imported beef

collocation in English

meaningsofimportandbeef

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import
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.pɔːt/us
/ˈɪm.pɔːrt/
goods bought by one country ...
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beef
noun
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/
the flesh of cattle (= cows), eaten ...
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(Definition ofimportandbeeffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The value of theimportedbeefand mutton was £660,000.
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The total amount paid during 1930 for purchases ofimportedbeefand mutton was approximately £300,000.
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I do not expect the marketing of home produced or otherimportedbeefto be affected at all by this relatively small quantity.
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Data collected on the volume ofimportedbeefdo not show the age of the animals from which it was derived.
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In a commodity likeimportedbeefthere is rather an excessive shrinkage or wastage.
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There was also a quarter of primeimportedbeef.
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In this respect we are largely dependent onimportedbeef.
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There has been an increase in the use ofimportedbeefin this country in recent months, especially in the catering trade.
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He was anxious to see a tariff onimportedbeef.
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The limitations onimportedbeefare very strict.
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Has any estimate been formed of the canned beef that may be imported, and other forms ofimportedbeef?
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The current shortage ofimportedbeefis due to difficulties in the exporting countries and increased demand from other importing countries for the supplies available.
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This saves foreign exchange and reduces the amount ofimportedbeef.
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At the present time there isimportedbeefwhich is bought at 3½ d. to 4½ d. per lb.
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This is absolutely crucial, because the total supply of beef is limited by the availability ofimportedbeefand stores.
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The figures for the retail price of beef will be available shortly but not at present separately for home-produced andimportedbeef.
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I noticed in one paper this morning some reference to a secret possibility with regard toimportedbeef.
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Consequently, the demand forimportedbeefhas been much reduced.
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Adequate supplies of home-fed andimportedbeefare available; and there are good supplies of other meats too.
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The supplies now available for the civilian population, therefore, include a much smaller proportion ofimportedbeefthan before the war.
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