housing industry

collocation in English

meaningsofhousingandindustry

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housing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/us
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
buildings for people to ...
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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofhousingandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Giant leaps in technology are usually resisted by mainstreamhousingindustryproviders.
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A construction boom in thehousingindustrymay have contributed to the decline of interest in prosecuting the janitors.
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I am interested in thehousingindustry.
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Too little of it has gone into thehousingindustry.
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Thehousingindustryhas always been a cyclical industry.
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Thehousingindustryhas even more spare capacity now and the housing stock is much worse.
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Thehousingindustryat the moment is going through a period of bust.
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The rings and combines have been increasing their stranglehold on thehousingindustry.
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Very generous sums of money must be made available for thehousingindustry.
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It was justified mainly because thehousingindustrywas practically dead.
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None, but wider issues about affordable housing are discussed with thehousingindustryon many occasions.
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As we have heard in the debate tonight, thehousingindustryis especially hurting.
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It was a responsible gesture, aimed at injecting some life into thehousingindustry.
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If men and material can now be produced without affecting thehousingindustry, then it could have been done before.
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Although we have put a great many people into thehousingindustry, the output is miserably small.
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It is not surprising that confidence has returned to thehousingindustry, as it has to the high street.
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