greatest extent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandextent
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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extent
noun[S or U]
uk/ɪkˈstent/us/ɪkˈstent/
area or ...
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(Definition ofgreatandextentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When those with different occupations are compared, thegreatestextentof village endogamy is seen among the shepherds.
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We wished to ensure to thegreatestextentpossible that this limitation did not bias results of subsequent data analyses.
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According to this line of argument, deeply entrenched welfare institutions should be preserved to thegreatestextentthat exogenous imperatives will permit.
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To thegreatestextentpossible, valuation by market forces is preserved.
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True self-fulfilment for the individual lies in fulfilling social responsibilities to thegreatestextentpossible.
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That boundary must be determined impartially-in accordance with a principle securing thegreatestextentof equal liberty.
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When all transactions take place in the organized markets, then the market reaches itsgreatestextent, and the economy achieves complete specialization.
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However, for the most part, they have emphasised the need to defend existing programs and protect social rights to thegreatestextentthat exogenous pressures will permit.
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This is based on the belief that the built environment and products should be usable, to thegreatestextentpossible, by everyone, regardless of their age or ability.
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The two time intervals for measuring negative outcomes were selected to maintain, to thegreatestextent possible, proper temporal order between the independent and dependent variables.
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They cut through the almost irrebuttable presumption that healthcare professionals always act out of beneficence and that the use of opioids is to be avoided to thegreatestextentpossible.
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The programme’s initiatives must build on existing grassroots locally-based youth organisations to thegreatestextentpossible.
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It should not be our object to try to minimise the benefit to thegreatestextent.
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I hope that what we have done will be regarded as meeting the general wishes to thegreatestextentwe can.
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In that way we encouraged them to electrify their homes to thegreatestextent.
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They are the class who have been robbed to thegreatestextent.
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We have been getting useful work done while at the same time helping to relieve the unemployment situation to thegreatestextentpossible.
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Obviously, we want the river utilised to thegreatestextent.
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Every professional man enjoys exercising his responsibility and helping the public to thegreatestextenthe can.
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