visible presence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvisibleandpresence
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visible
adjective
uk/ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/us/ˈvɪz.ə.bəl/
able to ...
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presence
noun
uk/ˈprez.əns/us/ˈprez.əns/
the fact that someone or something is in ...
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(Definition ofvisibleandpresencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvisible presence
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The public rightly feel reassured by thevisiblepresenceof police officers on our streets, and this perception helps to reduce the fear of crime.
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Thatvisiblepresence, combined with intelligent and community-based policing, will make the difference.
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Lastly, and much the most important, is thevisiblepresenceof small forces.
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We must recognise that in the past 10 years—that pre-dates the current government—a number of factors has combined to reduce thevisiblepresencein the boroughs.
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However, some aspects of traditional police work, such as providing avisiblepresencein the community, combating lower-level disorder, and escort duties, do not require those skills.
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Regular visits to the surgeries were also undertaken, in order to keep avisiblepresence.
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With minor variations, ourvisiblepresenceis fixed and finite.
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The theatre offered the opportunity to reflect women's issues and to make them avisiblepresencein public life.
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Theirvisiblepresencein the square would be, he maintained, a far more effective manifestation of 'public opinion' than the mere words of their speeches.
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In some cases, depending on thevisiblepresenceof many rats or issued outbreak warnings, farmers may choose to organize a prophylactic treatment at planting time.
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Governments do well to give ethnic minorities avisiblepresencein police forces, for example.
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Thevisiblepresenceof policemen in the community is a necessary method of diminishing that anxiety, which inevitably erodes much-needed confidence in the police.
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The public feel reassured by thevisiblepresenceof police officers on patrol.
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One of the greatest assets of the police is their physical,visiblepresence.
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That has minimised, if not removed, the force's ability to provide avisiblepresenceon the ground and a deterrent against crime.
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We must balance that work with avisiblepresence, and the police cannot do everything.
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I take this opportunity to pay tribute to our wonderful staff, of whom nurses are often the mostvisiblepresencein all our thoughts.
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In this task nothing counts more than thevisiblepresenceof armed forces to deal immediately with trouble.
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The public rightly feel reassured by thevisiblepresenceof police officers on our streets.
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Thevisiblepresence, and consequential deterrent, of police patrolling our neighbourhoods is falling at the same time as street crime is rising.
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