substantial quantity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandquantity
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandquantityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is a verysubstantialquantity.
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Asubstantialquantityof soil will have to be removed.
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Negotiations for a furthersubstantialquantityin 1947 are proceeding.
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In relation to economic considerations, asubstantialquantityof resources could be liberated if the recommended general clinical practices were followed.
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This missing information, then, suggests that asubstantialquantityof practical knowledge must have been passed down along an information channel parallel to that of the recipe.
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In the mid-nineteenth century it had been a single large farming enterprise, and asubstantialquantity of land had remained in hand even in the early 1890s.
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We got a verysubstantialquantityat 84 which now stands at 94.
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Eight of the latter ten firings have provided asubstantialquantityof useful data.
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However, that does not prevent asubstantialquantityof grassland being improved this year.
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He also brought in asubstantialquantityof hand-rolling tobacco.
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They own asubstantialquantityof their household goods under that procedure.
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I receive asubstantialquantityof correspondence concerning national speed limits and their enforcement.
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In addition, asubstantialquantity—certainly over 250,000 feet—of shorter films will have been completed.
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Does asubstantialquantitymean 1,000 tons of coal or more?
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We had a verysubstantialquantityof grass seed available for that market.
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It also exports asubstantialquantityto other countries.
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Asubstantialquantityof armaments in a number of dumps was inspected by the two international inspectors.
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We are, for example, importing asubstantialquantityof the motor vehicles which are used in our country.
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I am arranging for them to receive asubstantialquantityof surplus parachute cloths in the near future.
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Asubstantialquantityof sardines was recently released and will be in the shops during the present rationing period.
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I would point out that they are responsible for the production of a verysubstantialquantityof dried grass.
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I am advised that it would not be possible to provide insubstantialquantitya satisfactory overcoat of 24 oz.
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As the result of further purchases asubstantialquantityhas been released for the current rationing period.
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It could be argued that "asubstantialquantityof smoke"does not mean -anything very different from the word"undue".
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Out of that £1,200 million asubstantialquantitywill go in equipment for the railways; probably most of it.
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