noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a huge amount/sum/quantity etc
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huge sums of money
prodigious amounts/quantities of sth
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Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy.
quantity surveyor
vast amounts/numbers/quantities/sums etc (of sth)
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The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money.
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The refugees come across the border in vast numbers .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
available
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At first boats were made of wood which was available in large quantities .
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Being so delicate, it is not available in large quantities commercially.
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The first applications therefore were with archive material, which was itself highly structured and which was available in quantity .
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It is the only energy available in the quantity we need that doesn't damage our atmosphere.
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Development kits are available in limited quantities .
considerable
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So many people had died during the siege either from wounds or illness that a considerable quantity of private stores had accumulated.
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Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
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Harry watched him fall back and noted that a considerable quantity of blood was coming away at the mouth.
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It has glands just beneath its tail which produce considerable quantities of a most evil-smelling liquid.
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It was also reported that considerable quantities of files and computer disks had been seized during the raids.
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No one seemed to be responsible for looking after it, and there was a considerable quantity of debris inside.
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Here they become wider and slower and often carry considerable quantities of sand and silt.
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A considerable quantity of data was collected and use was made of both a main frame and a desk top machine.
enormous
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We also had with us an immensely heavy steel strongbox which contained enormous quantities of devalued lire.
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The manufacture of aluminum as a commercial product requires enormous quantities of electric power.
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He dumped an enormous quantity on top of the cereal which covered Rostov's plate.
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Ten thousand birds and an equal number of chicks constitute an enormous quantity of meat.
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He could hold in his motions for two weeks and then would pass an enormous quantity under great strain and pain.
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I learned enormous quantities to say to myself in bed at night.
equal
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Choose equal quantities of three varieties of potatoes and boil them.
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In effect, this machine dissected time by the weighing of successive equal quantities of fluid.
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A mixture of equal quantities of raw linseed oil and substitute turps is often rubbed into pine prior to staining.
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Jack's current happiness was surely storing up an equal quantity of unhappiness for some one. ` Polly?
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The public pays for this stock by writing cheques and banks lose deposits and bankers' balances in equal quantity .
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Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter.
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When mixing the medium, take equal quantities of material.
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Pour the wine and an equal quantity of water into the pan.
great
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The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process.
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Suppose also that the machines have been carefully programmed and fed with great quantities of data of an appropriate kind.
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Guy de Chauliac had pointed out that his ointment was not without dangers if used in too great a quantity .
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Do not attend a bullfight unless you are prepared to see blood, often great quantities of it.
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The foods which we are advised to eat in greater quantities arc those supplying dietary fibre.
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After developing the infrastructure and getting the ball rolling, the mine churned out great quantities of lead and silver.
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Wading birds collect great quantities of small molluscs from sandbanks and mud flats when the tide retreats.
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Although not imported in any great quantity it is available at fairly reasonable prices.
huge
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We are constantly faced with such hidden confusions in huge quantities .
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Ice itself, a luxury in the field, was made in huge quantities by machine.
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These custom-built vessels have been designed to catch only tuna - in huge quantities .
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Damming rivers meant forming reservoirs, and in the heat and dryness of California, reservoirs would evaporate huge quantities of water.
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He got clients into his grip and pressed them to buy shares in huge quantities .
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What will help is a treaty removing huge quantities of chemical weapons that could otherwise be used against us.
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All we got was a small discount because we bought such a huge quantity .
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There were huge quantities of them, and I ended up filling three vases and a couple of Stuart's beer-mugs.
large
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This uses large quantities of water that is stored in old pits, where it forms bright blue likes.
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I noticed it only because part of the mixture involved a large quantity of my expensive beauty salon shampoo.
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As time passed, larger and larger quantities of sulphuric acid were exploded, prompting cheers from the crowd.
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You have to go out and buy large quantities of food.
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However, you should notice, from column 5, that retail banks hold comparatively large quantities of treasury and commercial bills.
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If swallowed, give large quantities of milk or water.
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Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A large quantity of poison has been stolen.
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No food should be eaten in very large quantities , and it is best not to give any one food every day.
sheer
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The sheer quantity of calculation and printing required for this stretches the modest administrative processor to its limit for two days.
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But more stunning than the sheer quantity of bird life is the apparent organization of these hunters of small fish.
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I was astonished by the sheer quantity of stuff in the trunk.
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The sheer quantity of matter meant that people did not read all their newspaper.
