Collocations withobjective
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achievable objective
Thus, increasing adiponectin is an achievable objective.
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ambitious objective
This book has an ambitious objective: "the discussion and the practical illustration of techniques used in applied macroeconometrics" (p. v).
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basic objective
These could have a direct impact on a study's potential to meet the basic objective of contributing to improve management of the healthcare system as a whole.
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broad objective
That is consistent with the broad objective of trade liberalization and seems to me the preferred course, available until countries actually reach a condition of free trade.
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clear objective
Other reviews relating to mentally infirm dependent patients have shown no clear objective benefit to carers.
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common objective
In the absence of common objective outcome measures, the results cannot be combined.
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concrete objectives
Yet effective public policies also need concrete objectives.
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conflicting objectives
Because of the multiple conflicting objectives inherent in problems of optical design, the fitness measure is divided into four distinct phases.
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conservation objective
An international donor could achieve a given conservation objective at a lower cost by providing a direct incentive.
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core objective
We will then be able to achieve what must be our core objective, which is to sell them beef.
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declared objective
The declared objective of the critique that we should be more open to the otherness or the unfamiliarity of the past is, of course, well taken.
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desirable objective
Thus, there is a need for a procedure that may direct the design process by effectively navigating through the available intermediate states to reach a desirable objective.
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desired objective
It involves formulating a course of action to achieve some desired objective or objectives.
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dual objective
Successful intervention programs frequently have the dual objective of promoting competence and preventing risks or problems.
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educational objective
But in a world that has become increasingly aggressive, peace as an educational objective cannot be taken for granted any longer.
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explicit objective
Friction effect are seen to be significant for realistic friction levels, suggesting that friction compensation should be an explicit objective of control.
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fundamental objective
Contingent valuation in countries marked by severe economic inequity even runs counter to the fundamental objective of promoting equity in care provision.
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immediate objective
The immediate objective of quarantine control was disease prevention.
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important objective
First, the most important objective is the protection of people's health, and second, all action must be based on the best possible scientific evidence.
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initial objective
In the management of diarrhoea, the initial objective is to prevent dehydration and electrolyte loss.
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intended objective
This act, he suggests, is different from other verbal performances because it has no intended objective other than the pure expression of an emotion.
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investment objective
That project has a £50 million investment objective, which will create 22 new companies every two years, and an estimated 900 highly skilled jobs.
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key objective
They all, however, share a key objective, which is to operationalise personal requirements for welfare.
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learning objective
The same issue of degrees of granularity/specificity can apply on the learning objective side of the item construction.
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legitimate objective
What is seen as a legitimate objective in the public debate might not be seen as legitimate among voters, and vice versa.
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limited objective
But so far as it goes, in its very limited objective, and particularly with the exclusion of any ceiling, we give it our support.
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long-term objective
They see this not simply as a long-term objective but one to be targeted immediately with the regulators charged with actively hastening their own demise.
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main objective
The main objective of a forest plantation is to produce large volumes of commercial timber cheaply and rapidly.
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major objective
The major objective was to reduce the waiting times and increase the efficiency of the hospital.
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military objective
It was also a major military objective.
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multiple objectives
We were in touch with some 5 000 young people, and out of those contacts we distilled a report which had a multiple objective.
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noble objective
The protection of workers is a sufficiently noble objective, and we should make an effort to achieve consensus.
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objective consideration
Some of the suspicion is that the presence of feelings, of passions, may not allow for objective consideration of each student's merit.
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objective means
First, there is a lack of objective means for considering the numerous criteria that a model must fulfil.
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objective study
The former seeks to understand and explain the truth of the world, as the objective study of quantifiable phenomena.
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operational objective
It includes the level of success of the force applied relative to the operational objective established against the target.
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original objective
The fitness function is usually a weighted sum of the original objective function minus some penalty for every constraint violation.
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overall objective
The main overall objective is to improve the availability of assessment information to assist in implementing national and regional health policies.
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overarching objective
The overarching objective of the monograph is to marry the corpusbased study of performance data to all sorts of intuition-based considerations about creativity in language usage, 'competence', and cognition.
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overriding objective
The overriding objective was to reduce state extraction and pacify rural agitation.
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political objective
In 1990, only 20 scholarships were awarded, which confirms the political objective that motivated the awards.
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precise objective
Moreover, the collectors' benefaction was made with not a general but a precise objective.
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primary objective
Soon after, yield must have become a primary objective as greater yield would have substantially reduced the labor input and land needs.
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prime objective
This implied that the prime objective was to investigate the distribution of sites in space and time.
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principal objective
The principal objective is to shed light on the effects of the living arrangements of single mothers on the survival chances of their children.
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secondary objective
A secondary objective was to investigate parents' self-reported health behaviours, and their awareness of such behaviours in their own adolescent children.
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shared objective
The major transformation of the graphics community in the past 15 to 20 years has been the clear focus on the shared objective of creating completely convincing artificial realities.
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short-term objective
That came about simply because we were acting only for the short-term objective of trying to stem the rising tide of inflation at this moment.
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sole objective
Instead, it is the sole objective of processability theory to determine the sequence in which procedural skills develop in the learner.
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specific objective
This is a reasonable conclusion: since the 1960s, scholars have written extensively with the specific objective to raise awareness of this racial oppression.
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stated objective
Moreover, the action was found to be less than optimally effective in achieving its stated objective.
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statutory objective
For those who must administer the provisions, the statutory objective as improved by the amendments is plain.
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strategic objective
True, that is the strategic objective, but at the moment we need to promote trains and therefore we should not rush things.
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ultimate objective
However, pursuing i this concern had yet a further, ultimate objective.
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worthwhile objective
It is the value that makes it intelligible for people to regard the expansion of their interests as a worthwhile objective.
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worthy objective
He believes in long-term stability, which is a worthy objective, given what has happened in the recent past.
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