gradual expansion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgradualandexpansion
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gradual
adjective
uk/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofgradualandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As regeneration progressed, there was agradualexpansionof the visual field.
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This allowsgradualexpansionof the uterine tissue42 and may reduce the risk of leakage or myometrial haemorrhage.
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Initial temperature profiles which decrease smoothly from the centre temperature may exhibit moregradualexpansionwaves than do the step profiles, however, the differences are probably not great.
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The increase in the number of people detained is a reflection of thegradualexpansionof the number of detainee places available.
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It is no good just continuing with agradualexpansionof existing policies, however relevant and valuable they may have been.
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It was assumed that there would be agradualexpansionof nuclear power as each year went by.
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I believe agradualexpansionis expected in forestry and its ancillary products.
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Do they mean to operate generally the training centres as they are at the present time, with the usualgradualexpansion?
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I hope that it will have contributed towards thegradualexpansionof the circle of peace.
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I agree that the answer is agradualexpansionin order to provide facilities to meet demand as it develops.
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The process ofgradualexpansionwas programmed to take place over a period of about 15 years.
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It was contemplated and hoped that under that arrangement we should get agradualexpansionof pages.
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That is not only to put a bottom on the market, but to ensure agradualexpansionof home production.
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Broadly the change will mean agradualexpansionof livestock and livestock products and a reduction from the high war-time levels of certain crops for direct human consumption.
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We supported nursery education and thegradualexpansionof provision, but insisted that education must be appropriate for the age group, not merely an extension of primary schooling.
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Thegradualexpansionof the list, on this occasion by more than one third, will, at some point, mean that the customs systems reach their data capacity limits.
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Broadly, the change will mean agradualexpansionof livestock and livestock products and a reduction from the high war-time levels of certain crops for direct human consumption.
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Will you prepare, by surveying the land, by getting options on seed supplies and so on, for a steady andgradualexpansionin a few years time?
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A programme of initial teacher training in primary modern foreign languages is in its third year, and there has been agradualexpansionin the number of places.
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Despitegradualexpansionof the campus to the west and south, the campus is fairly compact and retains a park-like, tree-lined setting.
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