serious imbalance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandimbalance
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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imbalance
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/us/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition ofseriousandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But when taken together with the number of landless married man, this obviously points to aseriousimbalancebetween the population and the economy.
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Having dealt with an acute economic crisis, we need to focus very closely on the long term andseriousimbalancein public finances.
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I am not saying that, taking any two bodies, the balance is not right, but, taking the whole list, there is aseriousimbalance.
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They rightly draw attention, however, to theseriousimbalancethat has occurred.
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The result of this will also be aseriousimbalancein our trial system.
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Thatseriousimbalancecannot be ignored.
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Is not thisseriousimbalancea very great drawback in the nation's recovery?
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At present there is aseriousimbalancein the number of electors whom we represent.
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There is aseriousimbalance, however.
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This imbalance represents aseriousimbalancein our system of values.
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In previous years, there was aseriousimbalanceon health bodies and trusts, but the commissioner will look at the matter.
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There is aseriousimbalanceof manpower at many mines, and productivity increases are seriously impeded in the most efficient pits in the coalfield.
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Will he give the figures and undertake to do something to ensure that thatseriousimbalanceis corrected?
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As such, it corrects aseriousimbalancein the justifiable protection that industry and commerce have a right to expect.
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My fifth point concerns the need to address poverty and theseriousimbalanceof wealth and economic expectation.
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There is aseriousimbalancein the economy.
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Our whole economic growth is jeopardised because of theseriousimbalancein trade with the rest of the world.
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The truth is that there is aseriousimbalancein the economy.
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In those circumstances, does he agree that there is a danger of aseriousimbalanceoccurring unless we watch matters very carefully?
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First, there is growing evidence of a veryseriousimbalancein the economy, based on very high levels of consumer debt and inflated house prices.
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