substantial revision

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandrevision

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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revision
noun
uk
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
a change that is made to something, or the process of ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandrevisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial revision

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Also, two anonymous readers of an earlier draft, who stimulated itssubstantialrevision.
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Some of the other pieces, however, could have benefited from moresubstantialrevisionthan they have received.
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The existence of a precise plan of pieces, however, did not preventsubstantialrevisionin the course of work.
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Some administrators and governors clearly opposed anysubstantialrevisionof the pre-war colonial regime.
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That produced a verysubstantialrevision.
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Harrison subjected most of his borrowed materials tosubstantialrevision.
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It is perfectly true that there have been calls in recent times for asubstantialrevisionof the licensing legislation.
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It refers to "substantialrevision" as a trigger.
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The world has changed and is now changing so fundamentally that consideration must be given urgently to thoughts of revision—and perhapssubstantialrevision—of the charter.
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I do not believe that there is any general agreement in the country that there should be asubstantialrevisionof the law.
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However, the details are under discussion and could be subject tosubstantialrevision.
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First estimates of invisibles are liable tosubstantialrevision, but the next forecast of the current account is due with the autumn statement.
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First estimates of invisibles are liable tosubstantialrevisionand in the past few years have nearly always been revised upwards.
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Clearly, most of the existing agreed syllabuses will needsubstantialrevisionif they are to be made suitable for that wider age range.
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I would like to see asubstantialrevisionof the current proposals and a delay pending a much more inclusive process.
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Before they can be acceptable, particularly in relation to the two important matters of access, this document will needsubstantialrevision.
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In some circumstances, changing just a few words might be taken as asubstantialrevision.
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The website is currently undergoingsubstantialrevision.
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In the impendingsubstantialrevisionof the directive can we not insert a demand, at long last, for the return of such treasures to the countries they belong to?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Some 450 amendments have been tabled, around 180 of those amendments have now been included in this document and so there has been asubstantialrevision.
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