"shortage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shortage sustantivo

sustantivo + shortage
Kolokacji: 49
food shortage • labor shortage • water shortage • housing shortage • fuel shortage • power shortage • manpower shortage • ...
shortage + verbo
Kolokacji: 24
shortage causes • shortage leads • shortage means • shortage forces • shortage makes • ...
verbo + shortage
Kolokacji: 11
face a shortage • cause a shortage • suffer shortages • create a shortage • report shortages • ...
(2) suffer, avoid, prevent
Kolokacji: 3
1. suffer shortages = cierp z powodu niedoborów suffer shortages
2. avoid shortages = uniknij niedoborów avoid shortages
3. prevent shortages = zapobiegnij niedoborom prevent shortages
  • Prevents shortages of nutrients by storing certain vitamins, minerals and sugar.
  • The rationale here is that firms may wish to preserve customer goodwill by preventing shortages.
  • This move had been encouraged by the Moscow City Council as a way to prevent widespread shortages.
  • In any case, conservationists say officials in drought-prone states are doing too little to prevent shortages.
  • Earlier this year, to prevent hoarding and shortages, many of China's largest cities instituted a rationing system for pork, the main meat consumed by Chinese.
  • Economists know that speculators prevent shortages, and we don't see why the government should regulate ticket sales.
  • Vendors in other sections of the market unaffected by the fire said their companies would obtain sufficient supplies to prevent shortages and price gouging.
  • Many water companies have started conservation programs and are expanding the capacity of their systems to prevent shortages.
  • Some large health-care organizations said they had sufficient stockpiles to prevent shortages, but some neighborhood pharmacies reported turning away regular customers.
  • The city often places restrictions on water use in the summertime in order to prevent shortages.
(3) report, relieve
Kolokacji: 2
adjetivo + shortage
Kolokacji: 45
severe shortage • acute shortage • chronic shortage • serious shortage • critical shortage • ...
preposición + shortage
Kolokacji: 11
of shortages • from a shortage • with a shortage • to a shortage • for the shortage • ...

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