unprecedented scale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunprecedentedandscale
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unprecedented
adjective
uk/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/
never having happened or existed in ...
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scale
noun
uk/skeɪl/us/skeɪl/
a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level ...
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He gives us the important issues on anunprecedentedscale: what is the relation between the histories of performance, notation and composition?
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This fact is linked to the diversification of its export products on anunprecedentedscale.
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Early in the nineteenth century lithography began reproducing visual images on anunprecedentedscale.
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In a period when both urban populations and urban culture were growing and changing on anunprecedentedscale, the response of townspeople seems to have been overwhelmingly positive.
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However, when state capacity to suppress the potential for conflict crumbled, interethnic conflicts resurfaced at anunprecedentedscalewith devastating results, both in terms of human life and physical costs.
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The second part of the book examines the years 1790 -1880, a period characterized by theunprecedentedscaleon which a bourgeois ideology of domesticity was propagated.
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We will engage directly with the general public throughout the process on anunprecedentedscale.
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It is a human tragedy on anunprecedentedscale—an earthquake of the highest recorded magnitude in the past 50 years.
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We are dealing with greed and avarice on anunprecedentedscale, far beyond the comprehension of most of us.
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We see that, for example, in the deliberate diminishment of local government and in the creation of ministerially dominated quangos on anunprecedentedscale.
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This is a new contract for education—an investment on anunprecedentedscaleto deliver a step change in education standards nationwide.
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Fortunately, such attempts proved unsuccessful, although they did lead to unspeakable suffering and to tragedy on anunprecedentedscale.
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This is a challenge for everybody that requires a process of economic and social reform on anunprecedentedscale.
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There has been looting on perhaps anunprecedentedscale.
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I warmly welcome this contribution, which is of anunprecedentedscale.
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What is certain, however, is that the past year has been one of wasted opportunities on an almostunprecedentedscale.
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From all sides there is this danger of massive blood and fire on anunprecedentedscale.
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The 237 days of public inquiry into the plan have already provided an opportunity for public participation on anunprecedentedscale.
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The measures which have been taken so far this year to stimulate investment and growth in the economy have been on a totallyunprecedentedscale.
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This is probably occurring on anunprecedentedscale.
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