industrial capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofindustrialandcapacity

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industrial
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us
/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofindustrialandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Similarly, state-owned enterprises make up much of the region's scantindustrialcapacity.
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Despite this economic growth permanent damage had been in-icted upon the economy; high unemployment persisted and the severity of the recession had destroyed much ofindustrialcapacity.
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After the war we were extremely short ofindustrialcapacityin steel and chemicals.
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The chief assets of our country are coal and the men who get it, and theindustrialcapacityand skill of our people.
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It is not measured alone by theindustrialcapacitythat is behind it.
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We should try, wherever possible, to use herindustrialcapacityto help forward our major aims.
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Under successive administrations, tremendous damage has been done to ourindustrialcapacityin manufacturing by rationalisations.
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Our policies have been directed towards these fundamental problems in the economy, but we have introduced selective measures to protect employment and maintainindustrialcapacity.
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I do not believe that the present fragmented approach will ever end the decline in ourindustrialcapacityin this field relative to other countries.
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Sometimes it is necessary to realign the currency either upwards or downwards to protectindustrialcapacity.
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Secondly, ourindustrialcapacitywill continue to shrink.
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That is why ourindustrialcapacityis getting smaller.
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Therefore, we believe that the loss in production through unemployment, and ofindustrialcapacity, in a rich nation such as ours should not be tolerated.
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All the economic indices that really matter—real income, employment, production and investment—are drastically down, andindustrialcapacityis being reduced every week.
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Has it decided how much of ourindustrialcapacitycan be directed to current consumption and how much must be directed to capital formation?
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I am under no misapprehension as to the heavy responsibility which will fall on theindustrialcapacityof the nation.
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There is another nation with a great population, great agricultural and mineral resources, greatindustrialcapacity, great intellectual and organising power, great past achievement.
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We have the manpower, we have theindustrialcapacity, and we have the resources.
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That means an increasing demand on industry and labour,industrialcapacity, industrial skill, industrial good will.
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As already stated, it is easy to closeindustrialcapacityand to retreat from a market.
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