degree of independence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdegreeandindependence
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degree
noun
uk/dɪˈɡriː/us/dɪˈɡriː/
(an) amount or level ...
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independence
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/
freedom from being governed or ruled by ...
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(Definition ofdegreeandindependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She maintained an unusualdegreeofindependencein her marriage, but she was still legally married.
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There is room for significant flows of crossover influence in both countries, despite the considerabledegreeofindependencedisplayed by both actors.
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Industrialization and urbanization also meant a higherdegreeofindependencefor the childless elderly in some ways.
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They did not expect to be rich but to have a modest living-standard, so that they could maintain a certaindegreeofindependence.
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However, the respondents also emphasized the importance of developing a higherdegreeofindependencefrom government institutions by strengthening their own organizations.
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However, this status also implied somedegreeofindependencefrom male authority.#!
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As importantly, citizenship was a kind of political and economic property that guaranteed the citizen adegreeofindependencethrough the corporation's mediating structures.
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Therefore, we are studying a continuous variable: why does thedegreeofindependencevary from one institution to another?
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This ensures an even higherdegreeofindependencein the check.
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This variable aims to test the hypothesis that thedegreeofindependencewill be greater when the level of policy complexity is high.
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In our study, we examine institutions that already exist, but that vary in terms of thedegreeofindependencethat has been granted to them.
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Thus, in my opinion these data challenge theories of normal language development that assume a considerabledegreeofindependencebetween language and cognition.
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Earlier, it was hypothesized that thedegreeofindependencegranted to non-majoritarian institutions will be greater when the level of political uncertainty is high.
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In particular, it has examined the issue of why a greaterdegreeofindependenceis granted to some institutions rather than to others.
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This article asks the following question: why does thedegreeofindependencevary from one non-majoritarian institution to another?
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An in-between group with regard to dependency, they needed support for only some activities, retaining a certaindegreeofindependence.
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