"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. temporary shortage = tymczasowy niedobór temporary shortage
2. constant shortage = stały niedobór constant shortage
  • It suffers from constant shortages and high rates of unemployment and is propped up by the Ankara Government with an estimated $200 million a year.
  • Despite this income he was in constant shortage of money owed to a lavish lifestyle, several illegitimate children and his extensive construction projects.
  • Currently, hospitals in Connecticut and across the country are sometimes unable to provide the care patients need because of constant shortages of common prescription drugs.
  • We've had a constant shortage of parking for as long as I've been associated with the railroad," he said, "yet ridership continues to go up.
  • This despite a constant shortage of parts and supplies.
  • In Russia communism's failure was epitomized by constant shortages in stores.
  • Union leaders say management's attempts to speed work are laughable since there are still constant shortages of parts and tools.
  • What could be seen of his legs looked strange, but odd clothing combinations were hardly unusual in this land of constant shortages and shipping problems.
  • God was testing his faith with a hardscrabble existence and a constant shortage of money.
  • Most mortals gasp at such numbers, but there is a constant shortage of Gaja wines.
3. persistent shortage = ciągły niedobór persistent shortage
4. perpetual shortage = nieustanny niedobór perpetual shortage
(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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