immense scale

collocation in English

meaningsofimmenseandscale

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immense
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmens/
us
/ɪˈmens/
extremely large in size ...
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scale
noun
uk
/skeɪl/
us
/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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(Definition ofimmenseandscalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would draw attention to the fact that we are exporting capital on animmensescaleall over the world.
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There is, first of all, broadcasting both by station owners on animmensescaleand by advertisers.
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The fact facing those engaged in agriculture is theimmensescaleof capital development regularly and constantly required to keep farming modernised.
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Building for the electricity industry, which is growing on animmensescale, with great new investments and rapidly expanding supplies, amounts to.
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The funding is not on such animmensescale, although it is still very large.
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Perhaps the most important is that it saves fuel, as it undoubtedly will do on animmensescale.
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In the face of theimmensescaleand the urgency of need, it is essential that humanitarian intervention is coordinated.
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There is forced labour on animmensescale.
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It is environmental blight on animmensescale.
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Demobilization of manpower has been on animmensescale, and the processes of production have had to be started all over again.
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He has to supply the colossal demands of modern warfare on theimmensescalewhich we see at the present time.
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However, that point underlines theimmensescaleof the crisis.
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That would simply lead to queues, and confusion, and difficulties on animmensescale.
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How, in fact, are we to accumulate the savings for theimmensescaleof development and rehabilitation which everyone admits our industries need?
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We may be confronted with dumping on animmensescalein many industries in the near future from those countries.
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Perhaps it is easier to grasp theimmensescaleof this capital investment programme if we take the cost in cash.
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They have done that on animmensescale.
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We are told—indeed, it is obvious—that if such a scheme as is proposed were adopted that a system of inspection on animmensescalewould become almost immediately necessary.
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The panel is minded to agree that the application is for a project ofimmensescaleand impact and should be determined only after a far-reaching public inquiry.
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They operate on animmensescale.
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