objective inquiry

collocation in English

meaningsofobjectiveandinquiry

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objective
adjective
uk
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
us
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs ...
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inquiry
noun
uk
/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/
us
/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofobjectiveandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would vastly have preferred this project to be launched after a more dispassionate andobjectiveinquirythan it has received.
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Obviously, he accepts that these allegations have yet to be fully substantiated by anobjectiveinquiry.
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It would give time for theobjectiveinquirywhich is essential.
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It is incredible that anyobjectiveinquirycould arrive at a conclusion other than that it is a fantastic arrangement.
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And they decided to do this in spite of the finding of the independent,objectiveinquirythat it should be kept open.
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Is it not now necessary to ensure that a completelyobjectiveinquiryis conducted, by someone outside the public service?
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I suggest that the time may well have arrived for an impartial,objectiveinquiryinto the best means of securing public accountability.
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There are issues that this inquiry, and this inquiry alone, anobjectiveinquiry, should be examining.
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There should be anobjectiveinquiryinto the measurement of different performances by different health authorities, because that may depend very much on local conditions.
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No form of impartial orobjectiveinquiryhas been made, nor now will be made.
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There has not been any attempt to hold anobjectiveinquiryinto the problem of local government finance.
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That would be, perhaps, a moreobjectiveinquiry, and one that would, perhaps, be worth pursuing.
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It is not merely what happened, but the refusal to hold an early andobjectiveinquiry.
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That would be anobjectiveinquiryand would take the matter right out of the field of politics.
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It looks more like a whitewash than anobjectiveinquiry.
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But it is in the national interest that they should get figures and ascertain the facts with the least delay by means of a really searching, comprehensive andobjectiveinquiry.
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The fact that this is the only subject statutorily taught, and is deficient in numbers of those qualified to teach the subject, must justify anobjectiveinquiry.
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Whenever changes were made it was never even contemplated that such a substantial and radical constitutional change could be entered into without an impartial andobjectiveinquiry.
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The body that levies the tax must conduct anobjectiveinquirythat looks to the mainsprings of human conduct to the totality of the fact of each case.
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