generous assistance

collocation in English

meaningsofgenerousandassistance

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generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk
/əˈsɪs.təns/us
/əˈsɪs.təns/
help:
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(Definition ofgenerousandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We thank many general practitioners and psychiatrists for access to patients and are deeply grateful to the subjects and their families for theirgenerousassistance.
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From these figures it will be seen thatgenerousassistanceis being offered in recognition of the difficulties of the local highway problem.
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On the other hand, if an area is regarded as an inner urban area, if receivesgenerousassistance.
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On the one hand, a new town receivesgenerousassistance.
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It is not, so far as the grower himself is concerned, verygenerousassistance.
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Nor should we forget that some of the top earners receivegenerousassistancewhen they leave their posts.
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It is fundamental that the mostgenerousassistancebe given for the provision of adequate basic services.
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Obviously, some of the rural areas still present an enormous problem, and considerable expense, both for central and local government, because we contributegenerousassistance.
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Subject to proper safeguards, authorities in areas of particular housing pressure will be allowed to offer tenants moregenerousassistancethan now.
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Local authorities have discretionary powers to give moregenerousassistancethan is provided by the statutory scheme.
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We do give mostgenerousassistanceto fish friers.
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It offers long-term certainty andgenerousassistanceto help both farmers and sugar producers with the process of adjustment.
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There has also been some verygenerousassistanceby various voluntary organisations in this country.
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When the £10 is added and the back-to-work bonus is added, that providesgenerousassistanceto people in the circumstances which we are discussing.
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The third group of households who are socially vulnerable, who require extragenerousassistance, but in fact get less because of the wage stop, are large families.
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I welcome, of course, the moregenerousassistancepromised to local authorities, and especially to the county councils, in promoting the better use and enjoyment of the countryside.
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This can only be done by giving from public fundsgenerousassistancetowards civil research and development work and towards the development expenses of new aircraft.
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There are friends of old folk and of old-age pensions associations who make subscriptions and give bountiful help andgenerousassistanceso that pensioners shall have some enjoyment.
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