continuing shortage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinueandshortage
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continue
verb
uk/kənˈtɪn.juː/us/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk/ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/us/ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Not only those seeking to buy new houses will be adversely affected by acontinuingshortageof mortgage funds.
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It is quite true that, with thecontinuingshortageof houses, it is difficult for any local authority to undertake big slum clearance schemes.
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The principal factor is likely to be thecontinuingshortageof locomotives and wagons, especially the latter.
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There is a serious andcontinuingshortageof kidney donors, which is holding up the rate at which kidney transplants can take place.
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We have not only to consider thecontinuingshortageof energy resources.
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But, in view of thecontinuingshortageof merchant ship orders, it was not considered advisable to cut back expenditure too far.
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The point is that home production has been well maintained but is limited by the severe andcontinuingshortageof labour.
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Another bottleneck is thecontinuingshortageof skilled technicians and craftsmen.
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We are concerned over thecontinuingshortageof nurses, due to low recruitment and high wastage rates.
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Perhaps there is a seasonal shortage on top of thecontinuingshortageof foods in this country at the present time.
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We have a severe,continuingshortageof many specialties and disciplines that will not easily be solved.
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In the face of this, there is acontinuingshortageof the most important single raw material, namely, wood pulp.
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Secondly, we must deal with the problem of thecontinuingshortageof skilled labour.
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I say this in view of thecontinuingshortageof skilled labour and evidence that the wage drift is continuing.
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We have spent a lot of time, rightly, this afternoon on the acute andcontinuingshortageof teachers.
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There are some in respect of which they foresee acontinuingshortageunless new sources of supply are developed.
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Thecontinuingshortageis hitting three quarters of maternity units, where vacancy rates have remained stubbornly high or have been rising since 1999.
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We are faced, possibly for several years, with acontinuingshortageof meat.
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I do not think that there is another metal about which one can say that there is a likely andcontinuingshortage.
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There has recently been acontinuingshortageof certain craftsmen, notably carpenters, plasterers, painters and slaters, which slows up the completion of houses.
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