extensive research
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextensiveandresearch
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extensive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/us/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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research
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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Despite theextensiveresearchliterature, however, there are still problems in defining and measuring this concept13,14 reflecting the theoretical diversity underpinning notions of loneliness.
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Extensiveresearchis needed before legged robots can be widely and practically used.
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Investment in rural infrastructure as well as in anextensiveresearchand extension system occurred.
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Both works are the fruits ofextensiveresearchand provide transcriptions of primary sources, some of which were heretofore unavailable.
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Despiteextensiveresearch, the reasons why patients consult their doctors are unclear.
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The richness of the interviews is combined with a wide range of documents, including pictures, that testify toextensiveresearchin various archives.
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Unfortunately, the author, a journalist, approached the topic through a limited number of sources without conducting theextensiveresearchwhich such a range requires.
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I congratulate the author for hisextensiveresearchin collecting data and conducting personal interviews with experts.
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It is based onextensiveresearchon primary (mostly printed) sources, and on secondary ones, correlating the conclusions of many recent studies.
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To this effect, anextensiveresearchprogram based on case studies in the aerospace engineering domain has been carried out.
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Recognizing this difficulty,extensiveresearcheffort over some 20 years has focused on the development of risk-based models which would assist in the decision-making process.
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How a social welfare function should be derived from individual preferences for alternative outcomes has been a topic ofextensiveresearch.
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The book should therefore be seen as a comprehensive and handy collection of the results of approximately ten years ofextensiveresearch.
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There isextensiveresearchevidence that witnessing marital violence has a negative impact on child functioning.
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Suchextensiveresearchwould require a high degree of on-site management and would result in complicated interactions that would be difficult to interpret.
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A focus for further and moreextensiveresearchshould be the conditions which favour such resistance.
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The book is well organized and well based onextensiveresearchfrom the early 1980s.
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Yet moreextensiveresearchand development will give major financial and competitive advantages to the companies involved.
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