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shvetsov2005
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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: sheer scale |
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"And the long-term winners in China, by virtue of sheer scale, will be able to build leading global positions."
Could you explain what does "by virtue of sheer scale" mean here?
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: Re: sheer scale |
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| shvetsov2005 wrote: |
"And the long-term winners in China, by virtue of sheer scale, will be able to build leading global positions."
Could you explain what does "by virtue of sheer scale" mean here?
Alexander. |
It means that any company that wins the right to operate in China, because of the huge size of the country and population, will be in a leading position in the world for that kind of industry. |
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shvetsov2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject: by sheer scale |
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O'k, I got that. But what "by virtue sheer scale" means exactly? Is that an idiom or something?
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redset
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: by sheer scale |
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| shvetsov2005 wrote: |
O'k, I got that. But what "by virtue sheer scale" means exactly? Is that an idiom or something?
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'By virtue of' means 'because of', and 'sheer' is used here as an intensifier. So because of the huge size of the available markets in China, the long-term winners will become very strong in the global market. |
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shvetsov2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: now i understand |
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| thanks. |
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