substantial decrease
collocation in Englishmeanings of substantial and decrease
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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
(Definition of substantial and decrease from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of substantial decrease
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Full-sib mating also results in a substantial decrease in fitness (inbreeding depression), and thus a high risk of extinction of the population.
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A substantial decrease in the water level in a lotus pot can quickly cause drying of interveinal tissues in tall standing leaves.
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It has been shown that par ticipants with normal vision who endeavor to fixate on a peripheral target exhibit a substantial decrease in fixation stability.
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Note the substantial decrease in response amplitude of single-unit activity at the center alone.
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This interpretation is supported by the substantial decrease in membrane surface area known to occur in the gel to liquid crystalline phase transition.
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This leads to a substantial decrease in genetic variation of this trait.
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A substantial decrease in concession life therefore does not require implausibly large area fees.
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With long periods and intermediate or large amplitudes, a substantial decrease in the average variance is observed.
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Most of the pea mutants which show no amylose, however, also show a substantial decrease in starch.
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Where anodes were in upwellings, and allowed more than a single node to be made visible, there is evidence of a substantial decrease in the scale of the convective plumes.
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Decreasing the pressure causes instability of electron extraction and a substantial decrease in diode current, giving rise to high-frequency current oscillations during the pulse rise time.
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Learning effects explained 42 percent of the variance between centers (which was 88 percent of the total variance) and were associated with a substantial decrease in treatment costs.
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I have every hope that there will be a substantial decrease in the debt in the financial year 1920–21.
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When these two influences have ceased to operate, there should be a substantial decrease in numbers.
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If we can abolish, for example, bread rationing and the rationing of other staple foods, of course, we can make a most substantial decrease.
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said when you want to say something good about yourself, but do not want to seem to think you are too important
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