heavy reliance on
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheavy,relianceandon
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heavy
adjective
uk/ˈhev.i/us/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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reliance
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈlaɪ.əns/us/rɪˈlaɪ.əns/
the state of depending on or trusting in something ...
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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They exhibit aheavyrelianceon agriculture, primarily growing coffee and rice, and keeping chickens and pigs.
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Perhaps at bottom of these and other interpretive shortcomings is theheavyrelianceof this book on secondary sources.
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Theheavyrelianceon and continuous consumption of cheap food creates a health risk.
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Therefore,heavyrelianceon this single strategy is highly unsafe, and the timely development of alternative or complementary methods to chemical control is advisable.
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The effect is to shift speech register, sinceheavyrelianceon context conveys informality.
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Such a country may begin with aheavyrelianceon trade taxes for revenue.
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A flaw with the current implementation is itsheavyrelianceon overloading.
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Second, ethnohistorical analogy does not favorheavyrelianceon kitchen gardens for basic staple production.
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A lack of evidence would implyheavyrelianceon expert opinion, and experts often tend to disagree.
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In this chapter and elsewhere, the author explains that there has never been aheavyrelianceon coercion in order to maintain leaders' positions.
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Post-independence policies placed a strong emphasis on maize, due to theheavyrelianceon and preference for maize in rural and urban diets.
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In some situations, there isheavyrelianceon parents and community volunteers to assist in managing extra-curricular activities such as choir, bands and ensembles.
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The contributors reflect theheavyreliancefor source material on outputs from the international research system.
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It appears that a tooheavyrelianceon grammar-translation gives rise to language learning problems in a wide range of countries.
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This commitment found expression in theheavyrelianceupon professional officers who could bring a limited conflict to a swift conclusion.
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This argument meets a criticism often leveled at association-based accounts, namely, theirheavyrelianceon data-driven processing.
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They exhibit aheavyrelianceon agriculture, primarily growing coffee, rice, and cassava, and raising chickens and pigs.
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Theheavyrelianceon hospital care, for example, is partly a reflection of poorly developed social care systems.
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The problem with theheavyrelianceon oil for revenue is the high level of oil price volatility.
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