astonishing success

collocation in English

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astonishing
adjective
uk
/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/us
/əˈstɑː.nɪ.ʃɪŋ/
very ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofastonishingandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is anastonishingsuccessstory of the way in which the expert credit system has grown to meet the changing needs of exporters.
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That was the effect of this tremendous campaign and shows itsastonishingsuccess.
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On the diplomatic front, we saw last week perhaps the mostastonishingsuccessof all.
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The institution of marriage, even in this era of divorce, is still anastonishingsuccess.
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I think that is anastonishingsuccessstory.
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That was anastonishingsuccessstory, which showed clearly what the yard can now do when given the chance.
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But it has worked well; in fact, it has been anastonishingsuccess.
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Personal pensions have been anastonishingsuccess, which reflects people's welcome of the greater choice that they now have.
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On mobilisation, in three days she put 270,000 men in the field, withastonishingsuccessand a brilliant victory.
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In that sense they have been anastonishingsuccess.
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Why has thisastonishingsuccesscontinued so widely and so rapidly?
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Modern society achievesastonishingsuccesswhich goes far beyond the capacity of any scientist in any laboratory to get systems to work.
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With the experience which we have obtained of the method prescribed, we have evidnce of theastonishingsuccesswith which the administration has been carried out.
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Theastonishingsuccessof the training schools brought the club one major headache, how could it accommodate the sudden influx of talent?
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These tactics and their traditional work ethos go some way to explain theirastonishingsuccessin the past and up to the present day.
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During the next four years she made five sequels which enjoyedastonishingsuccess.
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The allies had anastonishingsuccess.
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This pamphlet had a mostastonishingsuccess.
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