substantial boost

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandboost

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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boost
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/buːst/us
/buːst/
an occasion when something is improved ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandboostfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We need asubstantialboostto try to bring prices down throughout the country.
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While the scheme is being constructed, it will provide asubstantialboostto the construction industry.
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That is likely to be asubstantialboostto the final distribution.
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This will provide a verysubstantialboostto the provision of renewable energy.
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I must stress that we are giving asubstantialboostto student support.
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The construction industry has suffered, but asubstantialboosthas been given to it by increased financial assistance.
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He welcomed thesubstantialboostfor the health service.
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Our alternative would be to give asubstantialboostto capital spending, funded by additional borrowing.
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I hope that they may receive a moresubstantialboostthan perhaps was the case under the previous administration.
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The endless strengthening of competition which is taking place in the industrial market for gas provides asubstantialboostfor combined heat and power.
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The rural development regulation, which is worth £1.6 billion over seven years, signifies asubstantialboostto agriculture.
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That is the mostsubstantialboostto spending on capital infrastructure in schools for more than a generation.
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After years of slow growth, the economy needs asubstantialboost.
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Without asubstantialboostin demand, the process of industrial decline will continue.
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For this reason, we have given, and have been giving, asubstantialboostto housing association investment.
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It needs a furthersubstantialboost, which it will receive in the weeks and months ahead, and the plans are currently being drawn up.
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The only way in which we can help the poorest pensioners—those who miss out on the minimum income guarantee—is by giving asubstantialboostto the basic state pension.
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We shall also ensure, having given asubstantialboostto the level of pensions, that pensions thereafter are increased annually in proportion to increases in average national earnings.
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This gave asubstantialboostto our manufacturing exports and has fed its way through into the surge of exports that we have seen in 1987.
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