large-scale operation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflarge-scaleandoperation
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large-scale
adjective
uk/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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operation
noun
uk/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition oflarge-scaleandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rationing in this country is a verylarge-scaleoperation.
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It was a verylarge-scaleoperationindeed.
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Let us get all the economies we can from that kind oflarge-scaleoperation.
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It is important that priority goes to local action rather than launching alarge-scaleoperation.
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The computer industry is very much an industry which demandslarge-scaleoperation.
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It is the most obvious example of one of these public corporations oflarge-scaleoperationand large staff.
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It does not want to become involved in thelarge-scaleoperationof farmland in addition to its own activities.
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I believe that at the moment the industry is conducting a speciallarge-scaleoperationfor this purpose.
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He envisioned alarge-scaleoperationand turned to the "frumentarii".
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What started with a few nighttime drives turned into alarge-scaleoperation.
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That was, admittedly, a verylarge-scaleoperation; over 200,000 refugees were involved and the whole scheme was in operation for more than three years.
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This will require fresh thinking about the international system to enable it to enhance local grouping while fulfilling the needs forlarge-scaleoperation.
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Fish farming in a relatively small area as compared with alarge-scaleoperationin the fjords will raise that problem.
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We have no right to ignore the rights of local authorities or the rights of statutory undertakers merely because this is alarge-scaleoperation.
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There has never been in peace time, or even in war time, so rapid a scale of expansion and oflarge-scaleoperation.
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I would hope that no one would doubt that this is a verylarge-scaleoperationindeed in the animal disease field.
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If we had to launch another suchlarge-scaleoperation—perhaps next year or the following year—would we be able to do so?
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The idea of carrying out alarge-scaleoperationreflected conventional military thinking, ill-adapted to guerrilla warfare.
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This is bound to mean the elimination of a great many smaller hospitals and such alarge-scaleoperationis bound to lead to a certain amount of amalgamation.
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It is, in fact, a big concern, and it will enjoy one of the advantages oflarge-scaleoperationwhich one hears about in many other fields of economics today.
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The firstlarge-scaleoperationwas to dredge the lakes and other water features. 320,000 tonnes of silt had to be removed.
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It was alarge-scaleoperation, strategically resulting in the disacement of over 700,000 refuges, and knowingly manufacturing a massive humanitarian crisis.
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It was transformed from a small-scale mine to alarge-scaleoperationin the 1950s due to a general lack of coal nationwide.
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