large decrease

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeanddecrease

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdiː.kriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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(Definition oflargeanddecreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All populations diverged from the base population - an expected result given thelargedecreasein genetic variability.
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This represents a verylargedecreasefrom a high of almost 36% in the early 1950s.
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Alargedecreasein the coverage of votes deemed important by liberal and conservative lobbying groups is also evident.
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The residual methods, however, give very different, but similar-shaped graphs:largedecreaseinitially followed by increases in performance at later iterations.
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An increase in employment in the service industries was offset by alargedecreasein the numbers employed in the manufacturing and production industries.
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There is an increase in the expenditure on the diseases of animals branch, yet there is thislargedecreasein drainage work.
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Has there been, under these new arrangements, a verylargedecreasein the overhead expenses of collection?
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The destruction of small companies has meant alargedecreasein the numbers in employment.
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Would privatisation result in a diminution in safety standards and thus lead to alargedecreasein safety in the public sector?
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We expect a loss, but we hope there will he alargedecrease.
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Those returns indicate that there is not likely to be either a large increase or alargedecreasein private capital formation next year.
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It would be very strange, when the war is over, if there were not a verylargedecreasethere.
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Other expenses show a large increase, and one a verylargedecrease.
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There was alargedecrease, and with one exception it was the best year for seven years.
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Then we have forgotten about the reductions in the insurance benefit and the consequentlargedecreasein the purchasing power of the home.
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He confessed that in two important trades, cotton and coal, there was a verylargedecreasein employment.
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It is proposed to make a slight increase in the rate on uncertificated sugar, but on the certificated sugar it is proposed to make alargedecreasein the duty.
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However one looks at this, one must be like the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand not to realise that there has been alargedecreasein unemployment.
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