limited manpower

collocation in English

meaningsoflimitedandmanpower

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limited
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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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 oflimitedandmanpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflimited manpower

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While the cogs of the legislative process were turning slowly in the 1980s, the government issued a series of directives too thorough to be implemented with the district'slimitedmanpower.
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It also offers the social worker an advantage in that it is sought to make effective use of thelimitedmanpowerwhich is available.
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With ourlimitedmanpowerand our limited resources, we cannot afford either of those things.
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Having said that, it is right to remember that the police have onlylimitedmanpower.
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That is the only way to compensate for our strictlylimitedmanpower.
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However, in the meanwhile, we have to go on making continuous study of these services and of our use of thelimitedmanpoweravailable.
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By doing so, we shall make the best use of our very strictlylimitedmanpower.
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I should have thought that, if only for simplicity and the maximum use oflimitedmanpower, a verification team could be used at a verification centre.
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Surely it is prudent at this stage to carry out a further analysis of how best to divide thelimitedmanpoweravailable between our three national requirements?
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All these activities, none of them bringing about revolutionary and dramatic changes, are precisely the kind of things which are needed in a small community withlimitedmanpowerresources.
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Military activity affecting one department often originated in another department, preventing efficient use oflimitedmanpowerand coordination of efforts.
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The war had been cruel upon the 63rd, and due tolimitedmanpowerin early 1855, the regiment was withdrawn from the line.
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For them it was a way to enhance an otherwiselimitedmanpowerreserve.
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Economic pressures andlimitedmanpowerresulted in the battalion being amalgamated with other battalions a couple of times during the inter-war years.
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