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review
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a book review (=an article giving critical opinions of a book)
▪ She had a book review published in the student magazine.
assess/evaluate/review sb’s progress
▪ We appraise the work and evaluate each student’s individual progress.
assess/review a situation
▪ Ballater was trying to assess the situation objectively.
carry out a review
▪ The government is carrying out a review of state pension provision.
carry out a review
▪ The government is carrying out a review of state pension provision.
conduct a study/review
▪ Scientists conducted a study of the area affected by the nuclear disaster.
full-scale study/review etc
▪ The government will conduct a full-scale inquiry into the crash.
under discussion/consideration/review etc
▪ The possibility of employing more staff is still under discussion being discussed, considered etc.
▪ All categories of expenditure are under review.
undertake a review/analysis
▪ The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the Law.
win/receive/earn rave reviews
▪ The performance earned them rave reviews from critics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
▪ The Head of Department is responsible for the annual review of the fields sponsored by his or her department.
▪ It will provide supporting material for the annual review of implementation and, where necessary, clarify or supplement information received.
▪ Clinical assessments were estimated to take on average 9.8 minutes for a regular review and 13.4 minutes for an annual review.
▪ When your annual review is due, summarize all your achievements for the period and present them to your employer.
▪ There are also annual reviews with clients.
▪ On this model, annual reviews of fields continue to be produced, but are as spare as possible.
▪ The government will publish an annual energy review.
▪ They could quite easily form part of the agenda for the annual review of these institutions in their new roles.
bad
▪ You've had bad reviews before - show me a performer who hasn't!
▪ Perhaps she wouldn't get another book published if she had enough bad reviews, he hoped.
▪ So naturally, a walk around the concourse at halftime overheard more than a handful of bad reviews on McCallum.
▪ There is no question that bad reviews hurt.
▪ We just couldn't believe how bad the reviews were.
▪ It is difficult to imagine any serious writer giving this book a bad review.
brief
▪ A brief review of events in division four!
▪ A brief review of the structure of sierra society will illustrate this point.
▪ To start with, let's have a brief review of major and minor scale harmony.
▪ This very brief review of about ten conservation programmes can not make the case that all national policies fail.
▪ My brief review of personal care given by relatives has stressed the theme of variation, especially by gender.
▪ A brief review of existing work in library user instruction evaluation was then given and related to the parameters previously described.
comprehensive
▪ A comprehensive review of quantitative cross-national studies of political violence.
▪ This is not excessive if all attachments are included and a comprehensive review of literature is included.
▪ I hear there are very few companies in our industry who carry out a comprehensive performance review on a regular basis.
▪ A comprehensive review of the patient can be achieved through the use of the care plan.
▪ Each funded several different but related enquiries which together would provide a comprehensive review of contemporary child care.
▪ A multi-million-pound package will be announced in this summer's comprehensive spending review.
▪ It would have been desirable to cover all the library sectors in one comprehensive review.
critical
▪ The first section presents a critical review of traditional library catalogue use studies.
▪ Physically, he wasn't her type at all, she thought, subjecting him to a critical mental review.
▪ To write such letters well does indeed require a critical review of the evidence.
▪ It will include papers on all aspects of proposed new screening tests and on improvements to existing tests together with regular critical reviews.
▪ In 1980, Werking wrote a very useful critical review on evaluating bibliographic education.
full
▪ Without giving it a full review, an overview is in order.
▪ He also asked his bioethics advisory panel to conduct a full review and report back to him in 90 days.
▪ For a fuller review of social security provision for the unemployed and the detailed regulations, see Morris and Llewellyn, 1991.
▪ For more details take a look at our full review on page 56.
▪ But we believe that a full review of the arrangements is now needed.
good
▪ There are plenty of good recent reviews aimed at research workers covering at least some of the issues I was starting to address.
▪ A good review always bucked him up and a bad one generally saddened him.
▪ This book is a good review of the above, supplemented with many relevant references covering areas of specialised and general reading.
▪ Stock, who received good reviews from his Minnesota colleagues, will see his pay jump more than $ 17,000 initially.
▪ I remember Germaine Greer slagged me off, but it was the best review because it was an intelligent one.
▪ I had a tie on, too, but not the one that had received such good reviews at lunch.
▪ The conclusions Few exercises or investigations are of value unless they reach a clear conclusion and best practice reviews are no exception.
▪ Such success stories do not rely on good reviews or critical acclaim for big sales and widespread popularity.
independent
▪ An independent review body has described the lessons as overly generous.
▪ Expenditures should be subject to strict independent review, and scientific organizations or objective federal offices should set priorities for research spending.
▪ Nevertheless an independent review emerged with a comparative analysis of a complex field.
▪ There must now be an independent review of the approach to migration and displacement.
▪ The charges are subject to independent review.
▪ Instead there will be independent reviews.
▪ The 10 pits excluded from the inquiry, though technically under independent review, have no future.
▪ There will be independent review in cases where agreement can not be reached.
internal
▪ It is an internal review, and we do not intend to publish it.
▪ He said that instead there would be a thorough internal review of the inspectorate, which would report by July.
▪ So Mr Burgreen, doing all that he could, said he would add a civilian to his internal review board.
▪ In such cases, careful consideration should be given to the appropriate internal review.
▪ Adopt and record a written plan for undertaking internal reviews which states the frequency of reviews.
