continual change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinualandchange
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continual
adjective
uk/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/us/kənˈtɪn.ju.əl/
happening repeatedly, usually in an annoying or not ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofcontinualandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Acontinualchangeoccurs along strike between the thinner and thicker ends of the sandpacks, through complex along-strike anastomosing, splaying and branching of fault planes.
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In view of thecontinualchangeof all objects he doubts their materiality.
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The bacterial cell surface is therefore not a static entity, but rather undergoescontinualchangeand redistribution of molecules during the life cycle of the organism.
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The universities have performed well against a background ofcontinualchange.
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Their major difficulty is thecontinualchangein their retirement age.
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Regulation must be light enough to allow for thatcontinualchange, but sufficiently severe and balanced to look after the interests of all.
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We needcontinualchange, but it must be part of a much wider, strategic framework.
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Our international companies, planning their development, need to have reassurance of consistency and notcontinualchange.
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Over the past 50 years there has been acontinualchangein modes of election.
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It is, perhaps, not generally understood by the mass of people how great that silentcontinualchangehas been.
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We shall havecontinualchangeand the problem of the value of different currencies.
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It has not been an easy period for them; it has been one of "stop-go" andcontinualchange.
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Continualchangecauses the maximum amount of uncertainty amongst all ranks.
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There is a fear that good, experienced people will have had enough ofcontinualchangeand will leave the front-line services.
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I feel great sympathy with the views which have been expressed about thecontinualchangeof constituencies.
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That lack of certainty in those parties' defence policies means that part of the services' apprehension aboutcontinualchangeapplies to them as well.
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I think it is also obvious that it must be a process ofcontinualchange, which has by no means yet reached its final stage.
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The coastline in question is subject tocontinualchange.
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The deputies have sometimes miles of road under their charge—and roadways where there is acontinualchangegoing on.
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It is a wasteful use of that manpower to have thiscontinualchange.
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