consistent theme

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consistent
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪs.tənt/us
/kənˈsɪs.tənt/
always behaving or happening in a similar, especially ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofconsistentandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The essays vary in focus, united by no singleconsistenttheme.
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Unlike most edited collections, this one maintains a fairlyconsistentthemerunning through the various contributions.
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Aconsistentthemeemerging from the interviews with the professionals is their acknowledgement that older care-givers should be able to make choices about their involvement in care-giving.
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In all others there was aconsistentthemeof difficulty addressing emotional concerns, often expressed in terms of the patient's characteristics that impede such discussion.
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As might be expected from a book which includes contributions from so many different authors, there is noconsistentthemerunning through the chapters.
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Aconsistentthemein that book and in this paper is that advances in social science knowledge represent a powerful source of economic growth and more broadly of economic development.
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The availability of fashion as a resource for innovation, and challenge to established power, is aconsistentthemeof the book.
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It is aconsistentthemein conservative writings that social processes are extremely complex and that much less is known about them than may seem to be the case.
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Aconsistentthemein this paper is that evidence from experimental economics and cognitive psychology can inform social policy.
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As mentioned above, aconsistentthemein women's magazines is that women have been treated unfairly by a mostly male-dominated medical establishment.
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The oneconsistentthemeof the speeches has been the conservation of fish.
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That open and consultative approach has been aconsistenttheme.
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Surely, there is much more of aconsistentthemeunderlying successive policies.
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It was aconsistentthemeof both local authority and amenity interests.
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Obviously, theconsistentthemeis the role of alcohol.
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It is aconsistentthemein all our activity, both bilaterally and in multilateral fora.
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There has also been aconsistentthemein our approach to such legislation.
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All along there is one main,consistenttheme.
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Aconsistentthemein our proposals is the need to ensure continuity of service for passengers.
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Aconsistentthemeof the debate is that we want locality of justice.
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