changing behaviour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchangingandbehaviour
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changing
adjective
uk/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈtʃeɪn.dʒɪŋ/
in a state of ...
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behaviour
noun
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofchangingandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Emotions can causechangingbehaviourof the agent in terms of motivation, action and body state and facial expression.
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Thechangingbehaviourof house-owning families thus transformed the status of lodger into a lifelong social position.
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Changingbehaviourtakes time to bear fruit, for which some observers have suggested a period of 10 to 15 years.
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It is notchangingbehaviourin any way.
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But it is the share of illegitimate births among total births that is the more revealing indicator ofchangingbehaviourin relation to illegitimacy.
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Education must be directed towardschangingbehaviour, and social anthropologists have studied various health problems and have shown the conditions necessary for the acceptance of education.
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An evidence base for the efficacy of reminiscence and life review in terms of alleviating depression, raising levels of self-worth orchangingbehaviour, has long been sought.
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I repeat, yet again, that the law can only help gradually inchangingbehaviour.
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At the individual level, we ought to be thinking ofchangingbehaviour.
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Race relations legislation is not about policing thoughts, but aboutchangingbehaviour.
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Changingbehaviour, whether that of producers, consumers or public authorities, takes time.
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It is a price signal; it is an economically efficient way ofchangingbehaviour.
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All the concerns that the services arechangingbehaviourneed time to be examined.
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The plan, monitor and manage process is designed to take the real world, changing circumstances andchangingbehaviour, into account.
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It is therefore said that the greatest problem for preventive medicine now lies inchangingbehaviourand attitudes to health.
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The debate about the extent to which legislation changes behaviour or reflectschangingbehaviourwill go on.
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They know that they are in charge of the most powerful medium ever invented for moulding ideas andchangingbehaviour.
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Changing the law so that rights may be enforced in our courts is an essential step towardschangingbehaviour.
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The legislation on the wearing of seat belts, for example, has manifestly saved many lives bychangingbehaviourpatterns dramatically.
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Ultimately and indirectly, however, the law can modify attitudes and beliefs bychangingbehaviourand helping to set up the conditions that induce other changes.
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But we believe, and we believe firmly, that the law is in fact able to help in changing attitudes and inchangingbehaviour.
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In fact the main challenge in seeking to improve energy efficiency in the home is inchangingbehaviourand, where appropriate, purchasing habits.
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There is a lack of evidence to sustain the case that the measure represents an effective means not only of sending a signal, but of genuinelychangingbehaviour.
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The stakes being low, further encourages risks involved withchangingbehaviourto effect performance and encourages experimentation.
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It is an expected or free or continuouslychangingbehaviourand may have a given individual social status or social position.
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