great precision

collocation in English

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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precision
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈsɪʒ.ən/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofgreatandprecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat precision

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I cannot hope to solve this problem, for unlike where rational payoffs are concerned, moral "payoffs" could never admit of anygreatprecision.
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They can be implemented easily, be analysed mathematically withgreatprecision, and, when suitably tuned, tend to be very efficient in practice.
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It allows the user to specify withgreatprecision, and yet economy of commands, the spectral envelope of a sound.
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The approximations involved in its definition, and the errors associated with its measurement dictate that l should never be expressed withgreatprecision.
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Furthermore, their employment allows to improve the quality of tasks in the manufacturer industry that require ofgreatprecision.
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Some cricketers can do so withgreatprecisionand others can hit it with a bat.
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However, it can be done withgreatprecisiononly if it relies on structured knowledge, which is difficult to produce on a large scale.
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The first isgreatprecisionof measurement.
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The book fine-tunes "decontextualization" withgreatprecision, with a useful and necessary emphasis on the grammatical features that are an integral component of secondary discourse ability.
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The book also documents withgreatprecisionthe tensions and negotiations between multiple actors in the struggle over the composition of reform around the issues : assimilation or autonomy.
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It is, on the one hand, necessary to ascertain withgreatprecisionwhat the problems are and how they are to be dealt with.
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They do not use language withgreatprecision.
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Do not let us try to write down with toogreatprecisionwhat we mean by liberty and what we mean by civic freedom.
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He has put withgreatprecisionthe point that is in all our minds.
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We have done our best, not only to take soundings but to speak withgreatprecision, and these are the results.
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Greatprecisionis not possible, nor is it necessary.
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We have also been told—again withgreatprecision—of the extra revenue that will come to the tourist industry.
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He talked about economic affairs, though without anygreatprecision.
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He instructed me with verygreatprecisionand detail.
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As those of us who have eaten apples know, that is not always a distinction which can be made withgreatprecision.
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