wholesale change

collocation in English

meaningsofwholesaleandchange

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wholesale
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈhəʊl.seɪl/us
/ˈhoʊl.seɪl/
of or for the selling of goods in large amounts at low prices to shops and businesses, rather than the selling of goods in shops ...
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change
noun
uk
/tʃeɪndʒ/us
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofwholesaleandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Meaningful recovery, however, would only be possible in the wake of awholesalechangein the system of education.
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Leaders must decide whether to concentrate on a few agenda items or press forwholesalechange.
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Our approach starts with some basic principles and then suggests alternative methods of achieving flexibility that allow anything fromwholesalechangedown to quite discreet, but potentially extremely useful alterations.
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It would be foolish of me to suggest that we can suddenly produce awholesalechangein the system at the point of changeover.
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Even the common thyroid gland deficiency and the operation can result in awholesalechangeof personality.
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Awholesalechangein financing of this kind would have had a major effect on relative yields.
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If we make awholesalechange, we will not have to make awholesalechangevery quickly thereafter.
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Changes have been made in particular rent books, but there has not been awholesalechange.
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There is little recruitment for training, justwholesalechange.
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The answer is notwholesalechangebut targeted reform.
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I do not think that there is any doubt at all that this is awholesalechangein our approach.
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The fault was the system, which needed improvement—improvement rather thanwholesalechange.
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I am sure that there would be strong administrative reasons against awholesalechangeof this sort.
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I do not envisage anywholesalechangein boundaries as a result of what is proposed.
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I take it, therefore, that he has in mind only some marginal adjustment to the new regime, rather thanwholesalechange.
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It would evaluate existing measures and schemes and suggest improvements orwholesalechange.
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By its very name and nature, conservatism is againstwholesalechange.
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My experience over the years suggests that the worst possible move when faced with an anomaly is to go in forwholesalechangeof absolutely everything.
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I welcome that, because, as he knows, there are some people who approach the subject of local government and regional organisation by demanding immediate andwholesalechange.
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