large quantity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflargeandquantity
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large
adjective
uk/lɑːdʒ/us/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition oflargeandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflarge quantity
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The procurement of alargequantityof fish presents the problem of preserving it.
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This atmosphere could supply thelargequantityof different organic compounds to putative ocean.
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Alargequantityof fly was found throughout the whole extent of this country.
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Such writers tend to delete alargequantityof the text which they generate.
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These chunks provide alargequantityof rich linguistic data that the learners exploit.
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Alargequantityis imported.
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The ring is dated on artistic grounds, a dating supported by the script and thelargequantityof abbreviation used.
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The current high rate was attributable in the first place to thelargequantityof the contracts being put out.
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They place considerable emphasis on the design of an appropriate graphical presentation of thelargequantityof profiling data produced.
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Their disadvantage is alargequantityof liquid radioactive waste products, the products processing being very labor consuming and expensive.
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What is surprising, however, is thelargequantityof verse that has been lost to lacunae in this way.
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At the same time alargequantityof electron-dense material is deposited in the cavities of the exine.
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Alargequantityof cash was needed, but the incoming money from the sales abroad still belonged to the future.
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Bulk, of course, means alargequantity.
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We import alargequantityof eggs.
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They use alargequantityof water.
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There cannot be a verylargequantity.
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There is alargequantityof this kind of material.
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How toxic is alargequantityof coffee?
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Alargequantityof ammunition is still in the wreck.
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It is earning us a verylargequantityof dollars.
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A verylargequantityof non-ferrous metals is involved.
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We have been supplied with alargequantityof foodstuffs.
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They have already got alargequantityof it.
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The chemist thought that thislargequantitywas unnecessary.
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