average intake

collocation in English

meaningsofaverageandintake

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average
adjective
uk
/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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intake
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.teɪk/us
/ˈɪn.teɪk/
an act of taking in something, ...
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(Definition ofaverageandintakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How far the presentaverageintakeis producing undesirable effects is still very debatable.
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Theaverageintakeis very low and in 1991 had further decreased to about half that found in 1988.
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Unfortunately, the indications are that recruiting figures like these, which are appreciably higher than the pre-waraverageintake, are unlikely to come of themselves.
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Theaverageintakewill be almost doubled from 16.
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The estimations ofaverageintakebased on these results are either 30–40µg/day or 50–60µg/day, depending on the method of analysis used.
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Theaverageintakeover the past three years has been about 185.
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Theaverageintakeof nutrients for all groups surveyed is above the appropriate dietary reference value.
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I have been informed that over the years theaverageintakewas about 200.
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I said theaverageintakeof the people who have to feed at home.
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Before the expansion theaverageintakeof airmen was about 1,000 a year.
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Theaverageintakehas been 2,500 a year, but the programme has been enlarged in recent months, and a minimum target of 10,000 immigrants per annum has been set.
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The facts are that in the last two years we have recruited and retained over 3,000 men, whereas theaverageintakeduring the six years before the war was 860.
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The conclusion of that research was that in most cases theaverageintakeof vitamins was close to the recommended daily allowance, although for a minority the intake was low.
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Averageintakeper day was 2,084 calories and 77.9 grams of protein in the late 1980s.
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By the 1870s, hospitals had more than trebled their originalaverageintakeof 3,000 patients.
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Studies on a number of different populations have found that theaverageintakeof choline was below the adequate intake.
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Heraverageintakeis eight pills a day, though.
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For effects on fertility, the level is 2,000 times higher than theaverageintake.
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By the 1870s, hospitals had more than trebled their originalaverageintakeof 3,00 patients.
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Theaverageintakeof calcium chloride as food additives has been estimated to be 160345 mg/day for individuals.
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