noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a close examination
▪ A closer examination of the facts soon solved the mystery.
an eyesight examination/test
▪ The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded.
careful analysis/examination/study etc
▪ careful analysis of the data
cursory examination/inspection
▪ a cursory examination of the evidence
external examination/examiner
searching questions/investigation/examination etc
▪ Interviewees need to be ready for some searching questions.
superficial examination/study etc
▪ Even a superficial inspection revealed serious flaws.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
careful
▪ Both of these premisses warrant careful examination.
▪ By careful examination, Lamb estimated the age of the tree at five hundred years.
▪ Of course we welcome the Woolf report and its careful examination of what happened during the Strangeways riot.
▪ From clinical and economic viewpoints a careful abdominal examination should be the first assessment of a vomiting child.
▪ A careful examination of the full context, however, suggests that see may well denote mental inference here as well.
▪ On careful examination it became clear that the cartouche had been engraved.
▪ The diagnosis can be made clinically by careful abdominal examination after a suggestive history has been obtained.
▪ After a careful examination of the bottles, I sorted one out, and poured the amber fluid into an expensive glass.
close
▪ Whilst this is a generally convincing thesis, closer examination reveals some historical inaccuracies.
▪ But on closer examination, they reflect the 2560-15 percent breakdown.
▪ Suffice it to say that in any extended study of the martial arts it warrants closer examination.
▪ There are two arguments here which, on closer examination, turn out to be fatally weak.
▪ They deserve close examination especially by those in predominantly family and part-time farming areas.
▪ Many apparent similarities became less convincing on closer examination.
▪ The imp of hell appeared on closer examination to be a neglected child.
▪ First, some challenges, although important and pressing, turn out on closer examination to be neither new nor different.
critical
▪ But the defeat of Labour in the latter year led, as usual, to a critical examination of conscience and record.
▪ Feminist strategies and campaigns in these different fields are submitted to critical examination.
▪ This is a critical examination, together with budget holders, of performance against budget for all the Society's activities.
▪ These procedures will all be subject to a further critical examination when the Phase 2 validation is completed.
▪ Many different theoretical approaches have been developed, and no area of phonology has been free from critical examination.
▪ Everything discussed received excellent critical examination.
▪ Its implication that information, experience, and feelings presented in a pictorial form are readily and immediately accessible needs critical examination.
cursory
▪ After a cursory examination, he turned to me and said that we must get the boy to hospital quickly.
▪ Because, on a cursory examination, I would say that is what you've got.
detailed
▪ Space does not permit a detailed examination of each of these proposals.
▪ At the same time, these are obviously complex matters which require much more detailed examination.
▪ Officers were continuing a detailed examination of the rooms.
▪ Some details of the mechanisms of dispersal of such imported goods can be obtained by a more detailed examination of their distributions.
▪ Education services similarly went through a phase of detailed examination of their weaknesses and future potential during the inter war period.
▪ What does a more detailed examination of the proposals in Working for patients and the accompanying working papers reveal?
▪ These require more detailed examination in order to determine whether they disprove the hypothesis formulated above.
external
▪ The first two will be assessed for certification by external examination while Investigating is assessed internally.
▪ Most of our pupils will be ready to sit the external examination in May of S5.
▪ Because of the devolved nature of National Certificate assessment, much more feedback is available than from a traditional external examination.
▪ More senior pupils in schools can use a word processor to write up projects or dissertations for internal or external examinations.
▪ Historically, she has laid much greater stress than her continental neighbours on sophisticated external examinations at the end of compulsory schooling.
final
▪ It was the period of her final examinations, and hence her presence was not required at college.
▪ Two papers are set in each option so the options constitute one half of the final examination papers.
▪ It hadn't even counted towards the final examination score!
▪ Yet the issue at stake, is not merely the content of the final examination.
▪ It continues throughout this final term, as students prepare for their final examination.
▪ Students on the part-time course will work from home, visiting Middlesbrough only for the final examination.
▪ The final Trustee Diploma examinations were conducted in May and October 1992, with a total of 173 candidates.
▪ By the time students reach the stage of taking their final examinations, most of them know their subject pretty well.
further
▪ We may pursue this through a further examination of primary problem.
▪ We may construct a picture to be corrected or filled in by further examination or the discovery of new evidence.
▪ Patients were excluded from further examination after their dyspepsia clinic visit if they had severe concurrent cardiovascular or respiratory disease.
▪ The environmental impact of humans' future energy demand needs further examination.
▪ With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination, and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra.
▪ Likewise the instrumentalist approach to communication, as it is still prevalent among most churches, needs further examination.
▪ The crevice, upon further examination, was found to be stuffed full of yellowing incisors and weathered molars.
