textile factory

collocation in English

meaningsoftextileandfactory

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textile
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtek.staɪl/us
/ˈtek.staɪl/
a cloth made by hand ...
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factory
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made ...
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(Definition oftextileandfactoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Though a caricature, it is useful to distinguish between factory paternalism of the earlytextilefactory masters and the so-called 'new paternalism' associated with the period 1850 + 74.
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John had seen in an old engraving the horrific conditions of thetextilefactoryworkers at the heavy looms, and wanted to recreate that on the lower stage.
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I recently came across an example of that in one of my factories—atextilefactorywhich has for some time been extremely busy.
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In my constituency a manual worker might come out of atextilefactorywith £40 or £50 a week.
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Can we be told whattextilefactorydid make them and under whose direction and ownership that factory is?
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I commenced work at 10 years of age in atextilefactory.
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One part of the television programme showed a hugetextilefactorystanding idle.
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Broadly speaking, you may say that thetextilefactoryusually is a much bigger unit.
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It, too, is atextilefactory, but it is not a low-skill operation—it is high tech and high skill and relies on new polymer technology.
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No private-sector coal mine ortextilefactorywould stay open indefinitely on a break-even basis.
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We could not expect to remain thetextilefactoryof the world.
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I am aware that onetextilefactoryhas closed and that another is expected to close.
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It is so easy now to set up atextilefactory.
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In atextilefactorythey may work 55½ hours a week, exclusive of meal times, and in busy times such hours are far from being unknown.
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There is the case of workers in atextilefactorywho present themselves for work, and ten minutes after the normal start a breakdown occurs in the machinery.
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This is a very serious subject, as can be seen by anyone who goes into atextilefactorywhich has received a delivery of wool that is affected by tar.
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It is extraordinary to think that the minimum age of eight for a child to go to atextilefactorystood as the law for at least 30 years.
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It would not help us a great deal if we were to have atextilefactory, for instance, whose demands would be largely for female labour.
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