material resource
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaterialandresource
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material
adjective
uk/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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resource
noun
uk/rɪˈzɔːs/us/ˈriː.sɔːrs/
a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, ...
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(Definition ofmaterialandresourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmaterial resource
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One can choose to work with simplistic assumptions in the behaviourist tradition where power is expressed in conflict ormaterialresourcedistribution.
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Westerkamp questions the image of sound environment asmaterialresourceand instead challenges soundscape composers and listeners to become more active acoustic ecologists.
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There is, of course, a fourth, which is not amaterialresource: that is, our capacity to work and to produce.
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But when at such time as our rawmaterialresourceruns out there will be a period of assessment.
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Concrete may also be considered to be amaterialresource.
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Thus,materialresourcescarcity and shortages are of great concern to the non-ferrous industry.
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Material resources are tapped by measures of income and social status or class.
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Some stated that more pre-excision pregnancies occurred because initiations were delayed due to lack of material resources.
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Despite these obvious gains, the societies in practice provided little material resources.
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However, this sector lacks the intellectual and material resources to realise those projects.
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The informants saw statesponsored support as providing material resources that could support independence, and as a source of discrimination because of their national origins.
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Especially in urban environments, the poorest families usually lacked the necessary material resources to take in needy relatives.
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It argues that whereas the opposition parties were obsessed with historical precedents, the ruling party placed greater faith in manipulating its control over material resources.
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To summarize, firstly, power is invisible, except if one assumes that power equals material resources.
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Lack of material resources was also found to be associated with increased distress, especially among women.
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Without the support of material resources and a drive to power, cultural performance lacks potential, meaning and direction.
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Analogously, some individuals actually do not need the material resources most of us do in order to lead a minimally flourishing life.
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Chapter 7 examines the issue of material resources and inequality in later life.
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Put differently, power in the international arena on this issue was tied less to political and material resources and more to cultural resources.
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