grand scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrandandscale
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grand
adjective
uk/ɡrænd/us/ɡrænd/
important and large ...
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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofgrandandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many works of economic literature at the time were so produced, and this could take place on agrandscale.
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Maybe, you will say, narratives are outmoded and unrealistic at thegrandscale.
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There is a whole number of themes on thegrandscale, heroic and epic, which music can provide.
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Performances on agrandscalewere arranged for the envoys.
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On thegrandscaleof things, after all, this is a relatively mild intervention.
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At thegrandscale, they merge with the massing of the composition.
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It was economic development on agrandscale.
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Even the reception of foreign envoys, however, was the occasion for processions and feasting on agrandscale.
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This is an extremely ambitious project on agrandscale.
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The rank which a people occupy in thegrandscalemay be measured by their way of taking their meals, as well as by their way of treating their women.
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They are not necessarily tied to short-term analysis, but are taking the perspectives of thegrandscale of human history over a period of millions of years.
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Kongo traditions of the past (kinkulu) tell two kinds of story, one on agrandscaleand the other more modest.
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Several of the much-reported palaces are in fact government administrative buildings built on rather agrandscale.
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We are talking about systematically defrauding the system on agrandscale.
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Many years on, our complacency has resulted in a problem on agrandscale, which has to be tackled.
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That is complacency on agrandscale, and it is resented by the utility companies, who find it unbelievably frustrating.
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The mere fact that there has been a financial catastrophe on agrandscaledoes not necessarily show that there has been dishonesty.
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