Collocations withrevision

These are words often used in combination withrevision.

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complete revision
This implies a complete revision of the interpretation above, in which free variables were ignored.
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comprehensive revision
By the 1980s the existing convention was seen as outdated, reflecting an underlying assimilationist agenda and in need of comprehensive revision.
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constant revision
Keeping the links working in the face of constant revision was expected to be a substantial problem.
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constitutional revision
Since the 1999 constitutional revision, presidential powers have been substantially increased.
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downward revision
The results revealed a marked downward revision in intended family size from an earlier average of 2-61 children to 2-23 children now.
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drastic revision
Enriching an account of rationality to cover such preparation helps explain successful coordination without drastic revision of the principles for reasoning in games.
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extensive revision
Rather, it took centuries to recognize that extensive revision and editing in writing can result in the extremely dense informational styles found in academic prose.
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final revision
This suggests a final revision of the conditions on reference to those in (121).
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fundamental revision
The results of the molecular analyses led to a fundamental revision of nematode phylogeny.
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future revision
It follows that even a perfect account of the goals of medicine will be open to future revision.
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major revision
Major revision involves substantial rephrasing of the stem and replacement of at least two distractors.
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minor revision
It is concluded that only some minor revision of the model with regard to anatomy is necessary at this time.
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proposed revision
The proposed revision operation satisfying the above postulates follows several steps.
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radical revision
In fact, however, this is more than a radical revision.
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recent revision
The date of the most recent revision is given at the foot of the relevant page.
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revision surgery
These costs were used, but their lack of differentiation leaves some uncertainty as to the specific cost of knee revision surgery.
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significant revision
A first significant revision took place in 1987, with regard to long-term disability.
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subsequent revision
Hitherto, both the definition of new syndromes and their subsequent revision has been the work either of perceptive individual clinicians or of committees.
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substantial revision
Also, two anonymous readers of an earlier draft, who stimulated its substantial revision.
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thorough revision
This case prompted a thorough revision of the safety standards for gene therapy trials.
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upward revision
An upward revision of the threshold for mortgage interest relief is not just desirable but essential for first-time buyers in my part of the world.
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