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Although they are now inactive, these old regions of continental flood basalts are impressive because of the sheer quantity of lavas involved.
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But the sheer quantity of such texts and the variety of their intended readers and hearers means that some cross-referencing is possible.
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If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
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I must take account of the quality of representations as well as the sheer quantity .
significant
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Major volcanic eruptions also project significant quantities of tephra into the earth's upper atmosphere, with global effects.
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Still, it was more than 400 years before the resource was located underground in any significant quantity .
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But were such ecosystems able to generate iron deposits on this scale without preserving significant quantities of organic matter in the sediments?
small
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We can deliver them direct to site in bulk, small quantities , or in house sets.
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Unfortunately they are seldom present in small quantities for long, as they soon cover the bottom from their rapid growth.
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Sometimes brick tracery was used, sometimes the small quantity of stone needed was found for important buildings.
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It will also take small quantities of fruit.
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The light type uses only small quantities of raw materials; e.g. for television, or for biscuits.
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But a small extra quantity of water could enhance the greenhouse effect to the point where present conditions would result.
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At the bottom, five sealed envelopes with smaller quantities of cocaine inside come to light.
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It makes mixing small quantities easy and quick, and leaves hardly any cleaning up to do.
substantial
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It was, after all, less than a year ago that he sold a substantial quantity of Amstrad shares.
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Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.
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It was rumoured that as the monarch's virility grew less reliable he developed a habit of taking substantial quantities of aphrodisiacs.
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Therefore one must provide a substantial quantity of this.
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Two hundred years ago, those people who drank substantial quantities of cider often suffered a strange disability dubbed the Devonshire colic.
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Zeolite-softened water may be quite alkaline because it contains substantial quantities of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate.
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There is simply no equivalent directed in such substantial quantities to men.
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They traded substantial quantities of sugar and steel and received large bribes to facilitate government contracts.
sufficient
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However the market will not provide a sufficient quantity of public goods.
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Money alone and in sufficient quantities can qualify virtually any measure for the ballot.
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The resources, whether material or human, are not there in anything like sufficient quantities , it is said.
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The proposal is reproduced in sufficient quantities and is received by the granting organization.
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During the Second World War the whole economic effort centred on supplying and employing sufficient quantities of labour and materials.
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There either are such people in sufficient quantities or there are not.
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Make sure lettuce is available all the time and in sufficient quantity .
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In which case, it is impossible to see how the plesiosaurs could obtain sufficient quantities of food to survive.
unknown
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Labour and the Conservatives have pitched high profile candidates into this unknown quantity .
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But on the national level they are novices, limited specialists or largely unknown quantities .
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Here the X s are the unknown quantities .
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But even after redeployment, war will be the status quo in the Holy Land, peace the unknown quantity .
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A conceivable problem for the Solo is its price - £39,850 is a lot to pay for an unknown quantity .
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As an enemy, he was still very much an unknown quantity to them.
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Barnes was an unknown quantity , without any clear prejudice on the nuclear issue.
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Swales said he had a lot of flair, but admitted he was an unknown quantity .
vast
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For example, how can such a vast quantity of knowledge be acquired?
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He runs a shit-lab in the Village and dispenses cocktails from hell in vast quantities .
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Camels can recover rapidly from dehydration by drinking sometimes vast quantities of water.
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Carbonates destroyed by the acid rain release vast quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Finch was totally infatuated with her and they both put away vast quantities of alcohol between them.
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Roads were clogged with juggernauts ferrying around vast quantities of consumer goods.
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They will also include vast quantities of physical as well as financial data about every aspect of the different markets.
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Scholars in flight from upheaval elsewhere congregated there. Vast quantities of manuscripts were transported there for safe-keeping and copying.
■ NOUN
equilibrium
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The equilibrium quantity remains the socially efficient quantity.
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The effect upon equilibrium quantity is again indeterminate, depending upon the relative size of the changes in supply and demand.
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At the equilibrium quantity Q the marginal consumer benefit is P l but the marginal social cost is P 2.
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This means that equilibrium quantity will increase by an amount greater than that which either change would have entailed in isolation.
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Hence the equilibrium quantity Q is socially inefficient.
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At $ 3, quantity supplied and quantity demanded are in balance; that is, equilibrium quantity is 7000 bushels.
surveyor
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The association's own quantity surveyor and marketing department made detailed investigations.
