Collocations for continuity - noun
ADJ.
greater | remarkable | unbroken
After twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition.
After twelve or thirteen centuries of unbroken continuity the landscape was being changed out of all recognition.
underlying | historical, narrative
VERB + CONTINUITY
need | ensure, give sb/sth, maintain, provide (sb/sth with), secure
More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity.
More liaison between the old manager and the new one should ensure greater continuity.
break
The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader''s expectations.
The author deliberately breaks the narrative continuity in order to confound the reader''s expectations.
PREP.
~ between
There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next.
There is often a lack of continuity between one government and the next.
~ in
historical continuity in the feminist movement
historical continuity in the feminist movement
PHRASES
a lack of continuity, a need for continuity
the need for continuity of employment
the need for continuity of employment
a sense of continuity
giving children a sense of continuity
giving children a sense of continuity