growing shortage

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandshortage

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk
/ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/us
/ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Other issues include the call for individualized training for different specialisms, and thegrowingshortageof medical mentors.
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There is agrowingshortageof domiciliary care services in some localities and particular difficulties in rural areas.
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The severe economic crisis, combined with agrowingshortageof labour, resulted in the grand morcellement, the subdivision of sugar estates that began in the 1870s.
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He told us about thegrowingshortageof boy labour.
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Even before the difficulties of the last few months, there was agrowingshortageof milk bottles and other containers.
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It is not only a matter of agrowingshortageof places, for there is also a shortage of staff.
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The first is thegrowingshortageof general practitioners, which will become increasingly apparent in the coming decade.
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There is therefore agrowingshortageof residential provision, and community care is, alas, increasingly unable to cope.
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British industry faces a major andgrowingshortageof skilled personnel.
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It is concerned with thegrowingshortageof newsprint and the effect which that will have in particular on the newspapers of this country.
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We are suffering from agrowingshortageof leather in this country and are exporting cattle with valuable hides.
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But plans to expand and develop all forms of public transport are liable to be frustrated by thegrowingshortageof drivers.
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The general situation is still, however, one ofgrowingshortage.
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If it comes off, it will be very welcome indeed in view of thegrowingshortageof technical teachers.
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The industry infrastructure still contains too many scars from the 19th century, together with agrowingshortageof suitable sites for the inward investor.
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It has become clear that there would be agrowingshortageof such accommodation.
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We found disturbing evidence of agrowingshortageof quality entrants.
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It would be a mistake to deny that there is agrowingshortageof skills, which must be tackled.
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