limited pool

collocation in English

meaningsoflimitedandpool

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limited
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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pool
noun
uk
/puːl/us
/puːl/
a small area of usually ...
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(Definition oflimitedandpoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflimited pool

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Secondly there is a lack of support for nursing research in general and in particular a fairly narrow range andlimitedpoolof available funding.
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One case study may illustrate how intensely the various parties fought over alimitedpoolof customers.
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This is a challenge in view of the scale of the need and thelimitedpoolof scientists trained to carry out competent assessments.
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Indeed, sprouts and pre-existing individuals constitute alimitedpoolof species and can in no way replace the important diversifying role of dispersers.
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In addition, those that do well have continued predominantly to draw their leadership from the verylimitedpoolof wealthier, educated members who tended to dominate during the first phase.
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I deny that there is alimitedpoolof capital available each year.
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Gains in child survival are being reversed, and thelimitedpoolof skilled workers is being decimated.
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It reflects, inter alia, thelimitedpoolof necessary specialist skills and experience available, and market rates of pay.
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Why should we think that there is alimitedpoolof talent?
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They had only alimitedpoolto draw upon, and there were signs that other people were poaching from that pool.
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Ourlimitedpoolof scientists and engineers in the field is thus depleted.
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There is a much bigger question, because all the professions are competing for alimitedpoolof intelligence.
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There is alimitedpoolof available radio advertising, just as there is alimitedpoolof available television advertising.
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I should have thought that the hospital service was getting a fair and reasonable share of the verylimitedpoolof such persons which is available.
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That is alimitedpool.
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There is alimitedpoolin the grant to be distributed, and if it is to be given to some it has to be taken away from others.
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Those substantial sums are being taken out of thelimitedpoolof resources for helping those who are not in work and who are certainly living in poverty.
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In that situation, with limited resources of existing school buildings and those to be built, and alimitedpoolof skilled personnel for teaching purposes, the question answers itself.
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