de le valoriser
English translation: to profitably exploit it
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| 15:17 Feb 7, 2008 |
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|  Selected response from: B D Finch France Local time: 15:48 | ||||
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| 4 +3 | to profitably exploit it |
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| 4 +1 | to develop it |
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| 4 | to develop its (full) potential |
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| 3 | to estimate (the quantity) |
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| 3 | to make it profitable or beneficial |
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to estimate (the quantity) Explanation: this is a process to determine grade and quantity of the mineral... Reference: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/recupyl/procedes.html Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tallurgie_extractive_du_... |
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37 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to develop it Explanation: usual mining-industry usage |
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to make it profitable or beneficial Explanation: It is the mining process which is going to make cobalt or beneficial to mine. |
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17 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3to profitably exploit it Explanation: Expanding the original a bit, but "valoriser" is a slippery word. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-07 16:55:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Some other infinitive splitters: "local position may choose **to profitably exploit** customers’ lack of choice through a worsening of. quality, range and service, even if it were to maintain a ..." www.mmc.gov.uk/.../grocery/pdf/main_party_submissions_sains... "Likewise, Boeing is also identifying patents as an opportunity **to profitably exploit** its intellectual prowess. The Boeing case study provides significant ..." www.emeraldinsight.com/.../EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/... "It is a pity that more effective legislation and protective gear were not organized in the mad rush **to profitably exploit asbestos**, although one would not ..." ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/31/3/700 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-07 16:57:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Looking for an example from The Gurniad, I found the following from the Spectator: "12 Dec 2007 ... But as Michael White explains in The Guardian this morning, ... is an area that the next Lib Dem leader can look **to profitably exploit**. ..." www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/399181/labours-thin-blue-li... |
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