sufficient manpower

collocation in English

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sufficient
adjective
uk
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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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 ofsufficientandmanpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sufficientmanpowerlevels are essential for the maintenance of high-quality services.
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We are confident that there issufficientmanpowerin the dental profession to staff those centres.
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The police could again embrace the concept that, when a crime is committed, there aresufficientmanpowerand resources to detect it immediately.
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It is too easy for us to say that we have notsufficientmanpower.
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There can be no technological advance withoutsufficientmanpower.
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Of course, to fulfil their operational roles the reserves need not onlysufficientmanpowerbut also high quality equipment and realistic and demanding training.
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Its sampling system is at fault, from the usual trouble of not havingsufficientmanpowerto police the determinations and the agreements.
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Similarly, the police say that they do not havesufficientmanpowerto protect all those people and that the population is growing too fast.
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If the order is to be effective and to have beneficial consequences, it is essential to ensuresufficientmanpower.
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There is notsufficientmanpoweron the land in our counties now.
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We must remove all hindrances to production, and we must havesufficientmanpower.
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Will he ensure that the boards havesufficientmanpowerto read the meters?
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Formed regular units are best placed to respond quickly in an emergency and will generally havesufficientmanpowerto provide the necessary assistance.
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However, if complete discretionary testing were introduced the police would not havesufficientmanpower.
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The first of two additional air support squadrons is due to form by 2003, with the second being formed whensufficientmanpoweris available.
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We put up a few, but we do not havesufficientmanpower—the farmers and farm workers who support foxhunting.
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Even if they do not do so, they will happen, because we do not havesufficientmanpower.
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We must make certain that there issufficientmanpowerin the mining industry.
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The fire authorities do not havesufficientmanpowerto inspect all the hotels.
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There is notsufficientmanpowerin the industry, and without men we cannot get coal.
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