▪ This is a remarkably small number of cases and needs further examination.
histological
▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum, and routinely processed for histological examination.
▪ Another patient had severe inflammation and numerous granulomata on histological examination of duodenal biopsies indicating Crohn's disease of the duodenum.
▪ Scintigraphy is also a sensitive test in patients where endoscopy and histological examination can not confirm the presence or absence of reflux.
▪ I strongly agree with the authors' main point that all excised lesions should be sent for histological examination.
▪ Eighteen patients had a skin biopsy or had a lesion removed, but no tests other than the usual histological examination were necessary.
▪ Twenty six patients were given follow up appointments, either to assess treatment or to give the results of histological examination.
▪ The signs of inflammation had vanished. Histological examination confirmed a severe chronic atrophic gastritis.
▪ They had another endoscopy and four antral and four body biopsy specimens were obtained for histological examination.
medical
▪ He will now be required to submit to medical examinations to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
▪ There is no medical examination needed to join - even up to age 70.
▪ We then waited in another line to enter a room where, presumably, we would have our medical examinations.
▪ Anne passed the medical examination and Sarah failed it.
▪ Abdominal symptoms brought her to a medical examination, at which a stomach cancer with metastases was diagnosed.
▪ Came the intense medical examination, much of which is commonplace today, but by no means in vogue in 1928/29.
▪ Should you demand a medical examination?
microscopic
▪ Whilst most bryozoa require microscopic examination, a few form colonies large and distinctive enough to be easily recognizable.
▪ The minute he got inside he was going up to his room to give it a microscopic examination.
▪ Mineralogical analysis and microscopic examination of soil structures is well advanced.
physical
▪ A physical examination will let your doctor know about your current state of health.
▪ We talk to our patients and do a thorough physical examination.
▪ The patient was a non-smoker and did not consume alcohol. Physical examination showed an obese woman.
▪ Despite these difficulties, physical examinations must be an integral part of most nutrition surveys for the following reasons: 1.
▪ She did not conduct any physical examination.
▪ You must also control the number of people who will give you physical examinations.
▪ A chest x ray film and physical examination were normal.
▪ Repeated mental and physical examinations were also required.
postmortem
▪ A postmortem examination showed 11 pellet wounds in the head.
▪ A postmortem examination report showed he died from poisoning by carbon monoxide due to inhalation of fumes.
▪ But 4 postmortem examinations have failed to establish the cause of his death.
▪ A postmortem examination will take place in Vancouver later today to confirm identification from dental records.
▪ The defence ministry refused to release his body to his family for a postmortem examination and radiation testing.
▪ A postmortem examination will be carried out today.
▪ The worm generally has a low pathogenicity, and the majority of infections are discovered only incidentally at postmortem examination.
professional
▪ Graduates will receive maximum appropriate exemptions from the professional examinations of these bodies.
▪ The Sub-Committee continued its review of the professional practice examination system.
▪ Persons should be aged 18 or over and should: Either have passed Part A of the professional examination.
▪ Even an admiral's good wishes could not dispense with the ability to pass a professional examination.
▪ Holders of the honours degree are eligible for partial exemption from the professional examinations for membership of the Institute of Actuaries.
public
▪ The most controversial of outside evaluations involving outcome measurements are testing programmes and public examination results.
▪ Pupils in independent schools achieve higher levels of success in public examinations than those at maintained schools.
▪ Inevitably this committee had to consider the effect of public examinations upon the school curriculum.
▪ On 29 July 1988, at the Romford County Court, the public examination of the appellant took place.
▪ It is time to turn to the turbulent scene of public examinations as they now are.
▪ The predominant constraint is, of course, public examinations.
thorough
▪ Braun has also overseen a thorough examination of all the corporate processes and product lines.
▪ We talk to our patients and do a thorough physical examination.
▪ Five tenders were returned and following a thorough examination by the team, the bid of Ericsson was selected for recommendation.
▪ A thorough examination seems long overdue.
▪ It is important to subject views, ideas and actions to thorough examination.
▪ Usually, the clinical presentation is not subtle, and the presence of a malignancy becomes obvious after a thorough clinical examination.
▪ After a thorough examination he said that I was well enough to hold it down.
▪ League officials are to take this on board and make a thorough examination.
written
▪ Assessment is by written examination and dissertation.
▪ The degree is awarded on the basis of written examinations and/or the presentation of a satisfactory thesis.
▪ Diplomas are awarded to candidates who reach a satisfactory standard in written examinations following nine months of coursework.
▪ Assessment: Each module is examined by a 90-minute written examination at the end of April.
▪ The written examinations would provide the opportunity for assessing whether the student had acquired a sufficiently analytical approach to the subject.
▪ Coursework and project assessment, written examinations and dissertation.
