commercial venture

collocation in English

meaningsofcommercialandventure

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commercial
adjective
uk
/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us
/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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venture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈven.tʃər/us
/ˈven.tʃɚ/
a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandventurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, if less environmentally destructive alternative economic activities are commercially viable, why is international funding needed in order to launch acommercialventure?
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Is it true that one, or perhaps two, could put forward acommercialventurenow?
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Commercial television is acommercialventureor it is nothing.
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I do not think it is acommercialventure.
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It has borrowing limits and it is expected to operate increasingly as acommercialventure.
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It is, from their point of view, acommercialventure.
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Only by individual effort can anycommercialventurehope to succeed.
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We limited the regulations to undertakings in the nature of acommercialventure.
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Two years later thiscommercialventurewas abolished.
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For instance, is the ordnance survey outfit acommercialventure?
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Take any greatcommercialventure—for instance, a great railway.
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What we really want is acommercialventure.
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Quite frankly, it is work which we cannot provide as acommercialventure.
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First, the elected members of the boards have themselves a deep personal interest in the success of thecommercialventure.
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As acommercialventurewith potential benefits for all producers, the board of the animal data centre should continue to look to the users for funds.
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I agree that if the printers were really innocent of any intention to incite, and only printed the paper as acommercialventure, the matter requires consideration.
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The money will have no useful effect if it is put into anothercommercialventurethat is not connectd with fishing.
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If we talk about an industry being acommercialventure, we must consider the consequences of what that means.
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Of necessity, because it will be acommercialventure, it will become a high-priced, high-admission-charge facility, which will prevent students from making much use of it.
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They take out the leasehold entirely as acommercialventurefor the benefit of their business and clients.
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