closer inspection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandinspection
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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inspection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈspek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈspek.ʃən/
the act of looking at something carefully, or an official visit to a building or organization to check that everything is correct ...
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(Definition ofcloseandinspectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcloser inspection
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Yet acloserinspectionreveals a connection.
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Oncloserinspection, it gets more complicated.
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Oncloserinspection, however, things are not so simple.
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This is a detail requiring acloserinspection.
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Oncloserinspectionit is not that simple.
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Oncloserinspection, however, this comfortably predictable image turns out to be in important respects misleading.
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Contentious deductions are arguments that appear acceptable at first sight but, uponcloserinspection, are not.
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Acloserinspectionof regions with high and low per capita incomes provides some useful information.
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However, oncloserinspection, a number of significant differences become apparent.
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However, acloserinspectionreveals that this is not the case.
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As we argue below, however, the reality appears oncloserinspectionconsiderably more complex.
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We now turn to acloserinspectionof the period when pregnancy was being anticipated.
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Butcloserinspectionindicates practices that might not pass disciplinary muster.
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Neither of these are terribly surprising, but they bearcloserinspection.
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However, oncloserinspectionit is clear that fiscal capacity is not the determining factor.
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This turns out, uponcloserinspection, to be shrewd eclecticism with a touch of historical moment.
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Atcloserinspection, this interpretation asserts a link between different historical developments.
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However, this comes at the expense of type safety as acloserinspectionreveals.
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Indeed, acloserinspectionreveals that really strict rules are surprisingly rare in natural language.
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Oncloserinspection, it is difficult to see that his primary aim was to undermine vitalism.
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Uponcloserinspection, however, the two roles are not so symmetrical.
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Butcloserinspectionreveals its dynamic character, which counteracts the strong sequencing.
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Oncloserinspection, it appears to be a rather opaque hoax.
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However,closerinspectionreveals a more complex relationship among the components.
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Oncloserinspection, the distribution in the responses to specific items suggests a complex picture.
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