great quantity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandquantity
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition ofgreatandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These are: informative; cultural; interesting; clear and succinct; interactive; authentic; and ingreatquantity.
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Respectable clothes for men required agreatquantityof cloth as it did for women.
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Agreatquantityof it is required.
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The specific instances have been given ingreatquantity.
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We must import agreatquantityof food.
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However, it is very difficult to realize the simulation in a three-dimensional space due to thegreatquantityof calculation required.
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Thegreatquantityof experimental evidence, however stimulating it may be, does not allow us to elaborate universally valid norms or guidelines.
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Indeed, national research on exiles is not only characterised by agreatquantityof studies, but often also by the great quality attributed to the activities of exiles.
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However, now they have got an idea of thegreatquantitynecessary.
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That will be helpful and it will not use agreatquantityof electricity.
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We find that agreatquantityof lace was coming in as embroidery.
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It has agreatquantityof wild life—even the red deer still roam about there.
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Certainly agreatquantityof the general market in whitebait is sold by weight.
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These questions cover agreatquantityof new ground which is not covered by the question.
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The answer is that it does not export anygreatquantityof eggs by sea.
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But undoubtedly there are enormous difficulties in providing wind energy in anygreatquantity.
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We received agreatquantityof the flannel that is so similar to his name.
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It is the only raw material that we have ingreatquantity.
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There is no doubt that it is still there in verygreatquantity.
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Why are such agreatquantityof stores disposed of by private tender?
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We have not yet started to spend the money in anygreatquantity.
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The result is that we have appalling slums ingreatquantityand no adequate civic buildings.
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Agreatquantityof this fish is now available in the country.
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They also decided that they could not put in anygreatquantityof resources.
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