vast army

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandarmy

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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army
noun
uk
/ˈɑː.mi/us
/ˈɑːr.mi/
a particular country's ...
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(Definition ofvastandarmyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If one takes away responsibility, we are merely creating avastarmyof remittance men who, instead of going overseas, are staying in this country.
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That is an awful thing, that after four months of war we should still have thisvastarmyof unemployed workpeople.
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Also in our community we have far too many people chasing too few psychiatrists, avastarmyexisting on sedatives and tranquillisers.
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In this country we have avastarmyof men, women and families who, for one reason or another, are unable to maintain themselves.
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When we have such avastarmyof unemployed skilled people, who are desperately anxious to work, that is perverse indeed.
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Here we have thisvastarmyof unemployed; unequipped and unemployed.
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At any rate, if he takes some percentage away from thisvastarmyof unemployed, it is going to be a help.
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Almost everybody now is desirous of helping, and, if possible, finding relief for thevastarmyof unemployed workmen and workwomen in this country.
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This, of course, will require avastarmyof trained and expert social workers, and we do not have them.
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They are spending hundreds of millions of pounds of public money to maintain thevastarmyof the unemployed.
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Let us take the position of the housewives, thatvastarmyof the great unpaid.
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Next, we shall have to employ avastarmyof public officials to administer and police the entire scheme.
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My only reservation is that we should not think that avastarmywill go into battle against organised crime.
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If we really want to bring thevastarmyof the unemployed back to work, we must aim to increase the rate of economic growth.
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Quite clearly, there is avastarmyof youngsters who are leaving our secondary modern schools because of economic pressure.
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To deal with expense accounts one does not need avastarmyof snoopers nor to go primarily for the individual.
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They have, as he says, avastarmyof agents harassing the wives of the working men.
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I am sick and tired of seeing thevastarmyof men and women standing idle in the streets.
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There was much to be said for them during that cruel period when we had such avastarmyof unemployed.
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It does not take into account thevastarmyof women who experience—some continuously, others almost continuously—very acute pain.
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