temporary shelter

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandshelter

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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shelter
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈʃel.tər/us
/ˈʃel.t̬ɚ/
(a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandshelterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For these children, the institution provided onlytemporaryshelterbefore adoption.
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These people are looking fortemporaryshelter.
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Such centres provide onlytemporaryshelter.
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But these very antiquated buildings give onlytemporaryshelter.
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The transit camps providetemporaryshelterfor those made homeless by fires or natural disasters.
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Nor have we made much progress ontemporaryshelteror burden sharing.
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Secondly, over a few months, we will start to providetemporaryshelter.
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About 75 residents requiredtemporaryshelter.
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Thetemporaryshelteris provided mainly by container houses.
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However, for humanitarian purposes, they had been provided with food andtemporaryshelterbefore being sent out of the country.
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This temporary accommodation memorandum sets out the conditions under whichtemporarysheltercan he provided by local authorities.
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Further, a camp is essentially atemporaryshelter, not a permanent home; and these settlements are permanent homes.
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If they are homeless and get emergency help, that will not mean a permanent roof, but merelytemporaryshelter.
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The value of prefabricated houses is to give shelter,temporaryshelter, for those in the community who are not able to get a traditional house.
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That is a measure which would be used, such as in the severe weather of last year, to givetemporaryshelter.
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Sometimes it is emergency supplies of food or clothes; at other times, what is wanted is tents and blankets andtemporaryshelter.
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It is a surprising seascape, with steep and rook-bound cliffs, but with many inlets in which flying boats can taketemporaryshelter.
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The funds are already being used for a range of support measures includingtemporaryshelter, beds, clothing and blankets, water, sanitation and medical assistance.
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Many of these youngsters—a few as young as nine or 10 years—findtemporarysheltercourtesy of the voluntary organisations.
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There is a total of 12 buildings fortemporaryshelteron those islands.
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The first winter was harsh and the residents were living in tents or othertemporaryshelter.
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The colonists take over the boarding school, and they turn it into atemporaryshelter.
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The settlers were provided tents and bamboo huts fortemporaryshelterin the beginning.
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Drug addicts are known to use the abandoned apartments fortemporaryshelter.
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