increasing employment

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandemployment

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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employment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the fact of someone being paid to work for a company ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandemploymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The gains fromincreasingemploymentexceed the loss in environmental quality.
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There has also been a general trend ofincreasingemploymentfor women counter-balanced by declining employment for men.
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These include; containing the long-term increase in welfare budgets;increasingemploymentrates as the foundation for economic growth; promoting equal opportunities for women and men; and promoting good parenting.
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It also helped improve rural livelihoods for the poor byincreasingemploymentfor landless households, especially in the winter period when food and employment were scarce.
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Anecdotal evidence points to the continued andincreasingemploymentof therapeutic activities as an intervention in managing challenging behaviour with a parallel trend in the reduction of psychotropic medication.
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We also note that the countries in which there is no proper coordination have the worst performance records in the field ofincreasingemployment.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises make a fundamental contribution to growth and social cohesion and play a vital role in sustaining andincreasingemployment.
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Improved traffic links will help to attract industry to the north-west, therebyincreasingemployment.
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That money flows straight back into the local economy,increasingemployment.
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Surely that is a pretty strong argument that they are beneficial to the industries and areincreasingemployment.
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It does not matter for the purposes ofincreasingemploymentand cheapening production whether you relieve the one or the other.
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Let us begin by examining the question ofincreasingemploymentand reducing unemployment.
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Unemployment figures are not a very reliable guide these days, owing, first, to theincreasingemploymentof persons not previously engaged on industrial work.
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There was plenty of room forincreasingemployment, but we did not get the exports— or the employment.
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By tackling poverty, we are improving social inclusion, enhancing benefits and tax credits, andincreasingemploymentopportunities.
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But, more important, they also show that there isincreasingemploymentof those people.
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Despite the large-scale redundancies and the obvious problems in manufacturing, we have hard evidence of strong economic growth andincreasingemploymentsince 1997.
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The increase will therefore open up the possibility ofincreasingemploymentand investment in the small mines sector.
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There are specific allowances on plant and machinery; there are not specific allowances forincreasingemployment.
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