poor attendance

collocation in English

meaningsofpoorandattendance

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poor
adjective
uk
/pɔːr/us
/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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attendance
noun
uk
/əˈten.dəns/us
/əˈten.dəns/
the fact of going somewhere such as a church, school, ...
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(Definition ofpoorandattendancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Not surprisingly, the results were disaffection,poorattendanceand ultimately a collapse of the organization.
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Competition between the bidders was important to keep the costs down, and if there was apoorattendanceat an auction, it could be postponed.
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An additional 8 children were dropped because ofpoorattendancein summer camp, and 23 children were not included because they were out of the age range of the study.
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One waspoorattendanceand another was a desire in the case of the infant schools to get more women serving on the management bodies.
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I understand that these events have been positively received, despite what some newspaper reports have said aboutpoorattendance.
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Employers already seek to avoid employing people who are likely to have apoorattendancerecord.
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It was apoorattendance, because in order to get full marks one has to be in attendance about 150 times.
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No doubt the 8 million pensioners would be shocked by thepoorattendance.
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That is proved by thepoorattendancehere today.
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I am surprised by the relativelypoorattendanceat this debate.
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Since this was supposed to be such a keynote debate, thepoorattendanceis an interesting reflection.
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One reason forpoorattendancemay be that one person is a member of three wages councils which are meeting at the same time.
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Those of us who listened to the debate yesterday in another place must have been struck by the verypoorattendanceit attracted.
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The renewals or extensions were refused for: (1) being medically unfit for the full range of duties; (2)poorattendance; and (3) unsatisfactory performance.
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All of us, whatever our views, must deplore the verypoorattendancethis afternoon.
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The problem ofpoorattendanceand behaviour in schools involves a very small minority of pupils.
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Many have historicallypoorattendanceat school, and during exam leave they have a lot of time on their hands.
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This may explain why there is always a big attendance for debates on taxation and apoorattendancefor debates on expenditure.
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Juvenile delinquents often have a history ofpoorattendanceat school.
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Typical criticisms includedpoorattendance, insufficient workplace experience and clients being put through inappropriate programmes.
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