conservative approach

collocation in English

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conservative
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/
us
/kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/
not usually liking or trusting change, especially ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/
us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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As we shall see, thisconservativeapproachprovides an interesting and fruitful model of the data.
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This is aconservativeapproachthat slightly attenuates the associations between parent psychopathology and offspring outcomes.
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When code space is at a premium, as in embedded controllers, a spaceconservativeapproachwhich can avoid code explosion might be called for.
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The small sample sizes in some of the groups necessitated aconservativeapproachto the multivariate analysis.
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Because sustained injury was not part of the question, we adopted aconservativeapproachto weighting which may underestimate maltreatment.
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This will normally mean that they must be consistent with aconservativeapproachto economic policy.
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Our analysis, then, takes the mostconservativeapproachpossible.
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Lastly, since the assignment of these verb-adjectives is a somewhat arbitrary one, we chose the moreconservativeapproachof counting them separately.
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Since the vocalization of 0 l 0 is difficult to determine impressionistically, aconservativeapproachwas taken to identifying an 0 l 0 as vocalized.
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Theconservativeapproachis to continue to complement molecular data with careful morphology and life-cycle studies prior to concluding novelty.
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It is clear that the resource cost approach is aconservativeapproachto benefit estimation.
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This would support a continuedconservativeapproachto management in these patients.
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A thirdconservativeapproachrequires avoidance of alcohol and sedatives, which worsen obstructive sleep apnea (5;19).
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Nonetheless, we took aconservativeapproachin our assessments in the field: any doubtful signs of specialist attack were not scored.
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His was a profoundlyconservativeapproach, but also a heroic and individualistic one.
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Also, it is my impression that most learners prefer aconservativeapproachto acceptability.
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The significance of all the neutrality tests was calculated using coalescent simulations without recombination, which is aconservativeapproach.
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Also, we took aconservativeapproachby excluding productivity costs from our base case analysis.
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Our study also emphasizes the need to use aconservativeapproachwhen basing genotypic characteristics on direct sequence comparisons of short fragments of a locus.
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