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verb ADV. randomly PREP. from The survey was done using a group of 100 children randomly sampled from the school population., noun small quantity of sth ADJ. blood, DNA, faecal, RNA, rock, serum, tissue, urine, etc. | biopsy, clinical VERB + SAMPLE collect, take | provide All the athletes had to provide a urine sample. | analyse, study, test SAMPLE + NOUN book We looked at sample books to choose the furniture fabric. | bottle PREP. ~ of samples of tissue people in a survey ADJ. small | large, wide | population | representative | random VERB + SAMPLE draw a sample drawn from men aged 35?40 SAMPLE + VERB comprise sth, consist of sth Our sample comprised 250 catering workers. SAMPLE + NOUN size A larger sample size yields more reliable data. | survey | group PREP. ~ of a wide sample of people
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sample
NOUN + sample
a blood/urine/tissue etc sample
• He compared the samples with a blood sample from Mr Green.
a water/soil etc sample
• They analysed soil samples collected from streams.
a DNA sample
• Archaeologists are studying DNA samples from ancient Egyptian mummies.
verbs
take/collect a sample
• The study took samples from workers at four nuclear plants.
give/provide a sample
• He said he had once fainted when giving a sample of blood.
analyse/test a sample
• All the samples were tested for bacteria.
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