structural change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstructuralandchange
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structural
adjective
uk/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/us/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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These figures may stand out in a regional context, but have not been achieved throughstructuralchange.
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Yet, it can be seen that the hypothesis ofstructuralchangeprovides an alternative, perhaps superior, explanation for many of the failures of econometrics.
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Yet, and this needs saying, neoliberal ideology in practice lacks a concern for the victims ofstructuralchange.
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For sufficiently low calculation costs, intensive calculation commences prior to period 11, as agents seek to adjust their expectations in anticipation of thestructuralchange.
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Existing explanations of domesticstructuralchangefocus on the role crises play in precipitating radical or episodic change.
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The observedstructuralchangeis much too fast to be explained by an ordinary thermal melting process, even if strongly superheated conditions were assumed.
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Second, the child managed her production of first signs through two universal processes:structuralchangeand substitution.
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Path dependency made it difficult to achieve either retrenchment orstructuralchangewithin the existing budget.
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This was probably largely due to the far more marked vegetationstructuralchangeon clay soils than on other substrates.
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On the one hand, the agents ofstructuralchangevaried.
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This would rule outstructuralchangeassociated with parameter variation.
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Thisstructuralchangeis re-ected in the loss of possession meaning and the resulting movement interpretation.
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Underuse of the caudate nucleus, determined by psychological factors, could lead either to an atrophic or an unprunedstructuralchange.
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The bulk ofstructuralchangeoccurred between 3 and 10 days of deprivation.
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First, an economic system can, in principle, expand like a balloon without technological orstructuralchange.
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While changes in how practitioners approach cross-cultural issues will help them deliver more culturally sensitive medicine, comprehensive solutions requirestructuralchangein the healthcare system.
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In spite ofstructuralchangeand active community works' programmes over the past 20 years poverty remains rampant.
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The answer, given in this volume is that a necessarystructuralchangewas hindered by economic policy in the 1930s.
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