noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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This has helped make it a big importer of garbage.
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Dixon hopes to become a big importer of motorcycle clothing and accessories, too.
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Only a sixth of Paris's milk came in on the Nord network, the biggest importer being Etat.
large
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Timbmet is the uk's second largest wood importer .
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Britain is one of the world's largest importers of radioactive waste.
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They raided two yards belonging to Timbmet, the country's second largest timber importer , at Oxford and Bicester.
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Most fare very badly in captivity and are voluntarily banned from being brought into the country by most of the large importers .
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Britain is presently the world's second largest timber importer with a self-sufficiency in wood of only about 10%.
major
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Kent also seems to have been the major importer of garnet, although the actual amount that survives has not been quantified.
net
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They expect to be net importers of a variety of items - varying from computers to television programming.
■ VERB
become
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Dixon hopes to become a big importer of motorcycle clothing and accessories, too.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For the importer it provides short-term finance, pending the re-sale of the goods in his domestic market.
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Frequently the sales tax is levied on the importer or the manufacturer because it is easier to collect at source.
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If you bought mail order, then the first point of contact is the software house or importer concerned.
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Kent also seems to have been the major importer of garnet, although the actual amount that survives has not been quantified.
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Manufacturers often set different prices for their goods in different countries, but unofficial importers can undercut these prices.
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The result is that native honey is being driven off the market, to the benefit of a few happy importers.
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The would-be restaurateur became, by accident, an importer .
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With the help of my husband who is an importer of clocks, we came up with this idea.