skilled manpower

collocation in English

meaningsofskilledandmanpower

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skilled
adjective
uk
/skɪld/us
/skɪld/
having the abilities needed to do an activity or ...
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manpower
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmæn.paʊər/us
/ˈmæn.paʊ.ɚ/
the supply of people who are able ...
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(Definition ofskilledandmanpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As graphic hardware becomes cheaper, the cost of computer animation is bound increasingly to the cost of theskilledmanpowerinvolved.
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Skilledmanpowerwas the natural option that needed to be developed and harnessed effectively.
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Mass chemotherapy is intrinsically less expensive than mollusciciding because it can be integrated into the existing health delivery infrastructure and, therefore, has no additionalskilledmanpowerrequirements.
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Moreover, if many additional berths were built, a shortage ofskilledmanpowerwould also be a problem.
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Can we, in a comparatively much richer country, defend taking from poorer countries some of theskilledmanpowerwhich they desperately need?
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Excess of capacity on this scale represents a waste of resources inskilledmanpowerand idle plant, and makes good management extremely difficult.
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Then, he complained about the availability of manpower, especially ofskilledmanpower, which, he said, set the limits to our capacity to increase production.
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The time has come to look at the whole subject and ensure that we make the best use of theskilledmanpowerwe have.
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I favour the general controls, because they do not place an added and insupportable burden on a limited supply of veryskilledmanpower.
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An enormous cost is involved, not only in terms of money but inskilledmanpower.
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They are recompensed for it, of course, but it will inevitably impose a considerable strain upon theirskilledmanpower.
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The call will be irresistible for more and moreskilledmanpowerat all levels.
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It is absurd when there are unfilled vacancies, that we cannot provide theskilledmanpowerto fill those vacancies.
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Scarce highlyskilledmanpowerwould have to be diverted to this work.
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How vital it is, therefore, to see that thisskilledmanpoweris held in the industry instead of being allowed to fritter away.
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My noble friend hinted at the possibility of our having a shortage ofskilledmanpower.
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Many speakers have stressed the importance of avoiding waste ofskilledmanpower, and of preventing square pegs being put into round holes.
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What is perhaps the most important factor when taking decisions is the resources available not only of money but of appropriate andskilledmanpower.
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Secondly, it pre-empts an unusually large degree ofskilledmanpower, particularly in activities associated with the defence budget.
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