reliable supply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreliableandsupply
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reliable
adjective
uk/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/us/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way ...
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supply
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ/us/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition ofreliableandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These associations existed to provide a stable andreliablesupplyof water to increase crop production.
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One also needs areliablesupplyof electricity.
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Therefore, we are assured of areliablesupplyof coal.
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The customer wants areliablesupplyof electricity.
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Areliablesupplyof infective stages depends on a complex of physical and biological factors that collectively create conditions for promoting transmission.
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Together, we must commit to areliablesupplyof energy and raw materials.
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I suppose that a community's primary need is areliablesupplyof clean water.
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Our whole economy is increasingly dependent on areliablesupplyof electricity.
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Water companies make huge investments in their supply systems in order to achieve areliablesupplyduring dry periods.
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There has been steady recruitment of donors, an ongoing modernisation of donor services and areliablesupplyof blood.
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Our policy of encouraging generic prescribing depends on areliablesupplyof old and new generics, which must offer value for money.
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It was then that orderly marketing was introduced, offering a lifeline to farmers with regular payments for their produce and areliablesupplyfor consumers.
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We hope that we will succeed in taking the necessary steps towards a better, cheaper andreliablesupplyof energy for our citizens and businesses.
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The town does not have areliablesupplyof potable water.
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I am confident that as production expands and a morereliablesupplyof timber becomes available, so will the trade be anxious and willing to absorb it.
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Such a contract gives confidence to the producer and encourages him to expand his output, and for the purchaser it creates areliablesupplyof staple commodities.
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We must therefore ensure that we have a secure andreliablesupplyof nuclear material and competitive, properly functioning energy markets on which we can rely.
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The mill encountered difficulties in finding areliablesupplyof raw cotton and suffered from an erratic water flow.
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During the growth season, peach trees need a regular andreliablesupplyof water, with higher amounts just before harvest.
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This house was built over a watercourse, assuring areliablesupplyof water on what was then the frontier.
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Matching supply and demand, called load balancing, is essential for a stable andreliablesupplyof electricity.
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Qants create areliablesupplyof water for human settlements and irrigation in hot, arid, and semi-arid climates.
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Such goods—television sets, washing machines, computers, lawn mowers and motor cars—require regular servicing and areliablesupplyof spare parts on a scale inconceivable to our ancestors.
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As dependence on areliablesupplyof electricity grew and electricity was transported over increasingly greater distances, power pools were formed and interconnections developed.
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