middle stratum

collocation in English

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middle
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈmɪd.əl/us
/ˈmɪd.əl/
in a ...
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stratum
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstrɑː.təm/us
/ˈstreɪt̬.əm/
one of the parts or layers into which something ...
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(Definition ofmiddleandstratumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For themiddlestratum, the cumulative effect is 1.88 points, and for the top stratum it is 1.98 points.
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However, the top-level management are doing their best, as are we in the trade unions, to educate themiddlestratumof management to co-operate equally.
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This will be a gracious act to those companies in themiddlestratum, comparable to the £1,000 which he has granted to the smaller companies.
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The benefits of a stable base for, say, a period of five to 10 years before review, would be increased responsibility and encouragement of themiddlestratumto take part.
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Species are located mostly in themiddlestratumof forest.
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It preferentially occurs in themiddlestratumof the forest as well as undergrowth rich in ferns, shrubs and herbs.
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In route to the ground they refreeze thickening in themiddlestratum.
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Within each genotype, in the upper and middle strata, tapped trees had a greater than the untapped.
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Zachs is not deterministic in this respect, but she does plausibly demonstrate a strong linkage between the middle stratum's economic and political interests and its cultural orientation.
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Males usually take dominance of an area on the ground, although they sometimes they occupy middle strata in forests.
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They are mainly found in medium to small-sized tombs, indicating the middle strata of society rather than the elite.
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The work reveals that it functioned as an economic mechanism distributing incomes to the benefit of the lower and middle strata of the population.
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Note the color and slight angular change between the lower red bed layering and the middle strata.
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Secondary beneficiaries are the middle strata which are about to become social classes.
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Starting as itinerant traders, they soon worked their way into the middle strata of the society.
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