sufficient magnitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsufficientandmagnitude
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sufficient
adjective
uk/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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magnitude
noun[U]
uk/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈmæɡ.nə.tuːd/
the large size or importance ...
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(Definition ofsufficientandmagnitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each item is worded to reflect a change ofsufficientmagnitudeto require some adjustments in the regular pattern of interaction of family members.
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These differences are constant and ofsufficientmagnitudeto warrant the recognition of two species.
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Although important, these issues did not seem ofsufficientmagnitudeto justify complicating the model through inclusion.
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These costs are ofsufficientmagnitudethat it is evident that their economic impact is commensurable with the burden of taxation.
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In most categories differences in categories of timed events between treatments were not remarkable- rarely ofsufficientmagnitudeto explain the observed results.
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It is unlikely that either was ofsufficientmagnitudeto alter our findings.
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Given this stressor ofsufficientmagnitudeand, by definition, emotional intensity, a cascade of psychological and neurobiological events are set in motion.
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Contamination by heavy metals is evident throughout the station but not at levels ofsufficientmagnitude to infer a significant potential toxic impact on local ecosystems.
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If either of these externalities is ofsufficientmagnitude, then this justifies a role for a public bureaucracy whose investigative agents distribute carrots and sticks to induce desired behaviour.
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Heat is a teratogen, and any temperature increase from the absorption of ultrasound can disturb subsequent development, if ofsufficientmagnitudeand maintained for sufficiently long.
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All of them, however, are ofsufficientmagnitudeto call for action.
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Its financial viability obviously depends on securing waste contracts ofsufficientmagnitudeto run the plant efficiently.
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The problem is ofsufficientmagnitudefor it to be necessary for us to accept both.
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The referendum, on the other hand, does provide a means of appealing to the electorate in an emergency on any single issue ofsufficientmagnitude.
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They are very real indeed and ofsufficientmagnitudeto justify some special effort being made within the trade union movement to see if they can be avoided.
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Near the boundary there are likely more than one effect that are ofsufficientmagnitudeto affect the deformation and possible failure of the material.
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