judicial
▪ It is in my opinion important to keep the purpose of judicial review clearly in mind.
▪ This is an awesome power that, even when exercised arbitrarily, will be immune from judicial review.
▪ It has also been held that non-statutory government advisory panels are subject to judicial review.
▪ On a renewed application for leave to move for what would now be called judicial review, this court granted the application.
▪ A special mention should be made of the use of novel forms of clauses designed to exclude any possibility of judicial review.
▪ The Multiple Sclerosis Society said that it may seek a judicial review if the decision is upheld.
▪ Argyll applied unsuccessfully for judicial review based on a restrictive view of the Commission's substantive and procedural powers.
major
▪ The Government proposes to implement a major review of adoption law in the New Year.
▪ Shuttle managers are to meet Monday for a major review of mission plans before confirming their launch plans.
▪ The overall results have been brought together in three major reviews by Krikelas, Hafter and Markey.
▪ A major review was undertaken of the Society's regulatory functions including practising certificates, accountant's reports and investment business certificates.
▪ The new Committee for Art and Design was then faced with a major review of 127 first degree courses.
▪ Harneses will feature in a major gear review next spring.
▪ A major review of existing modules in the fabrication and welding area is now under way.
▪ A major review of company computer strategy began in 1975 and resulted in two key decisions.
recent
▪ A recent review confirmed the increase in risk of developing a gastric carcinoma after gastric resection.
▪ There are plenty of good recent reviews aimed at research workers covering at least some of the issues I was starting to address.
▪ An excellent recent review article by White and McCain summarises the use of bibliometric measures as indicators in science funding policy.
▪ Or the recent review of a cookery bookshop by Helen Pickles?
▪ A recent review of that book suggested that any connection is superficial rather than essential.
▪ A solid backing Readers and of Grimsby read our recent tank decor review and request for your own ideas.
▪ It is noteworthy in this respect that relatively few recent reviews of social geography refer directly to interaction as a discrete topic.
▪ Following a recent review of the scheme we have some good news and some bad news.
regular
▪ Clinical assessments were estimated to take on average 9.8 minutes for a regular review and 13.4 minutes for an annual review.
▪ And he has established a system of regular reviews of department performance.
▪ The Bureau carries out regular reviews of each contributing office's mortality and sickness experience against the general experience for all offices.
▪ In the Cardiff trial 14% of community care patients received regular general practitioner review and only 5% received yearly blood glucose estimations.
▪ Counsel and Care found sedatives were used without serious or regular review, and listening devices and video cameras were employed.
▪ It will include papers on all aspects of proposed new screening tests and on improvements to existing tests together with regular critical reviews.
▪ It would also enable sentencing practice to be monitored and subjected to regular review.
▪ The cut is part of a regular review system that adjusts funding to reflect the amount of interest in the programmes.
■ NOUN
board
▪ The study was approved by the institutional review board of the Mayo Clinic and all patients gave written consent.
▪ Among the 18 members on the review board will be the Rev.
▪ Late last year the Northern Ireland sentence review board recommended that Adair be freed from Maghaberry.
▪ Plant officials were awaiting approval of the plans by a review board of senior managers.
▪ The price review board was set up as a result of the new patent legislation.
▪ The report of the review board concludes unequivocally that the accident was caused by a high-altitude aerial explosion of an asteroidal body.
▪ So Mr Burgreen, doing all that he could, said he would add a civilian to his internal review board.
▪ The three-person review board met anyway.
body
▪ The review bodies are independent but Government has the option of modifying their recommendations.
▪ We should not forget that his party voted against a review body.
▪ An independent review body has described the lessons as overly generous.
▪ The hon. Member for Leeds, Central suggested that we wanted the increase from the review body to be in line with inflation.
▪ We will retain the pay review bodies.
▪ To get to the pay review body involved an interesting and long gestation period by Ministers.
book
▪ Eva read it from cover to cover; films, music, book reviews as well as the politics.
▪ It also has book excerpts, book reviews, a place to order Time-Life gardening books and a bulletin board for gardeners.
▪ William Rees-Mogg's column moves to Monday and appears, with the book review, on page 19.
committee
▪ The plan will be considered by the Government's energy review committee.
▪ Most universities have some review committee that requires a statement from the researcher that adequate protection will be guaranteed for all respondents.
▪ The conclusions of Alec's review committee, however, were not at all helpful to Ted.
▪ It may be distributed to members of the review committee.
▪ The cabinet was informed as late as possible; even ministers on the poll-tax review committee were not told what was coming.
▪ There were 240 cases that went before the undergraduate administrative review committee.
▪ Also, a citizens' programme review committee should be established.
copy
▪ Publishers are requested to send review copies of books which deal with the water industry to Paul Garrett, Water Bulletin.
▪ The review copy is a solid black, but the basic model comes oil-finished.
▪ Publishers are invited to send review copies and information on their titles for this preview to Jennifer Taylor,.
▪ Nigel began selling review copies - his own and any others he could cadge - to give a little boost to his income.
▪ It was sent to me as a review copy.
panel
▪ Richard Armitage, a former assistant secretary of defense, is also on this review panel.
▪ It even has a strategic review panel to act as a think-tank.
▪ A Caltrans appeal would go to an ad hoc seismic retrofit permit review panel.
▪ A review panel of outside advisers is evaluating its work.
▪ A series of review panels wrestled with the problem and provided a series of responses.
▪ It came after a review panel reported to the National Institutes of Health.
▪ She made 2 complaints to the review panel.
peer
