industrial plant

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandplant

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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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plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Genetic optimisation of fuzzy rule set forindustrialplantautomation.
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For a citizen's initiative, for instance, whose aim it is to prevent the construction in their immediate vicinity of a pollutingindustrialplant, the substantive goal is primary.
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I think we shall find that what they will ask for in these barters are not textiles or sewing machines, but heavyindustrialplant.
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First, what progress has been made in the conversion of railway, public utility andindustrialplantto oil?
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I do not think there is any dispute between us as to the need for increased investment inindustrialplantand machinery.
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It might not be certain whether the pollution came from a ship or fromindustrialplanton the upper or lower reaches of the river.
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I stress that the capital allowances for industrial buildings are very different from the capital allowances forindustrialplantand machinery.
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He suggested that the river purification authority might not be sure whether the pollution was caused by shipping or byindustrialplant.
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A great deal of ourindustrialplantand our industrial methods still belong to the 19th rather than the 20th century.
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The production of food is not so attractive, and certainly not so spectacular or visible, as the production of anindustrialplant.
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We have the necessity to extendindustrialplantin many directions; for instance, power stations.
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He gave a catalogue of theindustrialplantin the area.
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All we know is that in the five years of the war, apart from engineering, the whole of ourindustrialplanthas been running down.
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We cannot manage without steel for building houses and other structures and for every other type ofindustrialplant.
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I do not think that thatindustrialplanthelps the landscape.
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Ifindustrialplantwere used as inefficiently and as little as educational plant, it would be regarded as a tremendous scandal.
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Closing a colliery is not like closing an ordinaryindustrialplant.
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Under the scheme, particular encouragement will be given to the exploitation of optical fibres in local networks andindustrialplantand to flat-screen displays.
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Why is ourindustrialplant20 years behind the times?
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The storm caused injuries and badly damaged homes, infrastructure, farms, businesses,industrialplant, sports facilities as well as public and municipal buildings.
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