major producer

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandproducer

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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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producer
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈdʒuː.sər/us
/prəˈduː.sɚ/
a person who makes the practical and financial arrangements needed to make a film, play, or television or ...
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(Definition ofmajorandproducerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The southern region, rich in black-earth soils, was themajorproducerof marketable grain in the country.
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If it is themajorproducer, it cannot control who else is allowed to enter the market and on what terms and conditions.
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Conditions in this country — we are themajorproducer— will raise difficulties for the producers of spring lamb.
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In a debate on energy and generation, we should talk about the consequences of using gas as amajorproducerof electricity.
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We are losing amajorproducerof oxygen and replacing it with amajorproducerof carbon monoxide, which contributes to the global warming effect.
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We have an interest in seeing that our position as themajorproduceris given due respect and regard.
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Having once been amajorproducerof food, the country is now in dire straits.
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Let us make no mistake about it: we are, and have always been, a major trading nation—and also amajorproducerof manufactured goods.
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As both amajorproducerof oil and a consumer, we are in a position to do that.
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It may well be the right custodian of the majority of those assets and it should be themajorproducer of coal in the foreseeable future, private or public.
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With reference to the car industry generally, it is important that we give assistance to the supply chain, especially where there is amajorproducerin a particular region.
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It is amajorproducerof methane.
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We have seen the relentless and massive increase in road transport, which is now the major user of oil and themajorproducerof pollution and greenhouse gases.
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Cyanamid also was amajorproducerof acrylonitrile, and its derivative, acrylamide.
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The province came to serve as amajorproducerof grain for the empire and had a highly developed urban economy.
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The state started out as amajorproducerof coffee, which dominated the state's agriculture, particularly in the highly cultivated northern part of the state.
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Commercialisation of tea started in 1924 and since then the nation became amajorproducerof black tea.
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It was established in 1764 and became amajorproducerof porter.
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Goianira is becoming amajorproducerof shoes.
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