gradual rise

collocation in English

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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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rise
noun
uk
/raɪz/us
/raɪz/
an ...
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(Definition ofgradualandrisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Linguistically, it occurs after agradualrisein intonation and volume.
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With thegradualriseof print culture in the west, writing came into its own as a linguistic modality apart from speech.
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During the four years 1909 to 1912 there has been agradualrisein the decrease of men on the establishment.
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Thegradualrisein prices eats into the fixed income group and forces wage demands and demands for higher returns on capital.
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There is a good case for a moregradualriseto the basic rate level.
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We have there a nascent industrialism and agradualriseof wages.
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The estimate is agradualriseof between 40 and 50 centimetres per year by the year 2100.
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Now, with thegradualrisein agricultural prices, the value is more than £109.
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That shows that there is agradualriseof interest in the subject.
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There has been agradualrisein the expenditure since then and in 1936 we expended £1,128,894.
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Many countries are depleting their timber resources and scarcity is bound to lead to agradualrisein price.
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What is worse is that this has not been a steady andgradualrise.
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The graph has agradualrisefor thousands of years and then there is a sudden spurt to a tremendous height.
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Therefore, the process of adjustment has been more difficult than if it had been agradualrise.
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The dangerous age, the age where you get very little variation except agradualrise, is from 21 to 24.
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What is more encouraging is that there has been agradualrise.
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In view of thegradualrisein sterling and the consequent probable fall in the index figure, will the 1920 agreement be carried out automatically?
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I believe that if you are to have agradualriseof rent in stages, three years is not too long a period over which to spread it.
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Those who were unfortunate enough not to make profits during the period but who now are on agradualriseof recovery and are making more, are to be hit.
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