maximum extent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaximumandextent
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maximum
adjective
uk/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/us/ˈmæk.sə.məm/
being the largest amount or number allowed ...
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extent
noun[S or U]
uk/ɪkˈstent/us/ɪkˈstent/
area or ...
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(Definition ofmaximumandextentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is no evidence that the present extent of outcrop relates tomaximumextentof the sea.
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A perfect being will be one that has the virtue of caritas to themaximumextent.
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The procedure tests for unimodal versus linear species' response based on the longest gradient (maximumextentof species turnover along individual independent gradients).
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This activity had probably reached itsmaximumextenttowards the middle of the nineteenth century.
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However, parliaments invariably utilize these powers to themaximumextentpossible, and far beyond anything that was originally intended in the initial transfer of authority.
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The superficial grey matter of the cerebrum, through the number and depth of the convolutions, attains itsmaximumextentin man.
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Combustible wastes can be burnt in incinerators that to themaximumextentpracticable reduce harmful emissions.
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Normally, themaximumextentofopening produces an angle of approximately 10 degrees.
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This interval corresponds to the highest concentration of coals andmaximumextentof the coal forests.
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Autonomous spacecraft must be able to detect and repair faults, to themaximumextentpossible.
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Maximumextentis provided in terms of the radial distance of the distal stimulus feature.
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This paper is concerned with themaximumextentof excitatory contextual interactions, assuming there is a range of interaction scales, with most interactions being over shorter distances.
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Maximumextentof regional system reached.
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We shall continue to recruit youths-in-training to themaximumextentcompatible with our available resources and our future needs for skilled staff.
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These receipts benefit the defence budget and the aim is to secure future overseas orders to themaximumextentpossible.
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We much regret this delay, but in the meantime we will be making further enlargements of the manual exchange to themaximumextentpossible.
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I have tried to curb my anger to themaximumextentpossible.
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Of course, there is no obligation on companies to raise prices to themaximumextentthat is allowed by their price limits.
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We are going to get less value for our existing capital equipment if we do not use it fully and to themaximumextent.
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