▪ The articles amount to premature judgment of an issue that has yet to be subjected to valid peer review.
▪ A peer review would require no more than a scan of the vast international medical literature.
▪ The authors also say that peer review is ineffective as a mechanism for restructuring scientific activity.
▪ It was never published in a reputable journal or subjected to the normal peer review.
▪ Action: Opportunities for peer review among teachers of nurses should be a regular feature of the Department of Nurse Education.
▪ A system of peer review was also introduced to make qualitative judgments about teaching abilities.
▪ In academic research we submit our findings to rigorous peer review.
▪ About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review.
policy
▪ Go back and re-read the policy review.
▪ For David Marquand's main mistake is to see the policy review as merely an exercise in junking outmoded policies.
▪ I am disappointed the policy review has adopted such a negative attitude both to a Bill of Rights and electoral reform.
▪ Reaction to the policy review was mixed.
▪ Labour's policy review made Labour an effective anti-Thatcherite force.
▪ But the policy review nowhere considers the overall effect of the individual changes proposed, or how they might be co-ordinated.
▪ But when the Bush administration took office, it suspended negotiations while conducting the policy review.
process
▪ It is now thoroughly internalized within the Modular Course review process.
▪ After this review process, budget analysts consolidate the individual department budgets into operating and capital budget summaries.
▪ If the story is accepted and published in a magazine then it has already gone through a considerable review process.
▪ The hospitals are the ones that introduced this legislation, and they are perfectly happy with the review process.
▪ He topped the poll for the shadow cabinet elections and played a leading role in the policy review process.
▪ If a team could bring a manager into its virtual world, the review process would shorten dramatically.
▪ The work is currently in a review process, expected to be completed by the end of the year.
▪ There are still aspects of the review process that need to be completed.
rent
▪ The effect on the final rent review would be even more drastic.
▪ This reflects the second five year rent review for Head Office which took place in 1989 and became effective from August 1989.
▪ The first five year rent review for the Council's Glasgow Office is due in August 1991.
▪ The interrelationship of this clause with the rent review clause should be considered.
▪ The principal applications have been and remain rent review and share valuation, which are covered in Chapters 2 and 3.
▪ So far, the courts have approached rent review clauses from the first perspective only.
▪ However, most leases incorporate a rent review clause which provides for the periodic raising of the rent.
▪ Commercially, such a rent review clause may work to the disadvantage of either party.
■ VERB
apply
▪ Firms have the right to apply for a review of the committee's decision.
▪ Argyll applied unsuccessfully for judicial review based on a restrictive view of the Commission's substantive and procedural powers.
▪ They would in fact be applying a test for review not dissimilar to the one about to be examined. 2.
▪ Mr. Page applied for judicial review of that decision.
carry
▪ The Bureau carries out regular reviews of each contributing office's mortality and sickness experience against the general experience for all offices.
▪ This brings us to our final issue: who should carry out curriculum review?
▪ No one had carried out any overall review of the system since then.
▪ It is not therefore appropriate for a partner who has had any detailed involvement with the engagement to carry out the review.
complete
▪ Carnegie completes review of science - government ties Washington.
▪ The government has promised to complete the review within three months and make its results public a month later.
▪ University Hospital officials say they hope to complete their review of the proposals by March 1.
▪ Has the Department completed the review of the investment for safety, as required by Hidden?
conduct
▪ In conducting this review the University has taken into account the feasibility of raising the necessary funding from outside sources.
▪ He also asked his bioethics advisory panel to conduct a full review and report back to him in 90 days.
▪ Pearce reached his conclusions after conducting a review of detailed studies into the impact of environmental taxes.
▪ A sub-committee had conducted a strict review of the conduct of all four members of the staff and that of the porter.
▪ Cluster groups of schools could conduct a joint review, sharing their experiences.
▪ Inpatient follow-up was conducted by review of the active medical record every 3 days.
▪ To the consternation of his cabinet colleagues, he is currently conducting a wide-ranging review of public spending.
▪ But after the concession the Government must conduct a further review of safety implications and report back to Parliament.
consider
▪ Some of the following issues need to be considered in a review of parent help at school.
▪ The proposal will be considered as Qantas reviews all aspects of its business over the next few months, Dixon said.
▪ A spokesman said the consortium was considering a judicial review.
▪ The possibility of de-registration should be considered at each review.
▪ Mr Winsor said the regulator would consider an early interim review of Railtrack's finances.
▪ Against this we have to set the disadvantage that re-investigation might come to be considered as a disciplinary review.
follow
▪ The decision follows a review of production and distribution of products in all three regions.
▪ This will be followed by a review of fiscal policies.
▪ They follow a review of existing gas safety regulations.
▪ The decision follows a review that he chaired jointly with the chief dental officer, Robin Wild.
publish
▪ The government will publish an annual energy review.
▪ As a first step, the directors have published an interim review covering the year to 31 March 1992.
read
▪ I don't read reviews, but the New York Times alone is still capable of emptying or filling a theatre.
▪ And, if you go back and read the initial reviews, Franz is the actor who earned most of the raves.
▪ You read the reviews, make up your mind and stump up the cash.
▪ Does it bother you to read such negative reviews or profiles?
▪ There again, Adam Burns was hardly the type to read rock reviews or, for that matter, the tabloids.
▪ We can only read their reviews.
▪ You've read the reviews and decided which software you want.
▪ Ask friends, read reviews and decide what features you want.
receive
▪ The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
