large-scale farm
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflarge-scaleandfarm
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large-scale
adjective
uk/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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farm
noun[C]
uk/fɑːm/us/fɑːrm/
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as ...
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(Definition oflarge-scaleandfarmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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You have no continuous stretch of either land or water of sufficient dimensions to make alarge-scalefarmof any description.
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It has been said by various people that thelarge-scalefarmis to be the farm of the future.
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He further receives a share of the produce that accrues from thatlarge-scalefarm.
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Let us suppose the almost inconceivable contingency that thislarge-scalefarm, from a financial point of view, will be a great success.
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May we have some idea of the total acreage of thislarge-scalefarm?
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Only 5 per cent of total horticultural sales are for export, some from large-scale farms.
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Beccaria was familiar with physiocratic theory and agreed with some of its tenets, for example, that large-scale farms could be more productive per unit of investment input.
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The limit to the loss on large-scale farms will be determined by the amount of money that is put into them.
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The idea that only large-scale farms can be mechanised is all wrong.
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He recommended large-scale farms on their own merits.
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Does he propose to set up large-scale farms in those depressed districts?
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Supposing we had had these large-scale farms, or supposing these hordes of unemployed had been put on to the land on small holdings?
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The intention is to develop up to thirty-eight large-scale farms of about 2,000 acres each.
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He referred to large-scale farms as an experiment.
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We want to know who is going to manage these large-scale farms.
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Is it desirable or necessary, in order to pursue that policy, to have nothing but large-scale farms?
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What advantage is there in adding, to the privately-run large-scale farms, farms which are going to cost the country £1,000,000?
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There will be up to 38 large-scale farms of about 2,000 acres to be let.
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