reservoir of talent
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reservoir
noun[C]
uk/ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/us/ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
a place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or ...
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talent
noun
uk/ˈtæl.ənt/us/ˈtæl.ənt/
(someone who has) a natural ability to be good at something, especially without ...
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Finally, the largereservoiroftalentthat we have amongst our local treasurers would be diminished.
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The truth is that there is a wholereservoiroftalentwhich is not being used, or is being underused, at the moment.
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These sixth forms will yield areservoiroftalentwhich at the moment undoubtedly exists and is going to waste.
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That is an indication of the vastreservoiroftalentto be culled into the engineering profession.
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I believe that they constitute areservoiroftalentand experience which will be of great value when demand picks up.
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It means that thereservoiroftalentfor our films will be dried up.
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She will know that we are determined to ensure that access to our armed forces is open to the widest possiblereservoiroftalent.
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It is not only a question of the theatres; where is thereservoiroftalentto come from if the living theatre is closed down?
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I have always worried that, when parliamentarians retire, we discard them from ourreservoiroftalent.
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Thereservoiroftalentappropriate to that type of education was far smaller than many people at the time imagined.
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I am increasingly impressed by the enormousreservoiroftalent, energy and determination in the community which is willing to support action to turn the tide of drug misuse.
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I have a feeling that there is a vastreservoiroftalentin the higher branch of the legal profession from which judges could be appointed.
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What those countries need is a good education system which produces a goodreservoiroftalent—which, in turn, produces good backgrounds in science, mathematics and technology.
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It would be churlish not to recognise that there is a greatreservoiroftalentthere: political, academic, industrial, commercial, military—you name it, it is there.
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This has been achieved by investing in new skills, building or attracting new reservoirs of talent and encouraging networks and clusters.
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But they represent tremendous reservoirs of talent and resource.
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Enormous reservoirs of talent exist in our working people, and it is they who need the incentive and encouragement to develop their ideas.
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