substantial growth

collocation in English

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandgrowthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In fact, employment in agriculture fell, in contrast to asubstantialgrowthin non-farm, primarily urban, employment.
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In a highly diverse production market such as the pepper market,substantialgrowthpotential may exist in niche markets, particularly the organic market.
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Better housing has been accompanied by asubstantialgrowthin homeownership, and today the majority of older people are homeowners.
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Judging by latecolonial censuses, the population underwentsubstantialgrowth, increasing by 17 per cent from under 7.5 to over 8.5 million between 1948 and 1957.
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All branches of the economy experiencedsubstantialgrowthrates.
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Substantialgrowthlikely after recent commitment to raise funding.
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Finally, it may also be possible to expectsubstantialgrowthin demand from some redistribution of income.
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Estimates in the early to mid-1990s showedsubstantialgrowth(20-39% a year) in the handling sector and the number of certified handlers was placed at 694 in 19957.
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Thesubstantialgrowthin the population and the agricultural sector's improved capacity for creating economic surplus from about 1200 to 1350 prompted the development of central places in this period.
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I can find no reason in population change for thesubstantialgrowthin expenditure planned by the authority.
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We have seen asubstantialgrowthin planned public expenditure accompanied—although, again, not from the outset—by a steady growth in the tax burden.
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It did in fact have that effect, and for the years following 1959 there was asubstantialgrowthin those schemes.
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And it is encouraging that the last two years have seen asubstantialgrowthin the victim support movement.
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For a number of other social reasons, there has also been asubstantialgrowthin the number of single-parent families.
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The years over which this subsidy has been available have been marked by asubstantialgrowthin the use of fertilisers.
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All in all, taking grant in aid and lottery funding together, we are seeingsubstantialgrowth.
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In addition, in recent years there has been asubstantialgrowthin the use of minibuses for certain purposes, or the desire to use them.
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Have any targets been set in relation to those measures to achieve a reduction in an area that has experiencedsubstantialgrowthin consumption?
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We shall have to achieve higher quality standards in the foreseeable future and inescapably this will meansubstantialgrowthin capital programmes.
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There has been asubstantialgrowthin the number of one-parent families.
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