commercial exploitation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommercialandexploitation
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commercial
adjective
uk/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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exploitation
noun[U]
uk/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.splɔɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
the use of something in order to get an advantage ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandexploitationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Indeed, the fight was on between those activists within the scene and the forces of both law andcommercialexploitation.
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They not only lend themselves to scientific research but in particular to a cultural tourist opening up, to meet recreation demands and forcommercialexploitation.
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In fact,commercialexploitationhas continued to guide the policy framework.
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It was also entirely self-referential, based on the apparent efficacy of western values throughcommercialexploitation.
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Serious problems have been caused bycommercialexploitationof some sites.
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The map itself, traversed by rivers and peppered with icons representing grain, cattle, or spices, offers a harvest of possibility for imperial andcommercialexploitation.
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For thecommercialexploitationof the forest, conditions were usually less demanding.
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The second wave of globalization, development, completed the process of the enclosure of the forests and their reservation by the state for plannedcommercialexploitation.
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As a result, most of the wetlands have been indiscreetly destroyed for the purpose of regional development andcommercialexploitation.
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The two main causes of deforestation are land clearance for agriculture andcommercialexploitationof forests for logs, lumber, fuel (including charcoal), and pulpwood.
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The radical substance of the sound of techno had been forgotten in both the pressure to flee from the forces of law and the forces ofcommercialexploitation.
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Nonetheless, the introduction of more severe requirements could not but favour the 'real' inventors, discouraging those who were only interested in the exclusivelycommercialexploitationof the patent.
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Chac had no known tangible, controllable, or movable resources forcommercialexploitation.
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Petty trading and diverse small-scalecommercialexploitationof local resources combined with evidently increased levels of ceremonial exchange provide sustenance but not prosperity to contemporary residents.
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Thecommercialexploitationof scientific research is fundamental to a prosperous knowledge-driven economy.
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Four of those wells had gas shows, but these were not sufficient quantities forcommercialexploitation.
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The new clause would link environmental protection measures to the process ofcommercialexploitationof aggregates, and tie them to the location of the quarrying.
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Clause 35(2) exposes the issue beautifully and, under it, we must ask whencommercialexploitationhas occurred—and "when" is the all important issue.
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Subsection (3)(c) states that it iscommercialexploitationif the exploitation "does not consist in or require its removal to a registered site".
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