excessive concentration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexcessiveandconcentration
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excessive
adjective
uk/ekˈses.ɪv/us/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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concentration
noun
uk/ˌkɒn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.sənˈtreɪ.ʃən/
the ability to think carefully about something you are doing and ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveandconcentrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this strategy impliesexcessiveconcentrationof risks in one asset class.
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I sometimes wonder ifexcessiveconcentrationon detail is not turning our brains spongy.
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Another factor has been theexcessiveconcentrationby managers on production, at the expense of marketing, financial control and industrial relations.
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There is a grosslyexcessiveconcentrationof remission at this end of the scale.
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The greatest danger to a democratic society isexcessiveconcentrationof power at the centre.
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That would help to preventexcessiveconcentrationin particular localities.
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He was responsible for theexcessiveconcentrationpolicy which brought the ships home.
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There is also such a thing asexcessiveconcentrationof economic power in the hands of one private group.
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The subsection is designed in particular to prevent excessive self-investment orexcessiveconcentrationof investment by a scheme.
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But there may be cases where a newspaper below the threshold proposes a particular acquisition which might be thought to implyexcessiveconcentration.
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Because of its immense political and cultural significance, anyexcessiveconcentrationof media power is of political as well as economic concern.
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Plural ownership—that is, ensuring that there is notexcessiveconcentrationof ownership—is one of the means of safeguarding that diversity of view.
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We believe that overgenerous tax allowances have led to anexcessiveconcentrationon tax-efficient investment.
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We must consider each market sector and avoidexcessiveconcentration.
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The new offence depends solely upon having anexcessiveconcentrationof alcohol in the blood.
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One might take leave to doubt whether thisexcessiveconcentrationof funds is wholly desirable.
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Theexcessiveconcentrationof immigrants in certain urban areas creates insoluble problems for the local authorities concerned.
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This excellent analysis shows that theexcessiveconcentrationof powers and the bureaucratic labyrinth which this creates represent a very significant source of fraud and corruption.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Althoughexcessiveconcentrationand specialization lead to an increase in productivity, which are important in the short-term, they also lead to more fragile surroundings and more vulnerable populations.
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This may be anexcessiveconcentrationin a plan specifically meant to be for retirement security.
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