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He retained his private practice as a quantity surveyor from his office at No. 4, Parliament Street.
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Another big cod fell to Cardiff quantity surveyor Steve Williams on his first-ever fishing trip.
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has warned this will lead to redundancies among architects and quantity surveyors.
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The costing process for nominated suppliers also involves the client's quantity surveyor .
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He also works with the quantity surveyor to prepare budget costs.
theory
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But the prolonged depression of the inter-war period upset this relationship, causing the quantity theory to fall into disrepute.
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These ideas, embodied in the so-called quantity theory of money, dominated economic thinking until the 1930s.
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As an identity, the quantity theory is no more than a way of calculating the velocity of circulation.
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Enter the quantity theory of money in its simplest guise.
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According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions.
■ VERB
buy
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He got clients into his grip and pressed them to buy shares in huge quantities .
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You have to go out and buy large quantities of food.
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All we got was a small discount because we bought such a huge quantity .
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Many plumbing fittings are cheaper if bought in quantity: 10, 20 or 50 capillary elbows, for example.
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Therefore, there is no need to buy large quantities of expensive flowers to make a lovely picture.
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Maincrop potatoes can be bought in larger quantities provided you store them carefully.
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They can afford to buy in large quantities and pass the price benefits on to the customer.
consume
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Therefore they may actually lose weight even though apparently consuming large quantities of food.
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We sum vertically at a given quantity because everyone consumes the same quantity of a public good by definition.
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To consume the same quantity of' calories in the form of whole oranges you would have to eat about five of them.
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An in-kind transfer of good X enables her to consume a quantity 17 of good X at no cost.
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It is certainly not something you would consume in any great quantity .
contain
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A massive object containing a small quantity of C- field begins to collapse when the pressure is no longer adequate to prevent it.
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We also had with us an immensely heavy steel strongbox which contained enormous quantities of devalued lire.
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As both contain the same quantity of dispersant the difference represents the weight within the size interval concerned.
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Cultivation: The ideal growing medium for this species would contain substantial quantities of organic detritus and mud or clay.
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Our present theories contain a number of quantities , like the size of the electric charge on a particle.
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Zeolite-softened water may be quite alkaline because it contains substantial quantities of sodium carbonate and bicarbonate.
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Sands derived from beaches, estuaries or the sea bed may contain quantities of salt within their interstitial waters.
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This therefore contains three arbitrary quantities , giving n + 1 in all.
determine
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The aim of the numerical analysis in the modern method is to determine the quantity defined below.
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The type of market is determined by quantity and speed of feedback signals.
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The important role of consumer demand in determining the types and quantities of goods produced must be emphasized.
eat
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Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
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Whatever the reason, people who believe that eating quantities of fat-free cookies is a smart nutrition strategy are deluding themselves.
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The foods which we are advised to eat in greater quantities arc those supplying dietary fibre.
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Some go through weeks of eating great quantities of potato chips or ice-cream sandwiches before the forbidden foods lose their allure.
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Maria, a 5-year-old girl, ate large quantities of material.
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You also need to eat quite large quantities of these plant sources of iron in order to obtain enough.
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Keep a record of everything you eat , recording the quantities and times of eating as well.
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Progress is often slow and the child should not feel forced or confronted to eat large quantities .
find
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As a stores manager, Horne finds that the quantity of 1,1,1 used in labs is small.
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Police also found a quantity of jet fuel, sources said.
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Are you likely to find the most copious quantities of conditioning in the swimming pool?
increase
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A smoker in the house will increase the variety and quantity of air pollutants considerably.
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It has increased in quantity with recent snow and rain.
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Lastly it impoverishes our productivity in quality while increasing it in quantity .
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These costs increase with increases in quantity ordered.
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Here, price increases but quantity declines.
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Men can increase the quantities by 25 per cent or, if they are a manual worker, by 50 per cent.
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One is that relatively lengthy questionnaires can be used to increase the quantity or detail of information obtained.
measure
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A calorimeter is an insulated vessel used for measuring the quantity of energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change.
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Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a good to a change in the price of that good.
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Social support may be measured in terms of quantity or quality of contacts.
produce
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Since marginal private and social benefits diverge, private markets will not produce the socially efficient quantity .
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Hence a competitive market will produce a socially efficient quantity of private goods.
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The natural decomposition process which occurs in landfills also produces large quantities of methane and thereby presents a significant explosion hazard.
