valuable material

collocation in English

meaningsofvaluableandmaterial

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valuable
adjective
uk
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/us
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/
worth a lot ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofvaluableandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvaluable material

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The book is undoubtedly successful and brings together muchvaluablematerialfrom sources not readily accessible to the non-specialist.
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Several constituencies of historians will findvaluablematerialhere.
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The topics range widely within the somewhat restricted context indicated earlier, and there is muchvaluablematerialhere.
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There is veryvaluablematerialhere because of the remarkable quantity of sub-surface data available, reflecting the maturity of hydrocarbon exploration in these areas.
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However, for the reader who perseveres or who has previous acquaintance with advanced formal logic, there is clearly a great deal ofvaluablematerialhere.
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I am quite sure that in the hands of a percussion teacher these materials offervaluablematerial.
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Clearly there isvaluablematerialhere for a biographical study.
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Hisvaluablematerialis at times difficult to interpret due to variable interpunctuation and structural vagueness.
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Moreover,valuablematerialcan be gleaned from secondary analyses of existing data sets.
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Without contribution of scavenging, thisvaluablematerialwould be lost in landfills and dumpsites.
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Sawyer's survey and catalogue aim to offer thisvaluablematerialto a wider audience.
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Defective seed preservation methods have been, by far, the main cause of massive losses ofvaluablematerial, and thus of genetic erosion.
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Those concerned must recognise that here isvaluablematerialwhich must be brought into the force as soon as possible.
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This business uses an expensive andvaluablematerial.
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I cannot but think it should be possible to ship more of thisvaluablematerial.
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Muchvaluablematerialis now simply thrown away by zoos.
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They can no longer expect to operate on that information and on thevaluablematerialobtained from outside.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is muchvaluablematerial, and not only in the monetary sense.
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He has given us a lot of very useful andvaluablematerialto-day, and has clarified a number of matters, not merely relating to banking.
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