■ NOUN
entrance
▪ Voice over Professors flew in especially from Prague to supervise the entrance examinations and emphasise the benefits of studying in their country.
▪ He claimed to have taken entrance examinations for Stevens, but no records remain.
▪ Having passed the entrance examinations he joined as an Aircraft Apprentice at Halton in August 1928.
▪ There had been a rush to take part when the national college entrance examination was restored in 1977.
result
▪ They want to know how school examination results compare, about the level of truancy and about the staying-on rate after 16.
▪ Cumin makes the significant point that employers appoint school leavers to posts before examination results are known in any case.
▪ It is also examining both the admissions criteria and the examination results of the Vocational Course.
▪ Whatever measures we apply to the examination results achieved by our students last summer, they are the best ever.
▪ This indicated that first year examination results were a far superior predictor of wastage than the A-level scores of entrants.
▪ Quality of tuition was notoriously difficult to judge: in-class assessment of teachers bore no correlation to examination results achieved.
▪ Girls have now overtaken boys for examination results and women are indeed starting to dominate the workplace.
▪ However, the assertion that the poor examination results were largely attributable to the low expectations of the department went forward unamended.
system
▪ This enables a student to optimise the opportunities presented to him without prejudice to his progression through the examination system.
▪ I think the competition between the IoT and the Tax Faculty will lead to a better examination system for the IoT.
▪ There were thus two examination systems set on diverging courses for membership of the same Division.
▪ The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.
▪ Perhaps that is the fault of the examination system.
▪ Partnerships have a strong vested interest in the quality of output of the examination system and in its cost-effectiveness.
▪ Yet there is significant concern for the quality and reliability of the output of this examination system.
▪ Business no longer understands the examination system and its grades and it bemoans the continually changing scene.
■ VERB
based
▪ This work is based on the examination of the goods used by some three hundred individuals in eighty-two households.
▪ The events upon which the play is based suggest an interesting examination of the forces opposing happiness in marriage.
▪ Less rewarding techniques are those based on faecal examination, either by flotation or by the Baerman method.
▪ It should be noted that an audit report is an opinion based on an independent examination of available evidence.
carry
▪ I had carried out postmortem examinations of the dead animals but had found only a non-specific gastro-enteritis.
▪ This will include any doctor, psychiatrist or other expert directed to carry out an examination or assessment.
▪ While I was carrying out my examination I would quite casually discuss recent events.
▪ Resits may not be carried forward to another examination session, even if the particular module is repeated and another resit examination offered.
conduct
▪ Leech had conducted a post-mortem examination and found cerebral haemorrhage as the cause of death.
▪ She did not conduct any physical examination.
▪ Emphasis should be placed on strict adherence to a policy of changing into protective clothing before conducting a post-mortem examination.
▪ This may be achieved by allowing parents to nominate their own expert to observe or jointly conduct any examination or assessment.
detail
▪ But until now the detailed examination of the underwater ruins has been held back by a lack of suitable technology.
▪ When he had finished, he would flash back to the complete page and select a new subject for detailed examination.
▪ A more detailed examination would show the vowels are missing.
▪ A more detailed examination of the utility oil stream will be made in Section 10. 2.
▪ For more detailed motor examination, see Chapter 6.
follow
▪ Five tenders were returned and following a thorough examination by the team, the bid of Ericsson was selected for recommendation.
▪ And when children are given the chance to read in school, their reading is often followed by an examination.
▪ Polyps recur, however, in 30-50% of all polypectomy patients, and they must therefore be followed with regular colonoscopic examinations.
▪ Barium follow through examination showed a normal mucosal pattern in the graft.
▪ In addition, an updated record is provided for each student following the termly examination committees, showing the student's results.
▪ What follows is an examination of each with examples of how each might be justified.
▪ In turn, following examination of staffing schedules, she will be informed if there is work available at her convenience.
include
▪ The study will include an examination of careers advice practices, selection of trainees and the role of employers.
▪ His journey includes an examination of all things.
▪ Nordenfalk's book includes the scrupulous examination of visual evidence always welcome and often found in writing by a museum curator.
▪ Indeed, the definition of a financial audit explicitly includes examination of systems of internal control whereas the commercial audit does not.
▪ This requirement includes a chest X-ray examination.
▪ This would include prescribed medication and examinations by suitably qualified professions e.g. doctors, physiotherapists etc.
▪ An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the accounts.
involve
▪ A health check, in my opinion, involves a clinical examination and intervention, where appropriate, based on the findings.
▪ The analysis involves close examination of a sample of markets in which significant entry has occurred.
▪ Effectiveness involves an examination of the relationship between the output and objectives of the department.