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Detectives announced yesterday they had uncovered a drug-making factory in London's Highgate capable of producing a massive quantity of tablets.
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Vaccines take time to develop, test and produce in quantity .
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The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process.
provide
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However the market will not provide a sufficient quantity of public goods.
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Frequent breakup and erosion of cometary nuclei provides not only vast quantities of meteoric dust, but also occasional larger fragments.
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Decentralization permits each locality to provide itself with the quantity of the good it prefers.
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This similarity is provided by the average quantities .
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Therefore one must provide a substantial quantity of this.
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With this scenario in mind, Janssen Chimica will provide exactly the quantity required and at no extra charge for special packaging.
reduce
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The deceased were deposited on their left side and the grave goods were reduced in quantity and included very little painted ware.
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Sometimes books use recipes from restaurants that have not been tested in reduced quantities .
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But reduce the quantity of juice by a third.
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As the firm reduces price, the quantity demanded for the firm's product is likely to rise.
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Insulin in the bloodstream reduces the quantity of blood sugar.
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A plan to reduce the quantity of drink Ben had during the day and to offer drinks only after meals was implemented.
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For any given supply of ice cream, your consumption reduces the quantity available for others to consume.
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But a higher consumer price will reduce the quantity demanded.
require
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Fast-breeder reactors require large quantities of plutonium.
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The manufacture of aluminum as a commercial product requires enormous quantities of electric power.
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It would have required a quantity of material sufficient to make a small tent.
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Once again we note that the failure of each market to clear requires a quantity trading rule for each.
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Specific details relating to each consignment are required but values and quantities may be aggregated where all other details are identical.
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The first group require the exact quantities to be measured and recorded every second within predetermined limits of accuracy.
sell
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It was, after all, less than a year ago that he sold a substantial quantity of Amstrad shares.
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The sellers had agreed to sell a quantity of tinned pears which were to be packed in cases containing 30 tins each.
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Both sides of the narrow highway are lined with family outlets selling souvenirs in bulk quantities .
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Dealing managers and team leaders shout at, cajole and entice their dealers into selling large quantities of stock.
supply
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During the Second World War the whole economic effort centred on supplying and employing sufficient quantities of labour and materials.
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At $ 3, quantity supplied and quantity demanded are in balance; that is, equilibrium quantity is 7000 bushels.
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The charge to such consumers did, of course, reflect some of the higher cost of supplying small quantities of electricity.
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If you use solid fuel many approved coal merchants provide budget schemes and supply small quantities .
use
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Plantations of exotic non-native trees use up large quantities of water, which can have adverse affects on natural habitats.
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If you prefer fresh cake yeast, use three times the quantity given for instant yeast and proof it.
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They were particularly important for the Magnox reactors, which used larger quantities of fuel and had bulkier structures to dismantle.
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I would only ever use a tiny quantity for its perfume.
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These to date have been used in small quantities as chemical feedstock.
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It can be used with or without quantities , and either the architect or the contractor produces detailed drawings.
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If successful the new letter will be used in larger quantities next year.
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Thirdly, I am using greater quantities of paint, not simply because of the larger scale of the paintings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be an unknown quantity
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Barnes was an unknown quantity, without any clear prejudice on the nuclear issue.
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Swales said he had a lot of flair, but admitted he was an unknown quantity.
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These arrangements are an unknown quantity and the administration may not turn out to be up to scratch.
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Whatever it was they were after, it was an unknown quantity, unknown, that is, except for a lethal ferocity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A quantity of cocaine was found in Larsson's apartment.
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An enormous quantity of chemical waste has been dumped in the river.
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Expensive spices, like saffron, are only produced in small quantities.
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Make sure that you add the correct quantity of water.
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Police are investigating a burglary in which a small quantity of jewellery was stolen.
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The price varies depending on the quantity purchased.
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Thieves escaped with a large quantity of cigarettes after breaking into a shop in Cramlington, Northumberland.
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Use equal quantities of flour and butter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After developing the infrastructure and getting the ball rolling, the mine churned out great quantities of lead and silver.
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Conflicts are resolved by choosing a rule instance which refers to the most recently created quantity .
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Reducing the amount of fruiting buds lowers the quantity , but raises the quality of the grapes produced.
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The food, although mainly low in nutritive value, unappetizing and depressingly monotonous, was at least adequate in quantity .
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They had delivered the correct total quantity of tins but half of them were packed in cases of 24 tins each.