great abundance

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandabundance

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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abundance
noun[S or U]
uk
/əˈbʌn.dəns/us
/əˈbʌn.dəns/
the situation in which there is more than enough ...
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(Definition ofgreatandabundancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theirgreatabundancereflects the exquisite specificity of ubiquitination reactions.
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This may still prove difficult for some case reports, which we receive ingreatabundance!
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To be sure, illustrative data are presented with admirable clarity and ingreatabundance.
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An average person excretes an average of 200-400 billion coliforms (which are present ingreatabundancein the intestine) daily.
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Similarly, "extremely little" particles, "which are always in verygreatabundancein the air as well as in other composite bodies" (ibid.) strike the receptors situated in the nasal orifices.
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They are sometimes called slate clubs, and they exist ingreatabundance.
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In some places there wasgreatabundance, and in other places great scarcity.
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Littering the ocean floor, ingreatabundance, there are manganese nodules.
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They have made good progress, but farmers must realise that change will come ingreatabundance.
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Owing to unemployment in the building industry, architects, technicians, supervisors, employers, factories and plants are available ingreatabundance.
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Now the industry is producing coal ingreatabundanceto meet our energy requirements.
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There is no doubt that the fieldfare and redwing at that season of the year are in this country ingreatabundance.
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Domestic waste can be regarded as a form of biomass, and incinerating it will remove several other pollutants that are in toogreatabundance.
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What a crazy world; when food is a blessing, when nature is generous and produces food ingreatabundance.
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Ourgreatabundanceof national resources is being squandered, or not used to good effect.
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It also does away with aerials, "squarials", dishes and any other impedimenta that we may otherwise see on our roofs ingreatabundance.
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Lancashire has cheaper ports, cheaper labour, cheaper electricity, a large supply of coal andgreatabundanceof chemicals.
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That means that if we are to provide properly for our defence we must see that the country produces agreatabundanceof well-trained people in the scientific sphere.
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