whaling industry

collocation in English

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whaling
noun[U]
uk
/ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/us
/ˈweɪ.lɪŋ/
the activity of ...
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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofwhalingandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Recent research has focused more on social, ecological, environmental, and 'moral' sides of thewhalingindustry.
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Traditional sources of waxes include thewhalingindustry, because a substantial portion of whale fat is composed of wax.
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Formerly, our men were concerned largely in thewhalingindustry.
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What has happened in thewhalingindustryis a disgrace.
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That conference agreed upon certain further measures for curtailing the activities of thewhalingindustry, and we hope that they may go a long way towards protecting the stock.
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In fact, they would be very much hurt if thewhalingindustrywere interfered with in those waters.
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In the last century, when thewhalingindustrywas at the height of its prosperity, nobody ever foresaw that one day this beast would be virtually extinct.
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Four years later the city'swhalingindustryhad surpassed the island's in barrels produced.
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Between 1973 and 1974 alone, the poorly regulatedwhalingindustryhad succeeded in harvesting 30,000 whales.
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Zaandam is also historically linked with thewhalingindustry.
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From colonisation thewhalingindustryenjoyed 70 years of commercial success, until petroleum superseded whale oil.
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The need of the local jute industry for whale oil also supported a largewhalingindustry.
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He later founded a whaling company and was a pioneer of thewhalingindustry.
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He was involved in thewhalingindustryas chairman of several companies.
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It is now one of the primary targets of thewhalingindustry.
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An abortive attempt was made to set up awhalingindustryin 1830 (also in 1875).
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As such, they were hunted nearly to extinction during the active years of thewhalingindustry.
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With the end of thewhalingindustry, the stations were abandoned.
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The pair stayed at a youth hostel and began covertly investigating the localwhalingindustry.
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