"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 • ...
adjetivo + shortage
Kolokacji: 45
severe shortage • acute shortage • chronic shortage • serious shortage • critical shortage • ...
(2) chronic, perennial
Kolokacji: 2
1. chronic shortage = stały niedobór chronic shortage
2. perennial shortage = niedobór byliny perennial shortage
  • Greater profits proved elusive, however, due to eastern competition and limited transportation facilities such as a perennial shortage of railway cars to ship coal.
  • This change was meant to increase the numbering capacity in metropolitan São Paulo to 370 million, thereby eliminating the perennial shortage of available numbers in that area.
  • To alleviate the problem of perennial shortages and improve the provision of water, it was proposed to construct additional boreholes the following year.
  • For the past decade Mango gardens are the main resource of income after the perennial shortage of rains.
  • Apple Computer Inc. has said perennial shortages of the chip, used in its Power Macintosh, have hindered its ability to meet demand.
  • For the Swedes, especially, the perennial shortage of cash was their biggest handicap.
  • "We have a perennial shortage of food, that would be most welcome," said North.
  • The Planetsmen liked automation, and not only because of the perennial shortage of personnel on the outplanets.
  • It also points out the perennial shortage of cash in Eastern Europe.
  • "In Westchester, there is always a perennial shortage of secretaries," said Peter L. Neigler, vice president and director of the school.
(6) national, global, local
Kolokacji: 3
(9) frequent, periodic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + shortage
Kolokacji: 11
of shortages • from a shortage • with a shortage • to a shortage • for the shortage • ...

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