body of literature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbodyandliterature
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body
noun
uk/ˈbɒd.i/us/ˈbɑː.di/
the whole physical structure that forms a person ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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(Definition ofbodyandliteraturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To meet these requirements, an increasingbodyofliteraturealso uses additional criteria, such as psychosocial impairment or need of psychiatric care.
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A largebodyofliteraturehas sought to provide a rationalization of this assumption consistent with the theory of rational choice.
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In a broad sense, thisbodyofliteraturemay parallel similar studies associated with any major innovation in agriculture.
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This paper contributes to the already existingbodyofliteraturein two ways.
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Thebodyofliteratureon creativity is far too large to discuss at length.
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Although there is a richbodyofliteratureon each of these cases, a comparative study including the experiences of all three countries is necessary.
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Our results add to the growingbodyofliteratureshowing the influence of maternal characteristics and environmental factors on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis patterns in children.
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An importantbodyofliteratureexists linking economic and political distress with increasing perceptions of threat.
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There is a largebodyofliteraturethat highlights the negative consequences of being a family caregiver to a person with advanced disease.
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Conspicuously lacking from thisbodyofliteratureis an effort to investigate the patient-level factors that might account for undertreatment of pain among minorities.
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A more recentbodyofliteraturestresses the role of ideological factors.
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Based on abodyofliteratureprimarily in applied linguistics, this review focuses on textual plagiarism and antiplagiarism in second language academic writing.
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Abodyofliteraturehas emerged to study this phenomenon.
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To think otherwise would be to question the validity of a wholebodyofliterature.
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A considerablebodyofliteraturewas generated by debates over how to reform the poor laws throughout the eighteenth century.
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A vastbodyofliteraturesupports this contention, but evidence of specificity for schizophrenia is limited.
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Results contribute to the growingbodyofliteratureon relations between attachment and emotional and behavioral regulation.
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Thebodyofliteratureon particular ethnolects is constantly growing.
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