continuing expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandexpansion

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The same sort of process governed thecontinuingexpansionof the city in subsequent periods: types gradually evolving, becoming established and proliferating.
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We are already seeing a welcome andcontinuingexpansionof the beef herd spreading through all areas of the country.
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In response to the demand from young people there has been a substantial andcontinuingexpansionof facilities for voluntary community service.
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It can only be achieved if employers arrange their training budget for the next few years on the basis of wide andcontinuingexpansion.
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We shall have a further expansion programme for 1963 and 1964 and acontinuingexpansionprogramme beyond that.
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It lies incontinuingexpansion, and it lies in continuing investment.
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These are the problems which face us as a nation internally incontinuingexpansion.
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The past year has seencontinuingexpansionof investments in industrial spheres.
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But with that enormous expansion of air traffic there must inevitably be in the course of time acontinuingexpansionof the aircraft industry.
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The reserve forces make anessential contribution to our defence effort and acontinuingexpansionis in hand.
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Current planning already envisages acontinuingexpansionof our reserve forces for home defence tasks.
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We welcome thecontinuingexpansionof student numbers which, promoted by our policies, is spreading the benefits of higher education ever more widely.
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I look forward to thecontinuingexpansionof air services there.
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The prospects are ofcontinuingexpansionof world trade, although possibly at a slower rate.
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We shall be able to determine then what needs to be done to ensure the future prosperity andcontinuingexpansionof the farming industry.
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The other threat tocontinuingexpansionobviously comes from the danger of a serious deterioration in the balance of payments.
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Secondly, the calf subsidy is an additional incentive to the expansion of the beef breeding herd, which is showing a small butcontinuingexpansion.
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There has beencontinuingexpansionsince and to-day there are 150 clubs all over the country with well over 5,000 members.
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Continuingexpansionled to record exports of over £261.
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For the most part they consolidate existing provisions; but they make certain changes in line with thecontinuingexpansionof the attendance centre system.
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