substantial improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandimprovement
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An assessment of clinical practice guidelines shows that two-thirds of treated women reported asubstantialimprovementin their condition.
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For some other programs like press and serialize, there is asubstantialimprovement.
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This second cut producessubstantialimprovementin the fit with the data.
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The mortality due to pneumonia is 10-50 times higher in the developing world and is therefore amenable tosubstantialimprovement.
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Although adherence to consensus recommendations regarding pre-therapeutic evaluation is not ideal, asubstantialimprovementhas occurred since 1995.
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The results clearly demonstrated asubstantialimprovementin reading time for the trained words compared to the control words.
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This entails first and foremost asubstantialimprovementin cane-supply conditions.
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Around 76% of patients who were able to walk again had either regained continence or had shownsubstantialimprovementduring the first month after stroke.
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Our result, 0.743359, is both asubstantialimprovementand a rigorous bound.
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I would argue that this is not so bad - it is, after all, asubstantialimprovementon mono.
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Randomised trials and meta-analysis offers asubstantialimprovementin outcome have demonstrated improved survival with compared with radiotherapy alone.
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Obviously, taking into account the restrictions results in asubstantialimprovementin the precision, as expected.
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The proposed control modification scheme produced asubstantialimprovementin performance of the tracking tasks.
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Despite asubstantialimprovementin performance in the high compliance scenario, the simulations clearly demonstrate the limitations of these estimators.
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Five of the seven children required between 13 and 23 sessions to achievesubstantialimprovementin rhyming performance.
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Asubstantialimprovementwas achieved during tracking tasks using the proposed control scheme.
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However, asubstantialimprovementwas achieved during tracking tasks by employing the proposed supervisory modification scheme.
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However, this model displays asubstantialimprovementin fit when the horizon is lengthened to two years.
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We speculate thatsubstantialimprovementin dyadic adjustment often requires a treatment targeting relationship satisfaction and involving both partners.
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