generous allocation

collocation in English

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generous
adjective
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/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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allocation
noun
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/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of giving someone their part of a total amount of something to use in a ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandallocationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, any scheme which does not make agenerousallocationof supplementary coupons to those who must have such coupons will not be satisfactory.
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This apparentlygenerousallocationof five days is just a smokescreen for the further entrenchment of a dangerous new principle.
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A company that does not work efficiently should not be rewarded with an initialgenerousallocationof rights for free.
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It seems to me that six months is agenerousallocationof time.
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Today we have a rather moregenerousallocation.
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Therefore, it is a verygenerousallocationof time.
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There should be a moregenerousallocationof assistance under the housing investment programme.
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I hope that we will be able to meet that timetable, which provides agenerousallocationof time to consider the main issue.
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Of the paper which is available, agenerousallocationhas been made to the book industry.
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Most serious of all, we know why this apparentlygenerousallocationof five days is being given.
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We consider that that is agenerousallocation.
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There is no question of underfunding—rather, there has been agenerousallocationof resources.
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Is he to make a moregenerousallocationthan has been the case in the past?
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In the 1940s, in the dislocation following the last war, a verygenerousallocationof medium wavelengths was achieved.
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They receive a far moregenerousallocationof resources than the equivalent local education authority schools.
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That is agenerousallocationof time for what may be described as a temporary visit.
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Will he please see that enough money is pushed into the north-west so that we can have agenerousallocationfor those services?
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But certainly it will be a verygenerousallocationof time, and discussions can take place through the usual channels about the way in which the time is allocated.
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That is agenerousallocation.
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That is not a verygenerousallocation.
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