realistic assessment

collocation in English

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realistic
adjective
uk
/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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Arealisticassessmentof the famine should begin earlier, at least from the turn of the 1920s.
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This requires arealisticassessmentof what genetics can and cannot offer us, and is another strength of the book.
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For most people, especially for an identical twin sibling who is struggling with infertility, this will, however, not be arealisticassessment.
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Interest should rather focus on providing arealisticassessmentof archaeological limitations and potentials in relation to specific interpretative problems.
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But on anyrealisticassessmentof the current situation, the practical hurdles to such a project are formidable.
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Multiple imputation simulates the distribution of missing data and allows for a morerealisticassessment of variances in subsequent analyses than single imputation.
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Such sentiments are more an indication of resignation and desire to get away, than arealisticassessmentof their capability of living at home.
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In vivo evaluation is done within the context of a particular application, which results in a morerealisticassessmentof a system's ultimate utility.
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Reflecting thisrealisticassessmentback to informal and formal carers seemed to validate their subjective 'gut feeling' about the situation.
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They, and organismal biologists, can also provide information on appropriate genetic backgrounds forrealisticassessmentof gene function in ecologically functional organisms.
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Reflecting arealisticassessmentof the patient back to both the patient and their family could in time lead to more appropriate demands on the primary health care team.
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Is this arealisticassessmentor have we now erred in the opposite direction by assigning too much value to the top post in the cabinet?
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The plan was based on arealisticassessmentof the prospective demand for coal in the coming years.
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A morerealisticassessmentof the likely cost of providing an adequate and sustainable service would be £2 billion.
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Clause 19 is probably arealisticassessmentof the situation.
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The draft programmes should therefore include arealisticassessmentof the opportunities to deliver effective projects, including the availability of match funding.
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It will be difficult to make arealisticassessmentof the administration of land acquisition with the local authorities as the agencies.
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That should help us to arealisticassessmentof where we all stand.
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Does he not agree that unless adequate attention is paid to that factor, norealisticassessmentof what will happen can possibly be given?
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We must make arealisticassessmentof whether world food prices are up temporarily or permanently.
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