major manufacturer

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandmanufacturer

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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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manufacturer
noun
uk
/ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃər.ər/us
/ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃɚ.ɚ/
a company that produces goods in ...
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(Definition ofmajorandmanufacturerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Onemajormanufacturerhas opposed the extension entirely.
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I have in my constituency amajormanufacturerof fishing vessel hulls which specialises in a particular type of material for hull manufacture.
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It is amajormanufacturerof electronic business machines.
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Onemajormanufacturerwho produces high cost programs decided that he would take one of the pirates to the civil courts.
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We have a considerable amount of catching up to do to restore ourselves to the position of amajormanufacturerin the world economy.
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It is a long time since this country was amajormanufacturerof machine tools.
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Having been the world's firstmajormanufacturer, we have always felt that somehow manufacturing was losing out.
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I regret to say that this sound political judgment is not shown by themajormanufacturerin my constituency.
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The second largest employer in the town, employing 1,800 people, is amajormanufacturerof silicon chips and related equipment.
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It will not seriously affect themajormanufacturerwho has a large export business, but it will hurt the specialist firms who must have a home market.
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The consequences were that amajormanufacturerof commercial vehicles had to slow down production lines because of the drying up of the supply of diesel engines.
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This left the proposed series with nomajormanufacturerinvolvement to help bring in fans as well as other competition.
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The city is amajormanufacturerof bicycles and sporting goods.
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Until 2003, it was also amajormanufacturerof brass, string and woodwind musical instruments.
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It also became amajormanufacturerof tape drives and related products.
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His patents for digital appliance controls, particularly touch pads on microwave ovens, have been licensed to practically everymajormanufacturerof appliances in the world.
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The firm is also amajormanufacturerof asphalt used for paving and roofing applications.
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He led the company to become amajormanufacturerof locks before his death in 1957.
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