massive increase

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandincrease

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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In the last hundred years, there has been amassiveincreasein expectations for public education.
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Table 7 shows that there was amassiveincreasein real food prices between 1970 and 1983.
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It seems, therefore, plausible that thismassiveincreasein inhibition would have little real effect on the per formance of this mechanism.
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After 1850 there was amassiveincreasein the consumption of music and practical instruction among middle-class girls and young women.
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The first was managing themassiveincreasein domestic livestock populations without any prospect of further significant new land being added to the colony.
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Beginning in 1990, the private sector received 13 per cent of all bank credits, amassiveincreasedue to the reform of the banking system.
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Communities were deprived of the benefits of protective magic, but exposed to amassiveincreasein anxiety owing to the continuing prevalence of demonic magic.
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As trade boomed, there was a parallelmassiveincreasethrough the century in the demand for carriers.
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The central result of the paper is that the combination of gradient constraints and bidirectionality leads to amassiveincreaseof computational complexity.
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Along with themassiveincreasein forest department staff, legal penalties were strengthened, leading in 1974 even to legislation enabling fire-setting to be punishable by death.
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That means that we must achieve amassiveincreasein our exports.
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With bus deregulation and, in some cases, privatisation, we have seen amassiveincreaseof semi-private monopolies all over the country.
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The corollary is themassiveincreasewe have seen over the years in passenger travel, especially road travel.
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That is an absolutelymassiveincreasein liability for businesses both large and small.
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Amassiveincreasein the number of emergency cases had been taking place for some time.
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Amassiveincreasein profits has been generated for the companies involved, simply by introducing energy-efficient measures.
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In average terms, there has been a real increase in incomes, and those at the top—the better off—have experienced amassiveincrease.
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In addition, the south-west experiences an influx of tourists each year, resulting in amassiveincreasein population.
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In the past two years, as the market has increased, there has been amassiveincreasein the number of letting agents.
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We have delivered a stronger economy, amassiveincreasein the number of firms, and a substantially higher standard of living.
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