excessive dependence

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessiveanddependence

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excessive
adjective
uk
/ekˈses.ɪv/us
/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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dependence
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈpen.dəns/us
/dɪˈpen.dəns/
the situation in which you need something or someone all the time, especially in order to continue existing ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveanddependencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He observed that children with this syndrome exhibitedexcessivedependenceon the presence of a primary object to maintain stable functioning.
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It is perhaps due to their restricted use, ephemeral quality andexcessivedependenceon extralinguistic factors that initialisms have seldom been subject to elaborate treatments.
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It avoidedexcessivedependenceon foreign finance and technology, and tried to make the best use of existing capital and technology.
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One important aim— and a basic aim—is to diversify the economy and correct anexcessivedependenceon one main industry, namely, rubber.
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It has anexcessivedependenceon promises and names on the notepaper and relates little to whether the goods can be delivered.
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Fresh start was introduced because ofexcessivedependenceon overtime.
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Anexcessivedependenceon probationers and raw recruits in the front line of the police service is unsatisfactory in itself.
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We want, for one thing, to correctexcessivedependenceon a single industry.
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The main source of difficulty is, of course, anexcessivedependenceon coal mining for male employment.
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I wanted to get away from theexcessivedependenceof both political parties—the major political parties—on convential sources of support.
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Theexcessivedependenceof the low paid on means-tested benefits, which are withdrawn as income rises, is the reason for this.
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We must try, if we can, to offset theexcessivedependenceon imported oil.
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Educationally important activities are being curtailed, and there is anexcessivedependenceon business sponsorship and parents for the basic essentials.
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The aim was to free their economies fromexcessivedependenceon oil, because that would mean a substantial increase in the use of coal.
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There is stillexcessivedependenceon a few basic industries, notably coal, iron and steel, and tinplate.
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The main reason for the conference was to free economies fromexcessivedependenceon oil.
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This inability to tax has led to anexcessivedependenceon the increase in the borrowing requirement.
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It goes on to point out that wages are subsidised because of theexcessivedependenceon means-tested benefits such as family income supplement.
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It was theexcessivedependenceon local authorities as the monopoly provider of subsidised housing which led directly to the dreadful conditions still found on many council estates today.
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All the arguments speak in favour of biofuels: abandoningexcessivedependence, greater benefits for the environment, and an increase in the sources of income available to rural firms.
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