excessive growth

collocation in English

meaningsofexcessiveandgrowth

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excessive
adjective
uk
/ekˈses.ɪv/us
/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveandgrowthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The problem is not one ofexcessivegrowth.
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We also suffered from anexcessivegrowthof the money supply.
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There are fiscal powers and other means to prevent anexcessivegrowthin dividends.
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To counteract this surge, it has been considered essential, on occasion, to overfund and so prevent anexcessivegrowthin the broad monetary aggregates.
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But, whatever the reasons, it would obviously be too simple-minded to attribute a major share of responsibility directly to theexcessivegrowthof personal consumption.
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In order to avoid anexcessivegrowthof computation time as the calculation proceeds, an amalgamation process was introduced.
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The combination of both effects can lead toexcessivegrowthin the distribution system.
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On the one hand, it was a problem of production in agriculture and industry, and on the other, a problem of 'excessivegrowthof population'.
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Evidence of poor growth requires modification of the exercise regimen and evidence ofexcessivegrowthsuggests inadequate glucose homeostasis.
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The present deficit has been caused byexcessivegrowthin domestic demand in relation to domestic industrial capacity.
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That would directly counteract theexcessivegrowthin money supply and would be a heavy penalty on the country in question.
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Those problems generally stem fromexcessivegrowthof algae.
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These reductions have been consistent with financing the public sector borrowing requirement withoutexcessivegrowthof the money supply.
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Internal auditing should not be weakened by rightful concern about anexcessivegrowthin staff.
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They are the imbalance between expenditure and revenue, theexcessivegrowthof agricultural expenditure, the burden of the past, budget management, and fraud.
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The present deficit has been caused mainly byexcessivegrowthin domestic demand in relation to domestic industrial capacity.
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Excessivegrowthleads to increased demand not merely for food, but for water and arable land.
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Any bureaucracy has to be constantly watched for signs of exuberance andexcessivegrowth.
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But it will certainly check theexcessivegrowthrate which has persisted since the end of 1976.
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They will also introduce other credit controls to limit theexcessivegrowthof consumer indebtedness.
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