geological survey

collocation in English

meaningsofgeologicalandsurvey

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geological
adjective
uk
/ˌdʒi.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌdʒi.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to geology, or to the geology of a particular area ...
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survey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɜː.veɪ/us
/ˈsɝː.veɪ/
an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking ...
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(Definition ofgeologicalandsurveyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Certainly, the history of thegeologicalsurveywould have been different.
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First, all responsibilities over the national forests should be centered in the agriculture department's bureau of forestry, transferring functions from the general land office and thegeologicalsurvey.
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To enable a proper comparison to be made a detailedgeologicalsurveyof the other two favoured sites must be undertaken.
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Second, but as a preliminary to that, we require thegeologicalsurveythat would enable such a work to be estimated, planned and costed.
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A representative of thegeologicalsurveysaid that, judging by the bores, they were not satisfied that coal existed.
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One difficulty was that no adequategeologicalsurveyhad ever been made of that area.
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Does thegeologicalsurveycome under the heading of research, or under something else?
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There has been ageologicalsurvey, but up to the moment, unfortunately, very few minerals have been discovered.
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I wish to refer to the question of ageologicalsurvey.
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To my mind, one was the need for ageologicalsurveyof various parts of this country.
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For example, many countries usegeologicalsurveymeters from this country.
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My attention has been drawn to the six-inchgeologicalsurveymap that has been in existence for a long time.
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Ageologicalsurveyhas been made which has revealed the presence of a variety of minerals.
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I was defending the expenditure which has taken place for thegeologicalsurvey.
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Last month, it delivered to me and to the borough council a preliminary report on itsgeologicalsurvey.
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It is impossible to ascertain what number of people would be employed on this project until ageologicalsurveyhas been carried out.
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Our aim is to increase the intensity of ourgeologicalsurvey.
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Thegeologicalsurveyshould have the same sort of power as the mining industry has.
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I understand that it is generally true that in other countries the equivalent of thegeologicalsurveyis organised differently than in this country.
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Not surprisingly, we were the first people in the world to institute ageologicalsurveyof underground water supplies.
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