limited skill

collocation in English

meaningsoflimitedandskill

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limited
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪ.t̬ɪd/
small in amount ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition oflimitedandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Well over 900 unemployed young people were givenlimitedskillcourses in engineering construction and nearly 500 are currently in training.
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There are 289 places available in neighbouring colleges of further education and 112 "limitedskill" places in employers' establishments.
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That does not really represent a genuine breadth of education at all, but a particular,limitedskillinjected into an education that was limited.
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Secondly, we must reduce unnecessary demands on ourlimitedskilland materials and resources.
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In addition, in the coming year we shall continue to meet the cost oflimitedskilltraining courses for young people at colleges of further education and employers' establishments.
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Traditionally, ruckman have simply been tall players withlimitedskilland speed, whose only job was to provide a contest in the ruck.
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But he had verylimitedskillin thematic development and even less in contrapuntal combination.
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Those centres also provide courses in limited skills.
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When people with limited skills are asked to do that they find it extremely difficult and frustrating.
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It contains many small firms, the managements of which are involved in limited skills.
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In the highly competitive environment in which we currently live, limited skills are at a premium.
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From 1970 to 1978, there was a loss in this country of 600,000 jobs involving limited skills.
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He uses this to increase his own limited skills.
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Inexperienced singers, or those with limited skills, may sing along with a foreground voice track.
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The plans were very difficult to implement in the face of limited skills, collapsed international markets, bad weather, and transportation shortages.
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When they did so, however, they were hampered by limited skills.
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Their limited skills meant that they engaged in small-scale crop cultivation to earn a living, while others were able to work as traders or hawkers.
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