▪ It received universally ecstatic reviews, and deservedly so.
▪ Stock, who received good reviews from his Minnesota colleagues, will see his pay jump more than $ 17,000 initially.
▪ To ensure these papers receive the extra review they deserve we will post them on the e-print server.
▪ I had a tie on, too, but not the one that had received such good reviews at lunch.
▪ They also say she received a negative performance review from her supervisor.
undertake
▪ The Board of Supervisors eventually approved the deal on the provision that United undertake a good-faith review of the law.
▪ In 1987, Drummond &038; Hutton undertook a review of the economic appraisal of health technology.
▪ The Legal Aid Board is undertaking this review.
▪ The call comes as the National Curriculum Council undertakes a review on what schools are required to teach by law.
▪ In 1986, the Society employed Price Waterhouse to undertake a review of its lending policies.
write
▪ However, consumer written reviews can often be more anecdotal than scientific, and somewhat prone to rigging.
▪ She wrote many articles and reviews, and several books.
▪ When Time Was Away appeared, Newton wrote a spoof review of it.
▪ Under yet another pen name, Leo starts writing scathing reviews of her own books for a newspaper literary supplement.
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.
ecstatic review/praise/applause
▪ And another executioner earned the crowd's ecstatic applause when he beheaded two criminals with one blow!
▪ It received universally ecstatic reviews, and deservedly so.
▪ Now after ecstatic reviews it is playing to packed audiences in London.
▪ With Bley conducting and Paul Haines, the original librettist, as narrator, the opera was revived to ecstatic reviews.
mixed reaction/response/reviews etc
▪ As its image as an independent search for truth has changed, scientists have had mixed reactions.
▪ Carrick's captaincy received mixed reviews.
▪ Central Florida school leaders gave the proposed passing scores mixed reviews Wednesday.
▪ Math Blaster 1 and 2 from Davidson got mixed reviews.
▪ The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
▪ The seventeenth edition met with mixed reactions.
▪ When asked how beneficial the training had been there was a somewhat mixed response.
▪ When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
rave reviews/notices/reports
▪ Already open is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has drawn rave reviews from those who have visited it.
▪ Although the show opened on Broadway to less than rave reviews, Sandy said the new production is better.
▪ But freshman outfielder Pedro Loza has been drawing rave reviews in practice.
▪ But she proved to be a natural and her performance won rave reviews.
▪ His film My Cousin Vinny opened to rave reviews.
▪ Last year, it reopened to rave reviews.
▪ So far no rivals have matched the rave reviews E ma won for the film.
▪ The pair gained rave reviews for their Belfast concert earlier this week and are likely to be just as good tomorrow night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Reviewers praised Tisler's performance.
▪ A post-census review found that many homes had been missed.
▪ a restaurant review
▪ After a review by the city council, his license was revoked.
▪ Our first English assignment was to write a book review.
▪ The movie got good reviews.
▪ Wilberforce had just written a long review of Darwin's book.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A comprehensive review of the patient can be achieved through the use of the care plan.
▪ A multi-million-pound package will be announced in this summer's comprehensive spending review.
▪ Extensive reviews have documented the availability of coal in the United States.
▪ If the story is accepted and published in a magazine then it has already gone through a considerable review process.
▪ The first reviews, therefore, appeared about a week later.
▪ The new prices are noted in this review.
▪ There are still aspects of the review process that need to be completed.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
briefly
▪ Moreover, literature relating to nursing ideologies, primary and therapeutic nursing as well as nursing beds is briefly reviewed.
▪ Vickie starts the meeting by briefly reviewing the agenda.
▪ Two examples will be briefly reviewed here.
▪ The authors also briefly review some of the earlier research and suggest that the conclusions appears to be conflicting.
▪ Then a large number of results from research on arousal and memory are briefly reviewed.
▪ Having made these general remarks, we may now briefly review the new exact solutions that have been presented.
▪ We then briefly review the values associated with elite theory.
▪ Chapter 7 briefly reviews the developments instituted in the 1980s.
here
▪ The psychological theories of political leaders and the state reviewed here have strong echoes in New Right thinking.
▪ There are, however, a number of general techniques for credit management that will be reviewed here.
▪ Specialists in the field will be familiar with much of the material reviewed here and may wish to pass over it quickly.
▪ The evidence reviewed here suggests that a good deal of support of various types does pass between members of families.
▪ Two examples will be briefly reviewed here.
▪ Although more expensive than the others reviewed here, the extra money is well spent.
▪ This will not be reviewed here.
▪ To give some idea of their range and diversity, some of them are reviewed here.
regularly
▪ Professional development teachers rarely seemed to have been offered an induction programme or had their work regularly reviewed.
▪ They regularly review engineering and architectural drawings and specifications to monitor progress and ensure compliance with plans and specifications.
▪ All but three of the 42 patients were regularly reviewed in the coeliac clinic, which was established in 1978.
▪ Each person's care plan is reviewed regularly and up-dated.
▪ The stock of books, corporate information, and government publications are carefully selected and reviewed regularly.
▪ They are reviewed regularly and financial pressures are forcing many charities to tighten their qualifying criteria.
▪ In any event the relevant figure should be reviewed regularly to take account of inflation.
▪ Regularly reviewing the marketplace, researching and identifying trends, customer needs, and competitor activity.
■ NOUN
arrangement
▪ Meantime, all Hospital Units are to review their current discharge arrangements.
▪ I intend to use the report to review the present arrangements for the induction of newly qualified teachers and in-service training.
book
▪ No one, however, sought neuropsychological consultation or reviewed Lezak's book describing our methods.
▪ Not one newspaper or magazine in the United States reviewed that book.
