complementary nature

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplementaryandnature

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complementary
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.plɪˈmen.tər.i/us
/ˌkɑːm.pləˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/
useful or ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofcomplementaryandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, thecomplementarynatureof these swaps has been observed.
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There were also two instances of thecomplementarynatureof music and sport.
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This distributional segregation is evidently linked to the broadlycomplementarynatureof the roles played by nuclear and non-nuclear positions in phonological representation.
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Their success depended on the variety andcomplementarynatureof their investments.
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Music educators, increasingly aware of the political reality, would do well to continue to articulate the value andcomplementarynatureof both rationales.
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This notion, whilst not denying the role of power relationships or conflicts within the family, emphasizes thecomplementarynatureof family members' individual actions.
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Where this has been successful, investigators have recognised thecomplementarynatureof these approaches.
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Thecomplementarynatureof the profiles of these cluster analyses helps to explain why there was an overall null effect of post-novelty interval.
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This means restricting it to natural disasters and adapting the threshold values and exemption situations to itscomplementarynature.
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The cohesion policy is cross-cutting in nature and is therefore a key element in the strategy's success, so itscomplementarynatureshould be made clear.
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He has put forward as a reason for not voting for our amendment thecomplementarynatureof the common law protection in the rules.
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Thecomplementarynatureof the three components, the annual report, the follow-up report and the evaluation report, must be strengthened.
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Does he accept thecomplementarynatureof dependency benefits and family allowances?
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But we consider that there is a need for both national and international programmes of acomplementarynature.
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We therefore need to agree on thecomplementarynatureof these two instruments and adopt them both in their current forms.
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Finally, for economic reasons, by virtue of thecomplementarynatureof their systems and also, of course, in order to make economies of scale.
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As an alternative, emphasising the separate thoughcomplementarynatureof these two institutions must be the right approach.
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I should have thought that thecomplementarynatureof the benefits did not need explaining.
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That really is not so if one accepts thecomplementarynatureof the two benefits, and he knows it.
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