growing complexity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowingandcomplexity
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growing
adjective
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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complexity
noun
uk/kəmˈplek.sə.ti/us/kəmˈplek.sə.t̬i/
the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandcomplexityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Bureaucracy and regulations were, and are, fundamentally a response to rising costs,growingcomplexity of activity, and a growing number of obligations to fulfil.
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However, thegrowingcomplexityof mercantile practice had led to an increase in more sophisticated transactions, and thus to more and more systematic written agreements.
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It was then abandoned as thegrowingcomplexityand widening range of prison industries made it difficult to administer effectively and fairly.
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He stressed how complex it had become because of thegrowingcomplexityof society, and he made a plea for some form of devolution.
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Another is thegrowingcomplexityand technical content of modern business problems.
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With thegrowingcomplexityof the machinery of government, mirroring inevitably a rapidly developing and varied technological society, we must evolve new procedures and practices.
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Thegrowingcomplexityof the scheme has been evident for a number of years.
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They stem from thegrowingcomplexity, in recent years, of administration and from the multiplicity of bodies which are concerned.
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This is partly because of thegrowingcomplexityof processing, and partly because synthetics are being substituted for natural materials.
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There the troops are handling a political situation ofgrowingcomplexity.
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I have spoken about thegrowingcomplexitywhich faces the consumer and leads to a greater need for legislation like this.
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The problem is accentuated by thegrowingcomplexityof industrial effluent.
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To some extent this is due to thegrowingcomplexityof the decisions demanded of government, business and other centres of authority.
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There is mounting anxiety at the rapidlygrowingcomplexityof the tax system.
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There is hugely complex regulation andgrowingcomplexityof tax arrangements.
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Thegrowingcomplexityof mortgages means inevitably that there is greater scope for misunderstanding, perhaps for mis-selling and for consumers to get a raw deal.
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