"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
(6) national, global, local
Kolokacji: 3
1. great shortage = znaczny niedobór great shortage
2. major shortage = główny niedobór major shortage
3. massive shortage = rozległy niedobór massive shortage
5. tremendous shortage = wspaniały niedobór tremendous shortage
  • "The tremendous shortage of consumer goods was very much on Gorbachev's mind throughout the discussion of Soviet domestic issues," one official said.
  • There's obviously a tremendous shortage of low-income housing now, and to toss people out would just be against our mission.
  • However, the war came home to us in tremendous shortages.
  • "There is a tremendous shortage of halfway house facilities in the metropolitan area," she said.
  • So there's a tremendous shortage, he's trying Germany, he's trying all over.
  • There is already a tremendous shortage of English classes for foreign speakers, and the demand will certainly increase.
  • "There is a tremendous shortage of textiles, and the ores we usually send back to balance our account are piling up."
  • We have tremendous shortages.
  • "There are oversize classes, a tremendous shortage in a number of areas and the board is involved in these internecine political squabbles between themselves."
  • He said the increase in heroin use would again reveal the tremendous shortage of treatment facilities for addicts.
(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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