Collocations withconfidence
These are words often used in combination withconfidence.
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absolute confidence
A typological universal, if truly universal and if established with absolute confidence, would provide a powerful guide to reconstruction.
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a lot of confidence
I was flattered to be included, learned a lot, and gained a lot of confidence.
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complete confidence
In each such "complete theory" domain we can use its basic concepts with complete confidence.
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confidence limit
A 95% upper confidence limit for this impurity estimate could then be calculated.
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confidence rating
A confidence rating was used instead of a vocabulary test because familiarity with the word's pronunciation was of utmost importance.
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considerable confidence
Because of the researchers' familiarity with the surveyed families, considerable confidence may be placed in the results of this procedure.
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crisis of confidence
This crisis of confidence in the promise of maturity manifested itself in a variety of ways.
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degree of confidence
After introducing a distinction between 'degree of confirmation' and 'degree of confidence', he offers an anti-realist gloss of the connection between theories and models.
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expressed confidence
On the other hand, many growers expressed familiarity with the management systems behind the profiles, and expressed confidence in them.
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full confidence
A perfectly loving community is one in which the individuals can be relied upon with full confidence freely to choose to reciprocate.
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great confidence
The study showed that people made many mistakes in answering questions about the policy document, yet showed great confidence in the document's design.
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growing confidence
Or it might be seen to reflect the growing confidence of a reviser who was a capable alliterative poet.
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increased confidence
When results from the two experiments are equivalent, the payoff in increased confidence in the original experiment is rich indeed.
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inspired confidence
The index proved to be very comprehensive and helpful, and the text was clearly arranged and inspired confidence in its accuracy.
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inspiring confidence
I personally know of no other mode of inspiring confidence than that of deserving it.
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investor confidence
However, financial sector policy is likely to be a much weaker source of investor confidence than macroeconomic and exchange rate policies.
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lack of confidence
They often attribute their difficulty in walking to a lack of confidence or a fear of falling and, not surprisingly, major falls commonly occur.
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loss of confidence
And this frequent loss of confidence means that doxastic conservatism usually cannot be used as a way of retaining one's beliefs.
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mutual confidence
Mutual confidence, then, is ultimately an empirical and not a rational concept.
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public confidence
Although that image is tarnished now, the damage to public confidence in, and support for, state pensions may be hard to reverse.
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reasonable confidence
I would need to be able to understand and speak with reasonable confidence, and also to read.
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renewed confidence
With the renewed confidence of the post-famine period the transformation went further.
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restored confidence
The review has restored confidence within our armed forces and it has been widely welcomed.
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restoring confidence
So we have suggested three approaches: restoring confidence, reducing burdens and, finally, placing our internal market policy in an international context.
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sense of confidence
The category 'sense of confidence with everyday life ' exemplified the route to successful goal attainment, as perceived by the participants.
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statistical confidence
The distributions thus overlap, and so we cannot say with statistical confidence that the ditransitive dative emerged before the prepositional dative for this child.
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strict confidence
Council secrets and voting results, in particular, were to be held in strict confidence.
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total confidence
This total confidence number was color coded to indicate the component risk: green for low, orange for medium, and red for high.
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utmost confidence
I have the utmost confidence in the genuineness of his offer to see whether we can solve this problem without exposing anybody to greater risks.
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