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massive proportion

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meanings of massiveand proportion


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massive
adjective
uk /ˈmæs.ɪv/ us /ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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proportion
noun
uk /prəˈpɔː.ʃən/ us /prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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Examples of massive proportion


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Again, on the point of infrastructure, a country can devote a massiveproportion of its available capital to roads, transport and so on.
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It is the rate which applies to the massiveproportion of our population.
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Secondly, built into the public expenditure system is a massiveproportion of expenditure on public sector pay, allowances and pensions.
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That is a massiveproportion of a population of 58 million people.
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Their accountability, in the case of local authorities, to the providers of a massiveproportion of their income—namely industry, is precisely nil.
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Despite modern advances in dealing with acute illness, the massiveproportion of chronic disease today makes one worry that the human race may be losing its health for good.
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That is hardly a massiveproportion.
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This is a very complex genus with over 1300 taxa, but a massiveproportion of these are junior synonyms.
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However, the fear of crime among women is reaching massive proportions.
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The platform building sites on the seashore which were required are of massive proportions, as are the structures which they build.
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Here again we have problems of massive proportions, and all the countries of the developed world must respond.
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It is a massive problem and it needs a solution of massive proportions.
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Secondly, the problem is not only of massive proportions; by its very nature it requires international solutions.
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We have a report which has not been sufficiently technically researched and which would involve expenditure of, quite frankly, massive proportions.
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There has been a decline in manufacturing industry of massive proportions in the past 15 to 20 years.
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I observed a moment ago that the unit trust accumulations are now reaching massive proportions.
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We are dealing with a commercial enterprise of massive proportions.
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Items which a few years ago were insignificant have swollen to massive proportions.
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With our living standards, our history and our expertise, surely we cannot lessen our present contribution to a world problem of massive proportions.
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If so, it must be one of massive proportions.
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