appropriate adjustment

collocation in English

meaningsofappropriateandadjustment

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appropriate
adjective
uk
/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/us
/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
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adjustment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/us
/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/
a ...
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(Definition ofappropriateandadjustmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These analyses provideappropriateadjustmentof standard errors for the effects of clustering within classrooms.
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As mail questionnaires and interviews alternated, it was possible to quantify the mode effect and make anappropriateadjustment.
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This information will allowappropriateadjustmentof the training regimen so that maternal physiological benefit will be maximized while avoiding physiological changes that may result in potential fetal compromise.
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We speculate that the effect of not adjusting is generally to make clusters appear to be larger and with smaller excess risk than withappropriateadjustment.
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Instead, where required, they will be provided on an estimated basis, makingappropriateadjustmentfor boundary differences.
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The idea is that there should beappropriateadjustment.
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The figure contains anappropriateadjustmentfor leases.
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Theappropriateadjustmentin the international value of sterling has not taken place.
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Detailed instructions to tax offices on the recoding should have ensured that widows with dependent children are given theappropriateadjustmentin their coding.
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Anappropriateadjustmentwill be made to the amount of their child dependency additions to compensate for the loss of the remaining child tax allowances.
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Anappropriateadjustmentis normally negotiated locally between the inspector of taxes and representatives of the proprietors.
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Such a deficit could then be made good in the following year's plan by making anappropriateadjustmentto the amount of revenue grant provided.
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If any officer feels that the provisional deductions of tax are excessive, his case may be specially considered with a view to anappropriateadjustment.
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When they see that the burden imposed is too heavy, they should make theappropriateadjustment.
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If this plant is taken over by the county council will there be anappropriateadjustmentbetween the county ratepayers and the district ratepayers?
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If so, will theappropriateadjustmentbe made in the grant?
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Clause 7 provides for anappropriateadjustmentin the general grant for the current period—that is, the financial years 1961–1962 and 1962–63.
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Anappropriateadjustmentwas made to relevant expenditure for rate support grant in 1982–83 for the costs of lead identification surveys carried out by local authorities.
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I have therefore agreed with the chairman that anappropriateadjustmentwill need to be made to this year's cash limit when the final figure is known.
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The budget authority must then undertake theappropriateadjustmentfor the year 2004, so we will all be looking at this issue during the course of 2003.
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