big boost
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbigandboost
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big
adjective
uk/bɪɡ/us/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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boost
noun[C usually singular]
uk/buːst/us/buːst/
an occasion when something is improved ...
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(Definition ofbigandboostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They're abigboostto both me and you all.
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I believe that the "independence of central bank" issue got abigboostfrom this literature.
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That will provide abigboosttowards our final goal.
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We have, however, been awarded objective 5b money, which could be a verybigboost.
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It represents a massive investment in reskilling our workforce and a verybigboostto the help we are giving long-term unemployed people.
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We plan for abigboostin resources, extensive building of new homes and repairs and improvements to existing ones.
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That will be anotherbigboostfor the more innovative types of rural bus service.
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An incentive through the fee structure for students to take such courses would be abigboostto the country and the economy.
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I welcome also the maternity grant, thebigboostin child benefit and all the measures to attack and end child poverty.
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I believe that the public expenditure envisaged in it will be a verybigboostindeed to the economy.
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It is abigboostfor the winning areas in deprived inner cities.
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Money is now available for students for child-care, separate from a hardship fund, which is abigboost.
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That is why corn has had such abigboost, while there has been a dramatic reduction in beef coming forward for finishing.
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My borough also needs abigboostin its housing investment allocation.
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During recent years, tourism has given abigboostto our balance of payments.
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That will involve capital expenditure, which will be abigboostfor the construction industry and those who manufacture health care equipment, for example.
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If he gets away with this, his prestige will get abigboost.
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Moreover, it would give the sale of council houses in general abigboost.
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No one knows how much of that very large windfall will go into increased consumption or increased savings, so there could be abigboostto consumption.
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Athan, because it means that some 600 personnel will come to his constituency, which will obviously be abigboostto the local economy.
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