noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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basic
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Now, industrialised countries are almost self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs due to the use of fertilisers, mechanisation and larger farm units.
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In January 1990 delays in Soviet grain deliveries had led to price rises and the tighter rationing of basic foodstuffs .
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The urban economic reforms had led to price increases in basic foodstuffs and the introduction of private enterprise in the university canteens.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Prices of most foodstuffs and consumer goods have gone down.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A law in April allowed the importation of foodstuffs into the northeastern provinces duty free which only encouraged fraud.
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Future food technologists will be well placed to create concentrated foodstuffs which rectify the known deficiencies in the diet.
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If consumers realize that they are likely to be contaminated by foodstuffs, they will not buy them.
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Many of those foodstuffs would stand no chance of approval were they invented today.
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Now, industrialised countries are almost self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs due to the use of fertilisers, mechanisation and larger farm units.
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Such goods include suites of furniture, children's clothing and children's foodstuffs.
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You will notice that each witness has chosen to discuss foodstuffs, especially pineapples, at the first opportunity.