substantial reserve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandreserve
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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reserve
noun
uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us/rɪˈzɝːv/
the habit of not showing your feelings ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandreservefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Based on the empirical evidence, asubstantialreservecushion could moderate this conservative investment bias by raising risk-bearing capacity.
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It involved the maintenance of asubstantialreserveof fertility in the soil of our country.
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Everybody will understand that a fund of this kind must have asubstantialreserve.
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The question of managing asubstantialreservestockpile does not, therefore, arise.
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There is asubstantialreserve, which the public should know about.
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In the spring of last year my predecessor decided to create asubstantialreserveof machinery.
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We also had asubstantialreservein years two and three.
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I cannot see that we can do other than havesubstantialreserveforces.
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In addition, we have what are in fact really quitesubstantialreserveforces.
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There is also asubstantialreserveof plant and machine tools that are peculiar to aircraft manufacture.
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Asubstantialreserveof unplanted land is required to maintain an orderly forestry programme of this magnitude.
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I think it is important that this country should have asubstantialreserveof forestry and a substantial acreage planted.
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In certain circumstances, which we trust will never occur, this industry will provide an important andsubstantialreserveof food.
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I am sure that there are sound operational reasons for maintaining asubstantialreserveof hospital capacity there, particularly during the period of "confrontation".
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What is needed immediately is asubstantialreservefund available to the trustees which they can call upon whenever a purchase has to be made.
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It is for that reason that it is essential, in my judgment, that this new company should at the outset have asubstantialreservefund.
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It would also be a source ofsubstantialreservemanpower carrying on into the future in case we should need it.
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It is essential thatsubstantialreservestocks should be set aside by merchants for winter supply to those who have no stocking facilities.
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But it never built up asubstantialreservefundpreferring to return most of its annual profits to shareholders as dividends.
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We do not appear to recognise that the strength that has enabled us to go through two wars was that we accumulated by savings a considerable andsubstantialreserve.
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If the worst comes to the worst, and we are again involved in war, it is absolutely vital that we should start withsubstantialreservestocks of essential raw materials.
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