substantial margin

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandmargin

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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margin
noun
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪn/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/
the amount by which one thing is different ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandmarginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is that there is asubstantialmarginof slack which still has to be taken up before manufacturing capacity is fully stretched.
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We do not have more recent survey results, but there is certainly still a number of coaches exceeding the speed limit by asubstantialmargin.
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Is he not aware that wages at all levels are higher in real terms by asubstantialmarginthan when his party was in power?
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There are parts of the country where the beer is somewhere about 40 degrees, and that leaves a verysubstantialmarginindeed.
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I cannot agree with him that there is no verysubstantialmargin.
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Let them support us in getting the balance of payments right by asubstantialmargin, and securely right, at the earliest possible moment.
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I was merely going to make the point that there was asubstantialmargin.
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The present recommended maximum permissible levels have been chosen as providing asubstantialmargin of safety below the minimum dose known to produce any effect.
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I was not aware before this debate that it was anticipated that there would be anysubstantialmarginof difference in these instruments.
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Very often invisible exporters may be putting up an extremely good show and producing asubstantialmarginof invisible exports.
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Are they proposing that we should effect asubstantialmarginof unemployment in order to be able to direct our people?
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Although these classes must give priority of admission to the children of married women teachers, there is asubstantialmarginof places for general use.
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If we take interest charges into account, the profit is reduced by asubstantialmargin.
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They say there is a verysubstantialmarginthere for improved wages for them, without bothering about adding to the price of coal.
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It is not a verysubstantialmargin.
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In turn, brokers sold shares in the tickets at prices which exceeded the face value by asubstantialmarginand provided them with income and profit.
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There is asubstantialmargin.
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In other words, the situation has now reached the stage where each year we are breaking by asubstantialmarginthe record of the year before.
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Coal production over four years did not increase; coal products last year actually fell by asubstantialmargin—by about 4 million tons compared with the three preceding years.
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