ngb.
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supporting material
The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs of items from the exhibit (always in full color) and other supporting material (in black and white).
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sustainable material
For sustainable material articles there is not such a great requirement for a dedicated recovery infrastructure.
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synthetic material
Unifocalization with human biologic material is more successful than either direct anastomosis of native tissue or when synthetic material is used.
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teaching material
Such contrasts make the volume excellent teaching material and it will also be obligatory reading for scholars.
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textual material
But, rather than illustrating moments, the simulated images really depict the accumulation of archaeological and textual material for a particular span of time.
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thematic material
A three-note motif is the 'spark igniting the thematic material' of the elemental first movement.
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ton of material
He said that every possible ton of material would be taken by sea—that is good; that every further possible ton of material would be taken by rail—good.
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toxic material
There are some 88 acres of derelict land on which there are around 100,000 tonnes of highly toxic material.
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valuable material
The book is undoubtedly successful and brings together much valuable material from sources not readily accessible to the non-specialist.
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variety of material
Piles are made of a variety of material including steel, timber, and concrete.
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visual material
Technical terms are generally explained or removed and layouts include larger fonts, and more visual material than standard books.
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volume of material
An expected requirement of any course is the large volume of material to read.
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written material
The data suggest that people require health professionals to followup their consultations with the provision of written material containing the same factual material.
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