large-scale change

collocation in English

meaningsoflarge-scaleandchange

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large-scale
adjective
uk
/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/
us
/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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change
noun
uk
/tʃeɪndʒ/
us
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition oflarge-scaleandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All of us would like to see alarge-scalechangein the rating system.
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Anylarge-scalechangein unemployment would be associated with other developments in the economy, which would make such calculations invalid.
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There are genuine concerns about the level of grant should there be anylarge-scalechangeto the formula on which funding is allocated.
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The costs oflarge-scalechangewould be great.
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Schools should not be expected to take onlarge-scalechangeacross the whole curriculum all at once.
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The effect of deregulating opening hours will not in itself produce anylarge-scalechange.
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He is regarded as an authority on leadership andlarge-scalechange.
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There is no evidence of large-scale changes in members' roll-call voting in the absence of a consensus that a mandate for change exists.
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Such studies are likely to yield important new insights into the mechanistic changes in neuronal architecture that drive large-scale changes in adolescent behavior.
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What is clear from these analyses is that any large-scale changes to welfare are bound to affect the experience of later life in fundamental ways.
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The large-scale changes in social behavior that occur during adolescence are mediated by strong emotional motivations.
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Large-scale changes in social, industrial, and fiscal policies have been promised in plenty in the past in party manifestoes.
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Large-scale changes in holiday habits are certainly required.
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However, the scope for making large-scale changes will be strictly limited.
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We looked at the situation in the summer and decided that large-scale changes in the assisted areas would be premature and damaging to confidence in the stability of regional incentives.
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From 1913 to 1926 there were large-scale changes in the population structure due to ethnic migrations.
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