greatest source
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandsource
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofgreatandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is particularly so as thegreatestsourceof variation is invariably due to seasonal differences, rather than due to the treatments imposed.
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Thegreatestsourceof variation in these measurements was attributable to the time of sampling.
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Interaction with customers was thegreatestsourceof this interaction (91%).
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Thegreatestsourceof mortality for these seedlings was breakage/herbivory, where all that remained was a leafless stem.
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Yet ourgreatestsourceof knowledge of this demand comes from the microeconomic literature on non-market valuation.
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That is, environmental factors responsible for resemblance between twins growing up in the same family similar in terms of language development are thegreatestsourceof stability.
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Housing problems were by far the singlegreatestsourceof complaint in these petitions, comprising 30-40 per cent of all those received by the state.
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Thegreatestsourceof difference between the two proportions is the large number of women who would prefer more children than they now expect to have.
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Trawl fishing provides thegreatestsourceof fishing mortality of all the major gear types, and the number of trawl vessels is increasing over time.
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Patrolling was theirgreatestsourcefor complaint.
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Perhaps the most obvious andgreatestsourceof anxiety is what is known as technological unemployment.
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Just as opium last year was thegreatestsourceof revenue, so education next year is to be the greatest item of expenditure.
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I suspect that that contradiction will be thegreatestsourceof continual flooding for many of our constituents.
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First, an anonymous phone call seems to be thegreatestsourceof information for the investigators.
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Thegreatestsourceof our strength is our financial position.
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With one possible exception this subject is thegreatestsourceof grievance that we, as candidates, met on the doorstep.
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Thegreatestsourceof employment would have been the land.
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A professional club'sgreatestsourceof revenue is the sale of television rights.
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Obviously our defence is going to be for a long time to come thegreatestsourceof income to that territory.
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Itsgreatestsourceof strength is that we are a group of nations who are "unforeign" to each other.
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