large-scale migration
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflarge-scaleandmigration
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large-scale
adjective
uk/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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migration
noun[C or U]
uk/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the ...
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Mutual aid networks had existed before thelarge-scalemigrationof the 1950s began.
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These disturbances lead tolarge-scalemigration.
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There islarge-scalemigrationfrom rural to urban areas.
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Moreover, in the context oflarge-scalemigration, the differences among the maroon groups are increasingly being leveled.
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All the other monographs reject explanation of culture change bylarge-scalemigration, but refrain from offering strong alternatives.
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The cumulative effect of thislarge-scalemigrationundoubtedly represented a considerable loss of assets to the lord.
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She did not talk aboutlarge-scalemigration.
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Changes associated withlarge-scalemigration, particularly of workers, are taking place before our very eyes.
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I believe that the idea of artificiallarge-scalemigrationis a bankrupt idea.
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The resultant impoverishment in the region can also be linked directly tolarge-scalemigration.
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Thus, a double strategy of local overwintering andlarge-scalemigrationis a possibility as it would spread the risks and possibly increase the chances of survival.
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The three countries that have opened their borders have not been faced with alarge-scalemigrationflow.
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It may at present seems a remote likelihood that anylarge-scalemigrationof these citizens will get under way.
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They were pushed intolarge-scalemigrationand social upheavals, which in turn caused deep disruptions in society.
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The implications of thelarge-scalemigrationfrom rural areas of young adults for the size and functioning of family support networks must be examined with reference to socio-economic differences.
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They could not have foreseen the closure of mills by the score, resulting in redundancies by the thousand andlarge-scalemigration.
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There is also thelarge-scalemigrationto towns, resulting in the shanty towns which are built around them, often with disease as a result.
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It just happens that there is a perfect symmetry between thelarge-scalemigrationof pupils into the private sector and the scale of migration into the borough from other boroughs.
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Make the utmost use of war factories and materials, and arrange matters in such a way as to makelarge-scalemigrationof people, leaving derelict towns in their wake, impossible.
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What we mean here is that, when masses of refugees suddenly arrive seeking temporary protection, we should support those countries that are the target of suchlarge-scalemigration.
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The mid-20th century phenomenon of thelarge-scalemigrationof white middle-class families from urban centers has coined the term white flight.
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With economic development, access to education, intermarriage, andlarge-scalemigrationfrom rural to urban areas, a more homogeneous national culture is developing, mainly along the relatively more prosperous coast.
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