large-scale movement

collocation in English

meaningsoflarge-scaleandmovement

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large-scale
adjective
uk
/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us
/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition oflarge-scaleandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Large-scalemovementand urbanization is associated with behaviour that tends to be suppressed in small communities.
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For instance, they avoid one of the main environmental problems: thelarge-scalemovementof heavy lorries that is involved in nearly all major operations.
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Is there any sign oflarge-scalemovementof people to the borders?
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Anylarge-scalemovementof population involves an immense waste of social capital.
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It is little wonder, therefore, that it is not yet able to provide a nation-wide system oflarge-scalemovementof freight, as originally intended.
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Surely now is the time to prepare for such alarge-scalemovementof people, not when they are on the move and it is already too late.
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This is the background against which we have had to face alarge-scalemovementof the population and a splitting-up of families, and this has multiplied the demand for accommodation.
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It has been a great integrating force and forms the lifeline of the country by catering to its needs forlarge-scalemovementof people.
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The predominance of swampland, level terrain, and small, shallow lakes hinderslarge-scalemovementof water.
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Most such studies have been over large areas and have aimed at identifying stocks or large-scale movements of the fish.
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Increasing costs to run hospital facilities and changing views about integrating the mentally ill into the population at large led to alarge-scalemovementof patient population back into society.
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This is when ceramic changes at the level of style structure, not motif, occur over a large area, implying large-scale movements of new people into an area.
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Large-scale movements of troops out of a country at the end of an emergency always bring their special problems.
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Owing to large-scale movements during the war, up-to-date figures are not available.
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These very large-scale movements will require careful planning of shipping and other matters.
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We had to be ready to plan longterm, large-scale movements concerned with operations, the most important of which concerned the second front.
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