existing structure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandstructure
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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structure
noun
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofexistingandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It only visualizes anexistingstructure.
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This knowledge makes up par t ofexistingstructure.
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Within theexistingstructure, there is a trade-off between protection and distortion.
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More information for theexistingstructureis expressed as loading and environmental considerations.
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Our resyllabification rules, on the other hand, removeexistingstructurebut do not build anything back.
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Rather, it would seem that past experience simply modifies anexistingstructure.
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So to understand its intended purpose, it is necessary to grasp theexistingstructureof benefits for pensioners.
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We must shrink theexistingstructure.
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We do not demolish theexistingstructure.
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What was wrong with theexistingstructure?
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That is anexistingstructure—or was.
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The latter fact makes it more difficult to organise support for collective welfare when this challenges theexistingstructureof authority.
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To fully calculate the pattern of development in detail we must also account for the interactions between the alreadyexistingstructureand the emerging one.
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Indeed, the city gave the man permission to continue using the property for business purposes if he simply repaired theexistingstructure.
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Another aspect of interest when developing practice guidelines is theexistingstructureof the healthcare system, which may create incentives or disincentives to use guidelines.
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The addition of individual accounts to theexistingstructureintroduces a level of uncertainty to lifetime benefits that is not uniform across the distribution.
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These will replace theexistingstructureof 16 district committees.
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It will cost more money than theexistingstructure.
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Theexistingstructurehas worked well in practice.
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There is to be an ossification of theexistingstructure.
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Under theexistingstructurewe have had reasonable decentralisation.
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Theexistingstructureis hardly modified at all.
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We believe that theexistingstructureis no longer adequate.
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There is a problem with theexistingstructure.
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