ample margin

collocation in English

meaningsofampleandmargin

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ample
adjective
uk
/ˈæm.pəl/us
/ˈæm.pəl/
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margin
noun
uk
/ˈmɑː.dʒɪn/us
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/
the amount by which one thing is different ...
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(Definition ofampleandmarginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofample margin

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In spite of all this we have anamplemargin.
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There is anamplemarginthere for the curer still to pay the present contract price.
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There isamplemarginbetween the seven-pence and the ls.
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I think a veryamplemarginhas been allowed by the actuaries in their estimates.
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Last year, even though the gallonage of milk fell, we had anamplemargin.
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That points the need for anamplemarginto meet contingencies and any major shortfall.
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To me it seems simply madness that we should leave ourselves without anamplemarginof security.
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On the great, large loans of foreign countries which are negotiated here there is anamplemarginto bear the additional stamp.
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This should provide anamplemarginfor any contingencies.
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The figures of the recent military census show anamplemarginover and above the maximum requirements.
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No doubt when that limit was fixed it allowed anamplemarginfor meeting all the necessities of the town.
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It does not do to rely less or more upon nicely calculated numbers, and we must have anamplemarginof safety.
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I do not believe 70,000 men would ever get through at all, but you must have in these matters anamplemarginof safety.
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There is a fairlyamplemarginfor the ships in that.
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The contribution therefore containsamplemarginto cover any ordinary variation.
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Let us allow anamplemarginfor the increase in prices since 1937 owing to the war, and let us make the sum into the round figure of £800,000,000.
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Surely an extra sum of £50,000,000 of money, which the local authorities will receive during the first seven years, will afford anamplemarginfor the extension of such services?
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He not only allowed a sufficient sum, but he so drew the scheme that he thought that the societies which administered their funds wisely would have anamplemargin.
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There is anamplemarginthere.
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The total cost, including the cost of bullion, was approximately 450, which was covered with anamplemarginby the payments made by the recipients of the issue.
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