enormous subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandsubsidy

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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subsidy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/us
/ˈsʌb.sə.di/
money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it ...
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I do not think you have a chance now of asking the country to give anenormoussubsidyto encourage corn-growing in this country.
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Against thisenormoussubsidy, there are no potatoes.
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As to fatstock, we have anenormoussubsidyof nearly £86 million.
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It is not asking for anenormoussubsidyfrom the taxpayer.
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On my calculations, milk alone will cost £310 million, anenormoussubsidy, compared to our arrangements for limited subsidies.
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But it could not do so without anenormoussubsidybecause the costs of production are so high in those countries.
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It is not subject to any public control—although it receives thisenormoussubsidy—but it is subject to control.
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If this service is provided free, it must amount to anenormoussubsidygiven to all aircraft and shipping.
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There is anenormoussubsidyon linseed.
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Indeed, it is not a rating relief bill for industry; it is the provision of anenormoussubsidyfor the owners of raw material in this country.
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How can we export the goods that we produce, particularly cereals, without enormous subsidies having to be given to the grower against the world price?
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He must know that over a course of years we have just chucked money away in enormous subsidies.
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But if there were enormous subsidies paid during the war to get wheat grown, look at the position just before the outbreak of war.
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This is not a wild ridiculous cry for enormous subsidies.
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I feel as strongly about that as about the provision of enormous subsidies to the nationalised industries.
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That was achieved by the use of enormous subsidies paid to the nuclear industry over a long time.
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Then we say that we must put cash limits on the nationalised industries, cut down on their enormous subsidies and show some control and accountability.
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The industry has had enormous subsidies to the tune of £20 billion over the years.
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I intend to press for a reversal of this trend where enormous subsidies are made to private transport.
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If there are such enormous subsidies for shipbuilding, why cannot there be subsidies for ship operators as well?
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