massive volume

collocation in English

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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volume
noun
uk
/ˈvɒl.juːm/us
/ˈvɑːl.juːm/
the amount of space that is contained within an object or ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandvolumefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the great milestones of the squadron's history are related in thismassivevolume.
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Within themassivevolume, also of reinforced concrete, is carved a fluid yet labyrinthine landscape, organized around a system of two-way waffle slabs with regularized parallelogram waffles and shear walls.
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It meant readers could happily browse through themassivevolumeat will, picking up individual bits of knowledge as they went.
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Themassivevolumeof archival materials thus generated sheds light on the throne's mode of operation, as well as on the pattern of intragovernmental document traffic.
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One point is themassivevolumeof funds involved in this.
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I imagine that a structure plan of a local planning authority will be amassivevolume.
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That is amassivevolumeof correspondence, and it helps to explain some of the problems of reorganisation with which the management has had to cope.
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Taking those factors into consideration and themassivevolumeof video tape required, we are speaking of expenditure of from £3 million to £4 million annually.
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Themassivevolumeof paperwork, claims and rebates will lead to long delays, and that will result in hardship for many of those least able to manage.
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Thismassivevolumewas serious enough, but even more serious are the low prices at which these goods are sold.
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That was more than a decade after the complaints had first been raised in themassivevolumeabout which we have heard today.
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A collected edition in a singlemassivevolumewas published in 1610.
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Due to themassivevolumeof stocks traded that day, the ticker did not stop running until about 7:45 p.m. that evening.
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The soft, till of the moraine was quickly eroede by the volume of water in the lake, releasing amassivevolumeof water.
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Its round ears serve as loudspeakers, and they are positioned to assail foes with ultrasonic waves atmassivevolume.
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She produced amassivevolumeof drawings of stelae and inscriptions, which, following her wishes, are free for use to scholars.
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Barles considers how growing urban centres in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries learned to cope with massive volumes of human and animal excrement and contaminated liquids.
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To import massive volumes of coal is economic nonsense for other reasons.
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However, my sorrow is that the massive volumes of written and oral evidence are a unique archive.
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Big semiconductor manufacturers were enjoying strong profits by producing massive volumes of generic circuits.
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