Collocations withdeficit
These are words often used in combination withdeficit.
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annual deficit
We could still be left with an annual deficit of about £16 billion over the next four or five years.
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attention deficit disorder
A recent study was conducted with adults who suffer from attention deficit disorder.
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cognitive deficit
In contrast, lexical memory and hearing appear to be relatively spared, and there is no convincing evidence for a general cognitive deficit.
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continuing deficit
Nevertheless, some of the children showed a degree of continuing deficit.
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cumulative deficit
Cwmcarn school in my constituency had a cumulative deficit of £116,000 in the three-year period 1992–95.
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current account deficit
This measure had become necessary due to the rising current account deficit.
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current deficit
Since 1996, however, the current deficit has grown continuously, although so far not alarmingly.
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enormous deficit
I say nothing of the enormous deficit on manufacturing trade.
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functional deficit
Common to such analyses is a rather "holistic" approach to the functional deficit, details of cerebral localization being of more concern than linguistic questions.
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growing deficit
The postal services have accumulated a growing deficit.
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huge deficit
This, at the time, was generally understood to be impossible, because of the huge deficit, way above the permissible 3%.
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large deficit
Such a rate of migration seems insufficient to explain the large deficit of heterozygotes we observed at most loci.
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massive deficit
The report stated that by the same date inflation would be running well into double figures, with the balance of payments showing a massive deficit.
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motor deficit
The patients were usually incontinent for several days, but the motor deficit was usually mild.
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mounting deficit
In such circumstances, it could be difficult if the mounting deficit were allowed to go unchecked.
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neurocognitive deficit
These assessments also provide a rare opportunity to assess the relationship between neurocognitive deficits and early behavioral disturbances.
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neurologic deficit
The neurologic deficit improved and the patient could walk unaided on the seventh postoperative day.
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neurological deficit
We excluded patients with transient ischaemic attacks, subarachnoid haemorrhage and previous cerebrovascular events causing a persistent neurological deficit.
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neuropsychological deficits
Approaches to cognitive remediation of neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia : a review and meta-analysis.
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operating deficit
Moreover, these changes must take account of the nature of economic cycles and the necessary distinction between an operating deficit and an investment deficit.
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overall deficit
This is in accordance with several characteristics of the dataset, including lower diversity in the derived haplotype and the overall deficit of haplotypes compared with the equilibrium neutral model.
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perceptual deficit
She believes these findings are not incompatible with a low-level perceptual deficit.
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performance deficit
Reduced interference cannot be due to a general performance deficit.
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processing deficit
Can a perceptual processing deficit explain the impairment of inflectional morphology in developmental dysphasia?
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projected deficit
Since 1983, we have been in deficit —and the projected deficit for this year is one of about £17 billion.
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sensory deficit
Consider, for example, from these four perspectives a sensory deficit such as deafness.
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serious deficit
But now the unrestricted female pays the entire cost of child-rearing alone (although not the costs of delayed mating) leaving her in serious deficit.
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severe deficit
In addition to their adynamia, these patients seem to suffer from a very severe deficit of attentional self monitoring.
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spatial deficit
Such a perspective may help explain why studies of adolescent delinquents find stronger verbal than spatial deficits.
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substantial deficit
That follows a substantial deficit in 1996–97.
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