▪ There should be an agreement among literary editors, not to employ Kingsley Amis to review any book dealing with humour.
▪ Due to a complete lack of interest in reading, our staff has decided to forego reviewing books this week.
▪ I accepted to review this book because for me integration has always been a somewhat impenetrable part of quantitative chromatographic analysis.
▪ They listen to his speeches, review his books and receive his ideas with respectful attention.
case
▪ This will then provide an analytical background against which to review a school-focused case study.
▪ As a result, it decided to review the case on its own motion.
▪ A panel reviewing Decree 2 cases started work on March 13, 1990, chaired by Ajibola.
▪ He reviews the case, including the hospital records and the testimony of other experts.
▪ Ministers will continue to review every case where a life sentence prisoner has been detained for 10 years.
▪ Sometimes he first consults other medical authorities, and usually he reviews the case with the attorney who has hired him.
▪ He said, however, he had not yet reviewed the case.
chapter
▪ This chapter has reviewed a wide range of research which may bear on relationships between subjective risk and memory for driving situations.
▪ This chapter reviews the considerations that must be taken into account when selecting a parser for a specific task.
▪ I shall come back to them at the end of this chapter, having reviewed the empirical evidence.
▪ The next chapter reviews actual bank lending techniques and practices.
▪ The concluding part of the chapter reviews the recent history of management reform.
▪ This idea will be picked up again in chapter 8 when we review the corporate-strategy literature from the viewpoint of organization theory.
commission
▪ The Law Commission is reviewing the system, and aims to reduce applications, mainly by moving complainants into another legal forum.
▪ Every 20 years, a Constitutional Revisions Commission is appointed to review and change the state constitution.
▪ Ministers have invited Denise Kingsmill, deputy chairwoman of the Competition Commission, to review corporate discrimination.
▪ The first was that in 1901 another Royal Commission reviewed the national coal reserves.
▪ The employment commission reviewed the request and said the prevailing wage for the job was $ 59, 000 a year.
▪ An independent Public Utilities Commission would review electricity and other rates.
committee
▪ The Regius Keeper should appoint a Committee which would review the collection, recommend new purchases, and supervise hanging.
▪ To create a faster voice, simply reunite actor and action and cut a few words: The committee reviewed the proposal.
▪ The conference wished to clarify the role of management committees and review the suitability of the name of the committee.
▪ One of its first actions on taking power in March was to set up a committee to review the project.
▪ Korner Committee reviewing the information needs of the service begins its work. 1984 Appointments of general managers begin.
▪ Democratic lawmakers are calling for a joint legislative committee to review the conduct of Gov.
▪ The Committee is currently reviewing its policy on research grants in order to produce a better defined and more coherent research programme.
▪ A use-of-force committee was formed to review the situation.
court
▪ Special considerations: the Attorney General invited the Court to review the sentence on the ground that it was unduly lenient.
▪ A federal bankruptcy court is scheduled to review the petition late this month.
▪ And he may invite the court to review the legality of what has been done.
▪ The Guam law had been struck down by lower courts and the Supreme Court had refused to review these rulings.
▪ But since then the law has been changed to allow the courts to review a sentence which they believe is too light.
data
▪ The 21-member organisation is responsible for reviewing scientific data and regulating the industry.
▪ If may be necessary to return to a statistics textbook in order to review the data classification chapter.
▪ In liaison with the Operations Manager, to review database management and data preparation activities, and examine operational issues and procedures.
▪ I have reviewed census data and hundreds of reports and studies by economists and planners.
▪ Here I review these data and their implications for a temperate climate.
decision
▪ The school's governors are meeting next month to review their decision.
▪ Mr Rossi said he has asked the full Eighth Circuit to review the decision.
▪ Therefore he held that the court had no jurisdiction to review the decision of the county court judge for error of law.
▪ Monica Aloisio said government lawyers were reviewing the decision and had not yet determined whether the Department of Defense would appeal.
▪ The single judge may review decisions of the Registrar and make interim orders outside the Law Terms.
▪ Baker undertook to review his decision.
development
▪ The Staff Development Group is exploring the possibility of extending the observation and self-evaluation process to review and sustain these developments.
▪ At the end of each stage the analyst and management have an opportunity to review progress in the development of the application.
▪ Occasional workshops are offered to review developments.
▪ Chapter 7 briefly reviews the developments instituted in the 1980s.
evidence
▪ I shall come back to them at the end of this chapter, having reviewed the empirical evidence.
▪ I reviewed the evidence, and argued, of course, that there was none.
▪ The panel also reviewed video evidence of this year's and previous hunts.
▪ They have said they expect to bring additional charges after a federal grand jury meets next Wednesday to review the evidence.
▪ The judge carefully reviewed the evidence on this issue.
▪ After reviewing all the evidence and arguments, the Court exempted the Amish children from high school attendance.
▪ We will now review evidence on children's ability to handle explanations in each mode.
▪ We will review some of this evidence in the following chapter.
government
▪ The Government should review its own employees' retirement age and early pension entitlements to allow older people greater choice.
▪ Monica Aloisio said government lawyers were reviewing the decision and had not yet determined whether the Department of Defense would appeal.
▪ Will the Government please review the workings of the Act and make them more effective?
▪ Justice Department spokesman Charles Miller said the government is reviewing the ruling and hasn't decided whether to appeal.
▪ The government is to review the state pension age, but there is no one solution that is obviously favoured.
▪ The Government is currently reviewing the future of all five of its research laboratories.
