massive shortage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmassiveandshortage
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massive
adjective
uk/ˈmæs.ɪv/us/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk/ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/us/ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is amassiveshortageof teachers, and the attempt must be made, with the help of this programme, to compensate for it.
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We may then get a more accurate picture of themassiveshortageof teachers.
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Despite themassiveshortageof teachers, many local education authorities are giving teachers temporary contracts.
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There is amassiveshortageof good-quality child care.
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We also have amassiveshortageof teachers, particularly heavy in some areas.
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We have amassiveshortageof midwives and many maternity units are threatened with closure.
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There is amassiveshortageof sheltered accommodation.
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There is amassiveshortageof properties in the public, council rented sector.
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All that adds insult to injury for schools, which face a massive backlog of repairs and amassiveshortageof resources.
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We have amassiveshortageof housing for rent, either by the council or by registered social landlords.
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There are 400,000 construction workers on the dole, a recession in the construction materials industry and amassiveshortageof decent homes.
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There is amassiveshortageof doctors.
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There is now amassiveshortageof council rented tenancies for manual workers, particularly people who work in such places as farm factories or local garages.
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However, we now read in a report on the state of the world that there will be amassiveshortageof food because of an increase in population.
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The result was amassiveshortageof electricity.
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Because there was generally amassiveshortageof beds in that era, mothers with routine deliveries were discharged from hospitals within 24 hours.
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It tried to organize responses to amassiveshortageof food in war-torn areas.
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This was at a time when there were no longer the massive shortages experienced after the war.
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School leavers are being turned out into an economy that has nothing whatsoever for them at a time when there are still massive shortages of skill.
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Nationalization of banks, larger enterprises, and real estate resulted in disruptions in production causing massive shortages of goods.
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