▪ This involves an examination of the relationship between the different parts of the structure and their relationship to society as a whole.
▪ This study involves an examination at three distinct levels of the action of those in the public sector.
▪ Clearly, one aspect of this must involve a much closer examination of the relationships between athletes and sports physicians.
▪ This will involve an examination of internal and external factors.
pass
▪ Perhaps an additional reassurance that you can in fact pass your future examinations!
▪ Some years earlier, he had passed the Harvard examination with honors.
▪ Do please inform the office if you have taken this course and passed the examination.
▪ Qualified youths could become officers by passing competitive examinations, which Le Thanh Tong himself devised.
▪ I know that their actual task is to pass the examinations they meet.
▪ Fred Taylor, who had passed the examination with honors, was not among them.
▪ All three passed their first accounting examinations.
▪ In addition, Federal, State, and many local governments may require that inspectors pass a civil service examination.
perform
▪ They are expected to take a full medical history and perform a physical examination.
▪ A carefully performed neurologic examination may, of course, also yield helpful clues.
▪ Athelstan leaned over to perform his own examination.
▪ High street optometrists perform the necessary eye examinations for these patients.
require
▪ The pattern of assessment followed precedent, with only two courses requiring examinations.
▪ Even though the problems of evidence and interpretation require reformulation, an examination of the long and complex debate is useful.
▪ Whilst most bryozoa require microscopic examination, a few form colonies large and distinctive enough to be easily recognizable.
▪ At the same time, these are obviously complex matters which require much more detailed examination.
▪ These require more detailed examination in order to determine whether they disprove the hypothesis formulated above.
▪ Turning to some individual stocks, we can see some of the main points that require examination.
▪ This will require examination of the dynamics of local property markets, and of those factors which influence value generally.
▪ Pupillage is not require your Bar examination.
sit
▪ In 1920 she sat the competitive examination to enter the International Labour Office in Geneva and joined its agricultural service.
▪ Most of our pupils will be ready to sit the external examination in May of S5.
▪ These are sat under examination conditions and then marked internally.
▪ It came just three weeks before the students were due to sit their examinations.
▪ This will enable those eager and able to sit the relevant examination and thus qualify.
▪ He sat on the examination table in his underpants, and I noticed how desperately thin he was getting.
take
▪ She studied botany, taking the honours examinations as a private student, and also geology and mineralogy.
▪ He claimed to have taken entrance examinations for Stevens, but no records remain.
▪ She felt as if she had taken an extremely exacting examination.
▪ Instead, he got a girl who could never take the examinations.
▪ The Hamiltons' Cheshire home was searched, and it is understood that a computer was among items taken away for examination.
▪ In June 1874, after two years at Exeter, he took the Harvard admissions examination and passed with honors.
▪ It was one of his few boasts that he had never taken an academic examination in his life.
▪ Test yourself with the following passage, which contains misspelt words taken from examination scripts.
undergo
▪ All patients underwent an abdominal ultrasound examination before endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
▪ Chun began by saying, with a grin, that he felt like a schoolboy undergoing examination in being interviewed by me.
▪ Ballesteros underwent a severe examination two years ago.
▪ By the end of the afternoon, Burrell underwent an examination and was told there is no cause for concern.
▪ During the baseline examinations the subjects underwent a standardised dental examination.
▪ During that time, he has undergone several medical examinations at the request of his father.
▪ Before operation all patients underwent general physical examination and electrocardiographic and lung function studies to determine their general fitness for operation.
▪ It had undergone detailed and lengthy examination by a Select Committee of this House.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come up for discussion/examination/review etc
▪ BUndeterred, the group is revising its proposal and plans to contest every license that comes up for review.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A detailed examination of population statistics reveals a steady decline in the birth rate.
▪ After a brief examination by a local doctor, I was taken to the city's main hospital.
▪ Darden's examination of the witness produced no startling evidence.
▪ Each of the prisoners was given a thorough medical examination.
▪ Mandelbaum's new book is an examination of US foreign policy.
▪ On closer examination the vases were found to be cracked in several places.
▪ The examination scores will be announced next week.
▪ The committee's latest proposals are still under examination.
▪ The judge ordered a detailed examination of Cowley's financial records.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A post-mortem examination of the occupants revealed nothing which contributed to the accident.
▪ B.Eds were about equally divided between continuous assessment and examinations, with some project work.
▪ Closer examination will show that the document is more readable and links to other subjects are helpful.
▪ Preparation of the reservoir for endoscopy was performed with a phosphate enema 30 minutes before the examination.
▪ The pattern of assessment followed precedent, with only two courses requiring examinations.
▪ These subjects had an examination for evaluation of occult blood, positive stools or for screening for colon cancer, or both.
▪ With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term, the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination.