prime beef

collocation in English

meaningsofprimeandbeef

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prime
adjective[before noun]
uk
/praɪm/us
/praɪm/
main or ...
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beef
noun
uk
/biːf/us
/biːf/
the flesh of cattle (= cows), eaten ...
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(Definition ofprimeandbeeffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many of them are located inprimebeef-producing areas.
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The market forprimebeefis highly competitive and very difficult.
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Whoever made the reduction, it was unfortunate that it had to be made at all, because theprimebeefmarket had been slowly recovering.
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What isprimebeef, as mentioned by certain beefburger manufacturers?
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The nation can no longer affordprimebeef, and it certainly will not pay the farmer to makeprimebeefat second quality prices.
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It is because of the level of their wages that farm workers are not able to eat theprimebeefthat they produce.
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Will there be a sufficient supply ofprimebeef, and what will the price be?
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All theprimebeefwent to them, and they were not very particular about strict rationing, and quite rightly.
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Every animal sold asprimebeefwas sold at a price many shillings per cwt.
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Is not a smaller figure being paid forprimebeef?
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Even with the most ingenious lighting effects, it would be difficult to hang up kangaroo meat and sell it off asprimebeef.
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It always makes me think of "primebeef" and that is perhaps not the best indication.
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It cannot be denied that miners, employed or unemployed, have as good a taste forprimebeefas persons in receipt of high salaries.
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However, a large number of cattle are over 30 months only because they could not be moved off their farms asprimebeef.
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One ship that was at sea had a cargo of what was supposedlyprimebeefwith a subsidy of £2.5 million.
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I refer to the more than 30-monthprimebeefproducer.
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The logic of the argument is that fewer beef animals would be required for theprimebeefmarket if the practice became more widespread.
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Those producers ofprimebeefunder 30 months are the innocent parties.
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Primebeefsells for much more, of course.
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The public must learn to think of meat not only in terms ofprimebeefand canned ham, of which their consumption at exorbitant prices is absolutely fantastic.
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