careful selection

collocation in English

meaningsofcarefulandselection

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careful
adjective
uk
/ˈkeə.fəl/
us
/ˈker.fəl/
giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or ...
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selection
noun
uk
/sɪˈlek.ʃən/
us
/səˈlek.ʃən/
the act of choosing someone ...
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Finally, as the uptake of newer, more expensive drugs becomes routine, so the potential cost savings fromcarefulselectionof therapy could increase.
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But in addition to this, each includes acarefulselectionof relevant correspondence about the expedition and other documents.
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Withcarefulselectionof agents, it can be achieved with minimal side-effects.
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On the other hand, a high degree of redundancy combined with mobile platform requirescarefulselectionof the secondary tasks.
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Carefulselectionof appropriate episodic memory tests is therefore important for detection of early deficits.
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However, thecarefulselection, synthesis, and packaging of evidence-based health messages, such as guidelines, have not resulted in their consistent application in clinical settings.
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However, both shortcomings can likely be balanced out bycarefulselectionof additional material with which to supplement the book on a course reading list.
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Carefulselectionof samples was aimed at getting representative analyses of rocks that may give indications of primary melt compositions and palaeotectonic setting.
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Carefulselectionof patients is essential to reduce the risk of serious haemorrhagic complications.
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This almost certainly reflects ourcarefulselectionof patients.
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Thecarefulselectionof patients for closure will no doubt influence both failures and results.
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Carefulselectionand study of the characteristics of the user population is crucial.
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Carefulselectionand assessment is important.
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The character of the book changes from somewhat academic and studied, but always illustrated with acarefulselectionof supporting images, to more natural and fluid.
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Ruthven et al. (2001) showed that smallerscale expansion, with morecarefulselectionof expansion terms, can perform better than larger-scale expansion.
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Events in year 1 added significantly to the costs in year 2, suggesting thatcarefulselectionof the most appropriate immunosuppressive and anti-infectious regimen is essential (5).
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Second, only a verycarefulselectionof parameters makes randomly generated instances difficult to solve and hence useful for benchmarking purposes.
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Fairfax'scarefulselectionand shaping of copious quotations from primary sources should convince all but the most blinkered reader that this period's dances and dancers were anything but primitive.
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