considerable weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandweight
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Immigrant families receiveconsiderableweighthere with six separate entries.
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Both systems giveconsiderableweightto the results of case-control studies.
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In particular,considerableweightis given to the results of any analytical epidemiological investigation undertaken, which would usually mean a case-control study.
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The present findings addconsiderableweightto this view because they reveal potential mechanisms that underlie some of these effects.
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These cultural practices carriedconsiderableweightwhen authorities determined the punishment to be imposed, although this corresponded to longstanding legal doctrines and not merely cultural eccentricity.
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Throughout the reform cycle public disquiet was unabated as a consequence of a series of incidents which lentconsiderableweightto calls for independent oversight of complaints.
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He givesconsiderableweightto the potential influence of environmental interactions on the shaping of specific behaviours, and thereby to their increased occurrence in those with the syndrome.
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Faroqhi's social history of artistic production during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries addsconsiderableweightto this claim.
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Dietary control, however, is unpalatable and tiresome to the patient and his wife and is often associated withconsiderableweightloss.
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This work also examined theconsiderableweightof contemporary evidence which survives.
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Those words, falling from those lips, might have been calculated to bearconsiderableweight.
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It will be an influential body whose views will carryconsiderableweight.
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Considerableweightis given to the importance of non-departmental public bodies.
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That will carryconsiderableweightin our view on policy.
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It is a criticism which carriesconsiderableweight.
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It is worth givingconsiderableweightto that evidence.
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That is aconsiderableweightand adds up to a lot of money.
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This is obviously an important factor which addsconsiderableweightto the case for repeal.
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There are cases where a conviction for an offence carriesconsiderableweightin subsequent civil proceedings.
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