Collocations withfactory
These are words often used in combination withfactory.
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abandoned factory
For him, this debris speaks - like the abandoned factory itself - of the physical and social destruction left in capitalism's wake.
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aircraft factory
It would appear that the optimum size of an aircraft factory at present is of the order of 10,000, at the most 15,000, employees.
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automated factory
An automated factory could utilize many robots, some moving and interacting in common workspace.
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automobile factory
The larger community has a different stake in the soundness of the enterprise called "healthcare" than it does in the soundness of a shoe or automobile factory.
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brick factory
The brick factory ceased operations almost 50 years ago, but the land used for storage has continued to be used to store materials for brickmaking in the area.
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canning factory
For instance, it seems ridiculous to me to allow a meat canning factory to be set up in a mining district.
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carpet factory
There is a carpet factory in my constituency, too.
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cement factory
Good progress has been made with the preliminary work, and a cement factory is about to come into operation.
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chemical factory
That is not to suggest for a moment that they all work in a chemical factory or have their own test tubes at home.
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chocolate factory
That was a chocolate factory.
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cigar factory
There is one cigar factory in my constituency, and there are more in other parts, and the question is one which affects labour, and affects it very seriously.
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closed factory
It is difficult to know what goes on behind closed factory gates.
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clothing factory
The only outstanding claims are in respect of his employment as a civilian foreman in a clothing factory.
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factory chimney
In a short time that factory chimney will no longer smoke.
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factory employee
The wage for a factory employee working normal hours is £1 per week or £4 per month.
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factory owner
True, the factory owner will have enough from his profits to compensate the orchardist.
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factory worker
It is to be noted that the siblings or relatives are taken from the place of origin of the respective factory worker or the spouse.
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furniture factory
There was before the war an old-established furniture factory which was converted to make aeroplanes during the war years.
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garment factory
Sheila left school at 16 and went to work as a machinist in a garment factory.
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glass factory
Skruv was the first place the group visited in winter, a rural community of about 2,000 souls, a train station, a brewery and a glass factory.
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munitions factory
Two are occupying new factories and eight existing premises including a surplus munitions factory.
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nearby factory
Suspicion turned to two security guards in a nearby factory.
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porcelain factory
The main camp was housed in a former porcelain factory.
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processing factory
The trustees have been instrumental in the past 12 months in developing a large herring and mackerel processing factory, which employs about 100 people.
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rubber factory
In my home town there was once a rubber factory, but it is no longer there.
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shoe factory
We have lost all our shipbuilding, our food canning factories, a coach works and a shoe factory.
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silk factory
That is a definition of what is done in every artificial silk factory in this country.
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soap factory
There is not much in the way of manufacture, although cigarettes and tobacco are manufactured and there is a local soap factory.
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state-owned factory
It transformed from a state-owned factory to a private company.
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sugar factory
This was because their primary activity was necessarily production for sale, not consumption, with the state-owned sugar factory being their sole market.
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textile factory
Though a caricature, it is useful to distinguish between factory paternalism of the early textile factory masters and the so-called 'new paternalism' associated with the period 1850 + 74.
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toy factory
If a toy factory cannot get its raw materials, unemployment may result.
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