enormous volume

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandvolume

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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volume
noun
uk
/ˈvɒl.juːm/us
/ˈvɑːl.juːm/
the amount of space that is contained within an object or ...
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(Definition ofenormousandvolumefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is not our intention to review theenormousvolumeof debate on the issue of the moral status of the embryo.
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There has been anenormousvolumeof correspondence about this matter.
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There is anenormousvolumeof propaganda in favour of electrification.
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One thus sees what anenormousvolumeof traffic is involved.
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Both sides have received and are receiving anenormousvolumeof foreign support.
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That means anenormousvolumeof incoming and outgoing traffic.
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There is anenormousvolumeof traffic, cars, buses, pedestrians and every sort of thing.
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As everyone has said, that represents anenormousvolumeof work.
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That position depends upon theenormousvolumeof our trade and commerce.
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Another source of energy of which there is anenormousvolumeis hydrogen.
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We have received anenormousvolumeof evidence from a large number of organisations.
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There is anenormousvolumeof traffic driving too fast, very often filling all three lanes.
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At present, so much support is being given to production that anenormousvolumeof certain articles is being produced, for which there is no market.
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However, despite all these measures and theenormousvolumeof increased taxation, the pressure on our resources is as great now as it has ever been.
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But the main reason for the increase in the cost of drugs is theenormousvolumeof rubbish which descends every morning on every general practitioner in this country.
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It is anenormousvolumeof electricity.
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A short acquaintance of some six weeks has impressed me with theenormousvolumeof the work and the minute attention given to details of expenditure.
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These great motor roads, on which only motor ears will be allowed, carrying goods inenormousvolume, will be lighted at night like the main streets of a town.
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Anenormousvolumeof traffic passes through the market each year, 1 million tons of fruit, vegetables and potatoes, worth about £65 million, and £12 million worth of flowers.
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Words are given precise and definite meanings of a technical sort, and to try to frame an entirely new code would involve anenormousvolumeof work.
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