adequate reserve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadequateandreserve
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adequate
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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reserve
noun
uk/rɪˈzɜːv/us/rɪˈzɝːv/
the habit of not showing your feelings ...
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(Definition ofadequateandreservefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Then, what is anadequatereserve?
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The question is: do we wantadequatereserveforces?
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Our object is to obtain anadequatereserve.
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We had not got anadequatereserveof.
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How long will it take us to build up anadequatereserve?
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In common with normal business and accounting principles we should have anadequatereservefor contingencies.
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Any future change to the formula must leaveadequatereserveprovision.
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Adequatereservestocks are held by the merchants at these depots.
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These things have brought to a head the difficulty involved in providingadequatereserveforces.
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If the management companies do not have anadequatereserve, they are bound to fail.
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We feel that the first requirement is anadequatereserveof trained men.
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Our shipping will depend on those helicopter pilots and their craft, and there must be anadequatereservefor emergencies.
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It was eventually decided that 18 months' initial training would get anadequatereserve, professionally trained, which was necessary.
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Therefore, it is very important to maintain the sources of supply and also to have anadequatereserve.
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Without a sink fund or anadequatereserve, there is a serious possibility of management organisations becoming completely liquid.
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It can meet it if there is behind that currency anadequatereserveof foreign currencies, or adequate borrowing powers to obtain foreign currency.
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There was a more thanadequatereserveof milk this year to keep the liquid market and other markets fairly well satisfied.
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It has the effect of making it more difficult for building societies to build up reserves and to maintain anadequatereserveratio.
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What was anadequatereservein the interwar years is now entirely inadequate, because the adequacy of the reserve is something you must measure against the possible liabilities.
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As to classifying, what we must do in the first instance is to get enough to mobilise, and then proceed to get enough for anadequatereserve.
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We can cut down on our armed forces still more, but, if we do, we shall need anadequatereserveof people trained for a conventional attack.
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Yes, but that situation can be met once there is an adequate housing programme and anadequatereserveof houses in the possession of local authorities.
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It is of the utmost importance that this country should have a large andadequatereserveof pilots, and this can best be obtained by developing and extending civil aviation.
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They will reap the benefit in a greater contribution to our balance of payments, more employment and a moreadequatereserveof ships and men for times of emergency.
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I am satisfied that the roundabout scheme as proposed will handle satisfactorily the present-day peak-hour traffic and provide anadequatereservecapacity for increased traffic in the future.
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