great wealth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandwealth
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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wealth
noun
uk/welθ/us/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofgreatandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is agreatwealthof literature on this.
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Respect, if not great influence, was available withoutgreatwealthor high office.
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Some economies havegreatwealthin raw materials and very small populations.
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Once again, it must be remembered that there isgreatwealthinequality.
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However, left unrestrained it grants great powers to those ofgreatwealth.
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None of these were men ofgreatwealth.
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But, in the first half of the century, its management, far from being merely a matter of prestige, could procuregreatwealth.
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The continuity of a hereditary class ofgreatwealthand secure lineage was sustained throughout our period.
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Exceptions there are, notably with the echinoderms and some vertebrates, but these are rather brief and thegreatwealthof palaeontological data is largely overlooked.
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All this produced agreatwealthin statistical data, which in itself already has an intrinsic information value.
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With regard to the first of these, the authors have summarized agreatwealthof empirical material concerning cognitive development in a quick and accessible way without trivializing the findings.
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In this context ofgreatwealthand considerable poetic exertion, it seems significant that the description of the horses remains unelaborated.
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We were one of the nation'sgreatwealthgenerators.
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They have agreatwealthof expert opinion.
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We have nogreatwealth, nor any tradition in the commonly accepted term.
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Industry is heavily taxed, butgreatwealthis being drawn from those cities every day.
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In a province with all thatgreatwealth, there is a population of only one million.
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He has called upon hisgreatwealthof talent, experience and knowledge to make many points.
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Most people perceive a farmer as havinggreatwealthbecause of the land he owns.
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Secondly, we must not forget the importance of people—a source ofgreatwealth.
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