growing scarcity

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandscarcity

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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scarcity
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskeə.sə.ti/us
/ˈsker.sə.t̬i/
a situation in which something is not easy to find ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandscarcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both factors helped to overcome ecological constraints imposed by agrowingscarcityof land and timber.
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Thegrowingscarcityof fertile land apparently has increased the incidence of unofficial sale and tenancy arrangements.
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One is a simple misunderstanding of how market systems work in the face ofgrowingscarcityof exhaustible resources including fuel and other mineral resources.
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The tax is dynamic because it is a function of thegrowingscarcityvalue of the remaining rainforest stock.
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Both the opportunity cost and marginal extraction cost were almost equal and significantly higher, respectively, compared to the values obtained from other methods which showsgrowingscarcityof water.
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There is agrowingscarcityof certain types of skilled labour required for aircraft production.
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Over the years thegrowingscarcityin the wild has brought a change in the aspect of zoos towards their exhibits.
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The resources are relative to the other side of the equation, the cost and thegrowingscarcityof the alternative of liquid fuel.
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The result is that we maintain high levels of unemployment in some parts of the country while there is agrowingscarcityof labour in others.
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Thegrowingscarcityof water is a source of increasing international concern.
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Due to thegrowingscarcityof resources, the animal is in constant danger of being eaten.
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He felt the need of shifting his capital city with the increase in population andgrowingscarcityof water.
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Trapping them is considered a major investment of time and resources due to thegrowingscarcityand because they tend to inhabit remote wilderness areas.
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Thegrowingscarcityof these resources puts more and more pressure on food security.
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