industrial expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandexpansion

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Entry rates for 1941-42 were extremely high as the demand for war production spurredindustrialexpansion.
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Quite frequently, economic orindustrialexpansionin such cities proves difficult to sustain, and rarely approaches their rate of demographic growth.
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Pivotal to this process ofindustrialexpansionand urban growth was the jute industry.
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It became increasingly clear to a more class-conscious labor movement that the free labor ideal served rather than resisted the forces ofindustrialexpansionand exploitation.
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Industrialexpansionled to a dramatic population increase, both in the town and in the whole area.
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Industrialexpansionhad been very strong, particularly since the 1890s.
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However, changing demand cannot account for decreasing expenditures in the late 1960s and early 1970s - a period which witnessed an even more impressive rate ofindustrialexpansion.
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Private industry faces far too many problems already without being expected to take the brunt ofindustrialexpansion.
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There are acres of land capable of majorindustrialexpansionas a longterm scheme adjacent to the finest group of ports in the country.
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If we are to haveindustrialexpansionin these areas, the railway line must be kept in being to ensure that it is successful.
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It speaks ofindustrialexpansionwhen it is about the financing of industry.
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To what extent are high interest rates impedingindustrialexpansion?
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With cement, it provides the raw material for our housing programme, ourindustrialexpansion, our roads and defence works.
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These figures take no account of the indirect employment, in shops, offices, and so on, that always follows in the wake of anyindustrialexpansion.
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That is due toindustrialexpansiondown the years.
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These further changes should contribute toindustrialexpansionand in themselves make little difference to prices.
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Nor mustindustrialexpansionbe fuelled by a return of inflation.
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This work is going on and must continue if we are to haveindustrialexpansion.
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It should not, therefore, impede my efforts to encourage new industry andindustrialexpansionin development districts.
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They profess no love for or antipathy to any other nation; they are simply seekingindustrialexpansion.
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