noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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great
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The greater abundance of iron ores over those of copper also meant that iron was more readily obtainable and cheaper.
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So it seems that over the years pandas have learned to enjoy food which was in great abundance .
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Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.
relative
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Such isoforms and their relative abundance could mediate specific cell type or matrix interactions.
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The relative abundance of these elements is increasingly being used to trace chemical processes in the mantle, crust, and oceans.
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Every year particular species arrive and disappear, and change in absolute and relative abundance .
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The relative abundance records the percentage of the total population represented by each species.
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Finally, we should comment on the relative abundance of ozone and hydrogen peroxide at Cape Grim.
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Unhappily, habits which may have had some virtue in times of scarcity became vices in times of relative abundance .
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Provided this is taken into account, the differences between comparable samples are as readily discernible as when relative abundance is used.
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Temporal variations of solid concentrations at that level indicate the relative abundance of particles whose diameters may be calculated.
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find
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Right: The little stream which flows under Puente Chinoluiz where we found an abundance of fish.
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This became a difficult order to follow after silver was found in tempting abundance at a place called Los Frayles.
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There is pathos to be found in it in abundance , and images of love and great nobility of spirit.
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The scouts who have been found in abundance at Los Angeles Kings games lately got an eyeful Wednesday.
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These are a group of extremely primitive molluscs, which are found in any abundance only in Lower Palaeozoic rocks.
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Shoppers find an abundance of red power suits.
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All the typical woodland flowers can be found here in abundance , including serene displays of lily of the valley.
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He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both are characteristics the Tiphook chairman has in abundance .
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It can offer you just about everything you can think of by day and by night, in abundance .
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It describes the lushness and abundance of the coming millennium.
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It is 40 percent more expensive than coal, and there is an abundance of alternative energy sources.
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Optimists point out that there is an abundance of good news.
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The Bordeaux exhibition goes all out for an abundance of images.
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The focus today is not the predicted disappearance of order but the abundance of it throughout the natural world.
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The sheer abundance of lawyers tends to promote excessive litigation.