increasing concentration

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandconcentration

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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concentration
noun
uk
/ˌkɒn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandconcentrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In both countries, there has been anincreasingconcentrationand financialisation of capital and a weakening of the state bureaucracy.
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The consequences of this system include anincreasingconcentrationon star performers, and the musical repertoire that goes with them.
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This effect is most probably due to removing the embryos from anincreasingconcentrationof ammonium in the medium.
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Theincreasingconcentrationof the press among fewer and fewer owners, and the growing role of advertising, threatened the independent voice in journalism.
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Under these low ionic strength conditions, the interactions between particles are repulsive as indicated by the decrease in intensity withincreasingconcentration.
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After washing, the fixed follicles were dehydrated inincreasingconcentrationof ethanol.
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This is increasingly true at higher concentrations, and the deviance decreases steadily withincreasingconcentration(the likelihood increases).
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Moreover, in light of the composer'sincreasingconcentrationon works featuring the orchestra, selected pieces from this period will be examined to gain insight into his late stylistic development.
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Trade liberalisation, together with the growing economic power of transnational corporations, has led to theincreasingconcentrationand transnationalisation of capital.
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Can he assure us that he is looking at it very carefully indeed and watching theincreasingconcentrationof these poisonous gases in our cities?
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The long-term policy of privatisation, deregulation and liberalisation has resulted in anincreasingconcentrationof wealth among the top ten thousand.
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The original rationale for these provisions was thatincreasingconcentrationof newspaper ownership could threaten freedom and variety of expression in the press.
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Partial recovery, such as it was, was chiefly due toincreasingconcentrationon the armaments race.
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This could lead to anincreasingconcentrationof milk production on the fringes of urban areas where collection and delivery costs are much lower.
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There are great dangers in the present situation ofincreasingconcentration.
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Theincreasingconcentrationof the market means fewer bigger actors are now able strongly to influence the market.
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In the past 14 years, they have not only underwritten anincreasingconcentrationof press ownership but acted more directly to restrain freedom of expression.
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Theincreasingconcentrationon region-serving functions emphasises most forcibly the need for a satisfactory level of accessibility to this regional centre.
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