monumental proportions

collocation in English

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monumental
adjective
uk
/ˌmɒn.jəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌmɑːn.jəˈmen.t̬əl/
very ...
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proportion
noun
uk
/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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That is a tragedy of monumental proportions.
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In 1981 and 1982, he created two sculptures of monumental proportions.
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In spite of its monumental proportions, it was once considered for demolition for not being large enough to accommodate the growing county.
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Some station buildings are of monumental proportions and styles.
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Ship settings are of varying sizes, some of monumental proportions.
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The fragility of acid paper has created both a disaster and an opportunity of monumental proportions.
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There were strikes of monumental proportions almost every other week, which were extremely destructive of our economy.
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Everyone realises that we are on the threshold of constitutional changes of monumental proportions.
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The black economy would rise to monumental proportions.
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If we do not do so, we should court disaster of monumental proportions.
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Business failures over the past two years have been of monumental proportions.
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That was an own goal of monumental proportions in terms of the crisis that it created.
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I do not think that it is good enough to let this one pass by so readily, for this is an error of monumental proportions.
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This was a natural disaster of monumental proportions.
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Those were debts which suddenly assumed monumental proportions.
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This is a crisis of monumental proportions.
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It is not so much in terms of money—that is not quite assessable—but in terms of lost time and bad temper that it is now reaching monumental proportions.
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It is a task of monumental proportions.
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The matter is urgent, because unless there is a rapid, realistic and humane response from other nations, there could be a death toll of monumental proportions.
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That is a change of monumental proportions.
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