limited availability
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflimitedandavailability
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limited
adjective
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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availability
noun[U]
uk/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/əˌveɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact that something can be bought, used, or reached, or how much it ...
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Thelimitedavailabilityof monoclonal antibodies restricted their widespread use.
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The heterogeneity of control services made metaanalysis problematical as did thelimitedavailabilityof data.
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The impact of thelimitedavailabilityof adolescent-appropriate treatment is unknown.
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Due to thelimitedavailabilityof observers, not all experiments were run by all observers.
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We describe a mechanism that integrates vicarious experience with other goods oflimitedavailability.
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In the human, similar studies are difficult mainly due to thelimitedavailabilityof material.
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However, there is alimitedavailabilityof good quality spare embryos.
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This time span is defined by alimitedavailabilityof information.
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Another 16% reported that they did not purchase organic food because oflimitedavailability.
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Limitedavailabilityof informal care as well as increased disability in elderly people raised the odds of using services.
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Only one sample per animal was treated with solubilised zona due to thelimitedavailabilityof this material.
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The scarcity of these figurines relative to contemporaneous solid figurines is also indicative oflimitedavailabilityand unequal access.
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Similar reviews have appeared previously in reports oflimitedavailability, but here is much more material available in a book.
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These sites are of onlylimitedavailability.
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Huge capital costs, thelimitedavailabilityof supplies, contested markets and price controls all weakened the market's ability to function effectively.
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However, thelimitedavailabilityof credit to smaller (and hence riskier) farmers may expand the rental market in favour of capital-rich households.
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It is clear that marginal farmers suffer the most fromlimitedavailabilityof capital and land, though usually they have surplus labour for farm activities.
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The availability of molecular markers has allowed this biphasic approach to be extended to organisms with alimitedavailabilityof morphological markers.
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Limitedavailabilityand accessibility of home nursing and home help services make close family members the main care givers, above all partners, daughters and daughters-in-law.
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Swales are evidently relatively non-productive: perhaps the periodically saturated soil may have poor gas exchange orlimitedavailabilityof mycorrhizal symbionts or increased fungal rot.
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Our results thus point to a combination of patient-intrinsic factors and thelimitedavailabilityof readily interpretable information concerning differences in service and quality.
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At the leading edge, the technology is within the realm of applied (medical) research, while emerging withlimitedavailabilityin clinical practice.
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Thelimitedavailabilityof plant nutrients or sources of organic fertilizers (especially manure) was, however, recognized by two organizations as the main problem.
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