recurring theme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrecurringandtheme
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recurring
adjective
uk/rɪˈkɜː.rɪŋ/us/rɪˈkɝː.ɪŋ/
happening many times, or ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk/θiːm/us/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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Examplesofrecurring theme
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It has been arecurringthemein modern economics.
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Throughout interviews, the issue of markets and how they affect the types of varieties that a grower produces was arecurringtheme.
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Take therecurringthemeof ' echoes', surely a trope with passive overtones.
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Catharsis is arecurringthemein listener interviews about heavy metal.
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Anotherrecurringthemeis that of a grand narrative or abstracted approach to composition.
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Compensation and the government's role in ensuring this has been arecurringthemein each event.
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The existing oral traditions and written accounts suggest that conflict between nomads and sedentaries was arecurringtheme.
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As we will see, such issues will form arecurringthemeof this paper.
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Anotherrecurringthemeis the impossibility of producing an absolute definition of educational standards.
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Therecurringthemein these chapters is of the importance of parent-child interactions and attachment relationships.
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Arecurringthemeof logical frameworks is the formalisation of binding constructs.
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A secondrecurringthemeis the architecture of grammar.
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Onerecurringthemeis the reaction against the environmental and cultural changes brought by urbanisation.
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For this reason, peace - both earthly and heavenly - is arecurringthemein royal entry ceremonies.
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Arecurringthemewas that a number of women in each category felt that practice staff and/or the leaflet were biased towards women having the test.
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Arecurringthemethroughout is the attempt, by consecutive administrations, to render issues of take-up increasingly simple, albeit utilising notions of simplicity constructed politically.
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Onerecurringthemethroughout the book is the importance of professional judgements by teachers in determining and maintaining standards.
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While the need for further research is arecurringthemein many of the chapters, no clearcut agenda emerges.
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More generally, arecurringthemein this paper has been the need for research directly comparing different developmental disorders.
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The latter was a constantlyrecurringtheme.
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