major expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandexpansion

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofmajorandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is most unlikely that there will be any futuremajorexpansionin grass drying.
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Majorexpansionand adjustment in services will be necessary to accommodate increases in total numbers in future years.
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On the other hand, the second period ofmajorexpansionwas much more voluntary and was accompanied by improved living standards.
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The demographic and economic parameters of the region preclude amajorexpansionin state protected areas.
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This has contributed to amajorexpansionof private provision and financing.
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Additionally, ethnographic and historical evidence implies that a threshold of landscape stability was crossed during the late eighteenth century, and glaciers underwent a period ofmajorexpansionand advance.
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In sections, the 4-week cotyledons were several times thinner than the 9-week cotyledons, and the ground meristem cells showed amajorexpansionin size during embryo development.
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Post-war economic growth led to amajorexpansionof the delivery system, with the number of hospital beds increasing three-fold from 1954 to its peak in 1993.
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Amajorexpansionof the industrial gas market is planned, to increase sales nearly fourfold over the next five years.
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We are carrying out the firstmajorexpansionin the building of modern hostels for many years.
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Last year's winner has already established a turnover of £600,000 and is poised formajorexpansion.
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The provision of seed corn and development finance will be needed in these activities, as will amajorexpansionof the agency's technology transfer capability.
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Few certificates are granted in the industrially overcrowded part of the country for new ventures or formajorexpansionof existing factories.
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The only thing for which he has no powers under existing legislation is amajorexpansionof the public sector.
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These measures should continue to ensure amajorexpansionin economic activity.
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All these countries, in embarking on thesemajorexpansionprogrammes, have sensibly and wisely used the most up-to-date technologies and up-to-date methods to be competitive.
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Since that time, the company has funded amajorexpansionprogramme of no less than £30 million during a period of recession.
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In addition, we are investing in amajorexpansionof intermediate care, prevention and rehabilitation services for the elderly.
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This has brought about the firstmajorexpansionin hostel provision for many years.
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In some ways they are not the most obvious place formajorexpansionon this scale compared with the universities.
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