continuing theme

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandtheme

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Provision for catering has been acontinuingtheme, partly because it was unclear what provision would be made, and when, at the masterplan level.
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In the discussions of prerogative and of the patriarchal origins of political authority109 as in the incidental assumptions about the efficacy of social order/ 10 it is acontinuingtheme.
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Acontinuingthemethroughout our inquiry was the question mark over the quality of the service's management.
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I am merely putting forward what is attestable—that this is acontinuingthemein our society that is not marked by physical cowardice.
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They did not want such people here with theircontinuingtheme.
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Fourthly, there is thecontinuingthemeof scientific programmes.
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That, indeed, has been acontinuingthemethroughout our debates.
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It has long been acontinuingthemein debates such as this, and has been again today.
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It has been acontinuingthemeof the frustrated litigant throughout the ages.
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That has been acontinuingthemeof our amendments.
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Onecontinuingthemeof the debate has been the importance of access.
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I will leave that for the moment and come back to it; it will be a kind ofcontinuingtheme.
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This would be acontinuingthemeof space, having bad guy, good guy and civilian factions.
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By 1946 another classroom was required as the roll had risen to 60 pupils and with more farms being developed in the area this was to be acontinuingtheme.
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This crossover of interests and aptitudes has been acontinuingthemein his work and in his ability to synthesize a variety of messages into cohesive presentations.
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On the second level, flat-topped windows are recessed in double-arched openings, continuing themes established on the street level.
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