conventional sources

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conventional
adjective
uk
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us
/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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(Definition ofconventionalandsourcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Indeed, unlike conventional sources, which require long exposure times to give high irradiation doses, such sources allow a very fast deposition of high doses.
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To make the laser-based source advantageous over synchrotrons or conventional sources, some way to enhance the characteristic line emission over the bremsstrahlung continuum would have to be found.
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Because energy has become the most strategic of commodities, the debates on complete replacing conventional sources may be popular but are very irresponsible.
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What is more, we have recently seen a marked rise in the price of gas obtained from conventional sources.
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The conventional sources are taken to be coal, oil, gas and nuclear energy, and nothing could be more conventional than coal.
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It will make loans of between £2,000 and £40,000 to community enterprises and voluntary organisations unable to access finance from conventional sources.
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Renewable energy sources are important, though they cannot replace conventional sources.
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Conventional sources of energy can be complemented by further improvements in energy conservation.
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At present biofuels such as biodiesel cost about three times as much to produce as fuels from conventional sources.
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One cannot have a flexible response, using very large conventional sources, without spending a great deal of money on it.
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That must make a valuable contribution to saving conventional sources of energy.
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I will now turn to the second part of the report: the challenges associated with conventional sources of energy.
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The only question is when this will become economically competitive with fresh water from the conventional sources.
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By and large, alternative sources of energy are being used as the less conventional sources of energy.
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Commissioning of the station has been delayed by more than three years, and as a result electricity has had to he supplied to the smelter from more expensive conventional sources.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the contradiction between the necessity of conventional sources and the risks associated with them must, however, be resolved.
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On present estimates atomic energy, far from displacing conventional sources of energy, will be required urgently to come to their aid in order to share the burden of ever-increasing requirements.
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