▪ A strike by junior nurses, soon after the election, had ended after the government promised to review their case.
literature
▪ This idea will be picked up again in chapter 8 when we review the corporate-strategy literature from the viewpoint of organization theory.
▪ Here is not the place to review that extensive literature.
▪ He also reviewed the literature on known human carcinogens.
▪ In reviewing the literature in both these areas we have encountered a recurring theme.
month
▪ But they say their policy is reviewed every 6 months.
▪ It was agreed that the situation would be reviewed in six months to check the progress of political reforms.
▪ Registration is reviewed at least every six months.
▪ However, many Type 2 patients can be commenced on diet alone and reviewed in a month.
▪ You can choose to have your CheckOver reviewed after six months or earlier, or annually.
▪ The accord will be reviewed every six months.
▪ A Pictorial by Mr Robert Woodhouse, reviewed last month by our local reporter.
office
▪ Solicitors are being advised by the chairman of the Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre that all office systems should be reviewed.
▪ I hope that the Home Office will review the stop and search powers.
official
▪ Each boxer would be given a passport that officials could readily review.
▪ State officials reviewed his case and said they would take unprecedented measures to keep him under close surveillance.
operation
▪ The State President also made a commitment to review covert funding operations.
▪ The matter has been further discussed in the two Special Commissions which have reviewed the operation of the Hague Convention.
▪ Raytheon say they are reviewing the entire operation.
▪ He has invited you to review that hotel's operations with a view to restoring its position prior to any such sale.
▪ Raytheon says it is reviewing the entire operation at Broughton and will notify the workforce of the results in due course.
opportunity
▪ Future years Every year you will have the opportunity to review your budgeting requirements for the next twelve months.
▪ The latter has the advantage of providing more opportunity for reviewing and retelling what has happened.
▪ At the end of each stage the analyst and management have an opportunity to review progress in the development of the application.
▪ These post-demonstration activities provide students with an opportunity to review the demonstration and the new vocabulary.
▪ The Parliament will have as many as four opportunities to review proposed legislation before it is adopted.
▪ The manufacturers also took the opportunity to review their quality control procedures.
option
▪ At this stage simply consider what you normally do but also review the other options that are open to you.
▪ Treasury lawyers, led by general counsel Edward Knight, are reviewing the options.
▪ However, the final decision will be for government and they will wish to review all the options.
▪ Leicester said it is reviewing several options, although analysts expect it will announce a conversion soon.
▪ So it is ideal to take your time and review your options.
panel
▪ A panel reviewing Decree 2 cases started work on March 13, 1990, chaired by Ajibola.
▪ Critics include the panel charged with reviewing how tighter security measures might affect freedoms and civil rights.
▪ The panel also reviewed video evidence of this year's and previous hunts.
performance
▪ All schools will have to learn how to review their performance.
▪ Bill volunteers the suggestion that we should meet to review his performance against the criteria quite soon.
plan
▪ She snuggled deeper into the warmth, idly reviewing the plans for the evening.
▪ Even after your Application has been accepted, you still have 14 days in which to review your Plan.
▪ When you reviewed your business plan, did you conclude that to date you had been successful?
▪ It will review the plan by Sept. 30 and make a final decision, Kubo said.
policy
▪ The Committee is currently reviewing its policy on research grants in order to produce a better defined and more coherent research programme.
▪ The full summer ministerial meeting scheduled for May 21 would review the position and policy for the remainder of the year.
▪ But Ralph Perry is urging the chairman to review sentencing policy.
▪ The men, all Protestants, said their boss was reviewing the policy of taking contracts in predominantly-nationalist areas.
▪ They follow plans to review the policy on dispersal of asylum seekers.
▪ Further to your letter however, we have reviewed our policy with regard to mail-in-offers.
▪ They have begun to review policies and practices, and to implement changes.
▪ June 1994: Elections to EP. 1996: Intergovernmental conference to review foreign policy and defence.
position
▪ If so, we shall be grateful if you will review the positions and confirm them.
▪ But the institute plans to review its position.
▪ In 1972 a committee under the chairmanship of Lord Franks was appointed to review the position.
▪ To review the position before this judgment can be made would be far from helpful.
▪ Wednesday gives you a chance to review your position.
▪ The full summer ministerial meeting scheduled for May 21 would review the position and policy for the remainder of the year.
▪ Graham leaned back in his padded chair and reviewed his position.
▪ The Secretary of State's crime prevention committee is reviewing the position.
procedure
▪ Laganside agreed to review safety procedures during the week-long break to accommodate the Lower Ormeau Community Festival.
▪ Now police have apologised for the mistake and promised to review their procedure for returning property to bereaved relatives.
▪ If he thinks the Met should be reviewing its procedures in the light of the Macpherson report, he should say so.
▪ Now the council's finance, housing and legal staff are reviewing procedures in an effort to collect the cash.
▪ But the new regime has encouraged many firms to review their audit procedures and make changes and improvements where necessary.
▪ The manufacturers also took the opportunity to review their quality control procedures.
progress
▪ Two important international conferences in 1988, which reviewed the progress of techniques and controls, reached the same conclusion.
▪ Establish a regular schedule for reviewing progress with your boss or colleagues.
▪ In 1930, a conference in Bedford reviewed the progress of the District's rural scheme.
▪ The conferences may be used not only to plan programs of assistance, but also to review and chart progress.
▪ At the end of each stage the analyst and management have an opportunity to review progress in the development of the application.
▪ Agree a regular schedule of meetings to review progress.
▪ Now is a good time to review training progress.
