expanding sector
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpandandsector
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expand
verb[I or T]
uk/ɪkˈspænd/us/ɪkˈspænd/
to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofexpandandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the same way, in this decade the training colleges are already the fastestexpandingsectorof higher education.
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Anexpandingsectorof great profit, which is giving a tremendous and increasing amount of work to many people, needs more and more cash.
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As a union it is operating, as few other unions now operate, within anexpandingsectorof the economy.
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This is a very rapidlyexpandingsectorof world trade, and we must secure our share in it.
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We must view the matter in perspective, but of course we cannot ignore what is a big andexpandingsector.
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There is no doubt in my mind that thisexpandingsectorhas an essential role to play.
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That is anexpandingsectorof the economy that will be increasingly important in the years ahead.
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This commuter or executive aircraft is entering a competitive and rapidlyexpandingsectorof the market.
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Cambridgeshire now has 27,000 high-tech jobs, and it is a rapidlyexpandingsector.
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Telecommunications and media are not crisis-ridden industries; they are anexpandingsector.
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Jobs are threatened in a thriving and potentiallyexpandingsectorof our industry because we are stuck with an imaginary need to protect another corner of our industry—the textiles corner.
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Tourism is anexpandingsector; more than 70,000 tourists visited the islands in 1996.
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Tourism has been a rapidlyexpandingsectorof the town's economy, with a caravan park and numerous beach side shacks established.
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Value addition is anexpandingsectorin the food processing industry, especially in export markets.
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