proposal
▪ The Group would review all proposals with an eye to determining issues of policy.
▪ To create a faster voice, simply reunite actor and action and cut a few words: The committee reviewed the proposal.
▪ Dow Corning spokeswoman Barbara Muessig said the company had not yet reviewed the proposal and could not comment directly on it.
record
▪ Morrissey made no new friends when reviewing the singles for Record Mirror on February 4 1984.
▪ After reviewing the entire record, the court ruled against the teacher.
▪ My purpose here is to review how the fossil record of early metazoans might be integrated with the new phylogeny.
▪ Instead, a computer would review billing records quarterly and flag doctors who exceed normal billing patterns.
report
▪ A separate White Paper could review these and report as usual on progress with commitments.
▪ On receipt of the above recommendations, a special committee of the National Leprosy Fund was appointed to review the report.
research
▪ It defines producer services, and by reviewing existing research produces a better understanding of their role and growth.
▪ The process of reviewing research and research findings will eventually lead you back to the same references.
▪ Investigators who have reviewed the research have come to quite opposite conclusions.
▪ The third section will review the published research linking participation and effectiveness in social work and other human welfare interventions and programmes.
▪ The Committee is currently reviewing its policy on research grants in order to produce a better defined and more coherent research programme.
▪ It reviews research that has already been conducted in this area and offers suggestions as to what may be priorities for future support.
result
▪ It should also review the results achieved.
▪ It is also important to consider the method of cancer detection when reviewing the results of a surveillance policy.
▪ Then a large number of results from research on arousal and memory are briefly reviewed.
▪ Gastroenterologists, therefore, have a responsibility to review their results to show whether or not this form of surveillance is effective.
situation
▪ Take time to review the situation, taking all the factors into consideration.
▪ He asks her please to hold off on any action until he can review the situation personally.
▪ Fourth, to put mineral planning authorities under a duty to review the planning situation in respect of every mineral operation within their area.
▪ A use-of-force committee was formed to review the situation.
▪ Leaders of the five unions meet today to review the situation.
▪ The Governing body will review the situation later in the year.
▪ Wiping a slick of moisture from her brow, she reviewed the situation.
▪ We agreed on two voyages from the Thames to Nantes and then we would review the situation.
study
▪ This will then provide an analytical background against which to review a school-focused case study.
▪ Judy Dunn has reviewed several studies of parental intervention and non-intervention.
work
▪ All state and federal health ministries will also be required to review their work in the light of these goals and targets.
▪ Many parents want to be helpful, so each night they insist on reviewing the work of their children.
▪ Managers review the distribution of work throughout the 24-hour periods and adjust the patient's day where appropriate.
▪ The exception is when managers or coaches review your work and then include their impressions in an evaluation.
▪ The critics never review my work, but this concerns me little as they have no power and little influence.
▪ Their role is not to review the work on the files, but to assess whether the files comply with quality standards.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ecstatic review/praise/applause
▪ And another executioner earned the crowd's ecstatic applause when he beheaded two criminals with one blow!
▪ It received universally ecstatic reviews, and deservedly so.
▪ Now after ecstatic reviews it is playing to packed audiences in London.
▪ With Bley conducting and Paul Haines, the original librettist, as narrator, the opera was revived to ecstatic reviews.
mixed reaction/response/reviews etc
▪ As its image as an independent search for truth has changed, scientists have had mixed reactions.
▪ Carrick's captaincy received mixed reviews.
▪ Central Florida school leaders gave the proposed passing scores mixed reviews Wednesday.
▪ Math Blaster 1 and 2 from Davidson got mixed reviews.
▪ The campaign received mixed reviews inside and outside Hollywood, with some accusing Jackson of bad timing.
▪ The seventeenth edition met with mixed reactions.
▪ When asked how beneficial the training had been there was a somewhat mixed response.
▪ When Gore was the Democratic front-runner for the presidential election, his satellite drew a sharply mixed reaction.
rave reviews/notices/reports
▪ Already open is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which has drawn rave reviews from those who have visited it.
▪ Although the show opened on Broadway to less than rave reviews, Sandy said the new production is better.
▪ But freshman outfielder Pedro Loza has been drawing rave reviews in practice.
▪ But she proved to be a natural and her performance won rave reviews.
▪ His film My Cousin Vinny opened to rave reviews.
▪ Last year, it reopened to rave reviews.
▪ So far no rivals have matched the rave reviews E ma won for the film.
▪ The pair gained rave reviews for their Belfast concert earlier this week and are likely to be just as good tomorrow night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ As well as being an author, she reviews books for the Sunday papers.
▪ Doig's new book is reviewed on page 4.
▪ Eliot wrote to him after he reviewed "The Use of Poetry."
▪ Hayes used to review books for the local paper.
▪ I'll just review my notes and go to bed.
▪ The finance committee is reviewing the budget proposal.
▪ We'll spend this week reviewing for the final.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An employment interviewer reviews these forms and asks the applicant about the type of job sought and salary range desired.
▪ He reviewed the course that his administration had followed and intended to pursue in the future.
▪ In a restrictive climate we all review our expenditure levels.
▪ It should also review the results achieved.
▪ One of its first actions on taking power in March was to set up a committee to review the project.
▪ Patients were reviewed every week for the first month and every other week until food reintroductions were completed.
▪ When a large number of products are involved this considerable effort may not be worthwhile until all overhead allocations are routinely reviewed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Review

Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Review?d; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. Review, n. ]

  1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] ``I shall review Sicilia.''
    --Shak.

  2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically:

    1. To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.

    2. To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.

    3. To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.

    4. (Law) To re["e]xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

  3. To retrace; to go over again.

    Shall I the long, laborious scene review?
    --Pope.

Review

Review \Re*view"\, v. i. To look back; to make a review.

Review

Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise.]

  1. A second or repeated view; a re["e]xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

  2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

  3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

  4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

  5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

  6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

  7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

    Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled.
    --Wharton.

    Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

    Syn: Re["e]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
review

mid-15c., "an inspection of military forces," from Middle French reveue "a reviewing, review," noun use of fem. past participle of reveeir "to see again, go to see again," from Latin revidere, from re- "again" (see re-) + videre "to see" (see vision). Sense of "process of going over again" is from 1560s; that of "a view of the past, a retrospective survey" is from c.1600. Meaning "general examination or criticism of a recent work" is first attested 1640s.

review

1570s, "examine again," from re- + view (v.). Meaning "look back on" is from 1751; that of "consider or discuss critically" is from 1781. Related: Reviewed; reviewing.

Wiktionary
review

n. 1 A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact. 2 An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work. 3 (context legal English) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event. 4 A stage show made up of sketches etc. 5 A survey of the available items or material. 6 A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field. 7 A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs. 8 A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code. vb. 1 To survey; to look broadly over. 2 To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review. 3 To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise. 4 (context obsolete English) To view or see again; to look back on. 5 (context obsolete English) To retrace; to go over again.

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WordNet
review

  1. n. a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, reassessment]

  2. an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) [syn: critique, critical review, review article]

  3. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: follow-up, followup, reexamination]

  4. (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data [syn: limited review]

  5. a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians [syn: revue]

  6. a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

  7. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion [syn: recapitulation, recap]

  8. (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

  9. practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory [syn: brushup]

  10. a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" [syn: inspection]

  11. v. look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" [syn: reexamine]

  12. appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" [syn: critique]

  13. hold a review (of troops) [syn: go over, survey]

  14. refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" [syn: brush up, refresh]

  15. look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" [syn: look back, retrospect]

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Wikipedia
Review (disambiguation)

Review is an evaluation of a publication, product, service, company, or other object or idea. An article about or a compilation of reviews may itself be called a review.

Review may also refer to:

Review (Mikuni Shimokawa album)

is a compilation album from Mikuni Shimokawa. The album was released by Pony Canyon on December 17, 2003 and coded copyright PCCA-01967.

The album contains theme songs from some anime series that only aired in Japan. For example, the first track on this album is the ending theme song from the anime series Miyuki, which aired in 1983.

Review

A review is an evaluation of a publication, service, or company such as a movie (a movie review), video game (video game review), musical composition (music review of a composition or recording), book ( book review); a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, play, musical theater show, dance show, or art exhibition. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit. More loosely, an author may review current events, trends, or items in the news. A compilation of reviews may itself be called a review. The New York Review of Books, for instance, is a collection of essays on literature, culture, and current affairs. National Review, founded by William F. Buckley, Jr., is an influential conservative magazine, and Monthly Review is a long-running socialist periodical.

Review (Glay album)

Review is the first greatest hits album from the Japanese rock band, Glay. It was released on October 10, 1997, and this album contains Glay's most popular singles and tracks from their 1994 album Hai to Diamond to their 1996 album Beloved. The album sold over 2,003,000 copies in the first week of the release, debuting at the number-one position on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts. It remained for five consecutive weeks at the top of Oricon charts. It became the third best-selling album in Japanese history, with more than 4,870,000 copies sold. It was certified Five Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).

Review (magazine)

Review is an American magazine covering national and international economic issues. It is published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Review (band)

Review ( Bulgarian: Ревю) is a Bulgarian new wave band that spawned in the late 1980s and has been one of the most influential acts in the history of Bulgarian rock music. It was founded by Vasil Giurov, Kiril Manchev, Boicho Karaboichev and Milena Slavova in 1985 in Sofia. Their first album was called Reviu-ІV.88-V.89 and includes 10 tracks. The band split up in 1990 and reformed in 2001. They released the album 10 in 2002. In 2003 Милена quit the band and left for England.

Category:Bulgarian musical groups

Review (TV series)

Review is an American mockumentary comedy series starring Andy Daly as professional critic Forrest MacNeil, who provides reviews of real-life experiences. The series was created by Daly, and is an adaptation of the Australian television series Review with Myles Barlow. It premiered March 6, 2014, on U.S. cable television network Comedy Central.

Review has been renewed for a third and final season.

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Usage examples of "review".

On returning from the review, Kutuzov took the Austrian general into his private room and, calling his adjutant, asked for some papers relating to the condition of the troops on their arrival, and the letters that had come from the Archduke Ferdinand, who was in command of the advanced army.

Normally, arrest and search warrants, along with the affidavits submitted to support them, are open to public review.

Wilson and Akre testified that the local station manager again reviewed the reports, found no errors, and scheduled them to run the following week.

However, Alker was willing to review his proposition to Harry, and that was more important for the present.

Our review of anomalous stone implements should make us suspicious of this sort of charge.

President and therefore impliedly beyond those provisions of the act authorizing judicial review of board orders.

They took their sandwiches back to 614 and he reviewed for her his conversation with Lieutenant Baler, including the news about the prior joint NIS-USS Luce investigation in which, by the way, one Mr.

It had been a day full of obligations and endless ministerial duties, including a meeting with Larry Garber regarding his drawings of the sacristy, revised based on their telephone exchange, and a general review of the floor plan for the nave, the baptistry, and the choir.

Maia spent one evening, assisted by Brod, reviewing for the others how to sight certain stars by night, and judge sun angle by day.

By now, Ronnie Bucca was so concerned about the threat intelligence he was picking up through his reserve unit that he made a point of reviewing disaster scenarios with his family.

There is also Con Safos -- a quarterly review of Chicano Art and Literature.

CIA Director George Tenet met with his counterterrorism chief, Cofer Black, at CIA headquarters to review the latest on Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terror organization.

Furthermore, Demere suggested that it was very unlikely that anything about the find would ever be published in a scientific journal, because the referees who review articles probably would not pass it.

I replied that I did not think of leaving Cologne till after the grand review.

Pollard sat with her dead phone and cold donut, reviewing their conversation.