crisis proportions

collocation in English

meaningsofcrisisandproportion

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crisis
noun
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/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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proportion
noun
uk
/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us
/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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(Definition ofcrisisandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Homelessness has now reached crisis proportions, with the local authority stock continuing to diminish and a continuing reduction in the number of net relet vacancies.
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Unfortunately, there is a shortage in that area — of crisis proportions.
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Housing—the inadequacy and lack of it—has reached crisis proportions, particularly in inner city areas.
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This mess is not yet of crisis proportions.
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If we could have a debate on that, it could be tied in with a debate on the position of the textile industry, which has reached crisis proportions.
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There it has more or less reached crisis proportions.
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The pressures and problems facing those schools, teachers and children are of crisis proportions.
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Does he accept that the unemployment situation there is now almost of crisis proportions?
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Therefore, it is misleading to argue that we are facing a situation of crisis proportions.
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But my argument is that it is now reaching crisis proportions.
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As he pointed out, this has reached crisis proportions.
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The regular stoppage of freight transport is now reaching crisis proportions.
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The industry is now experiencing a rapid decline of crisis proportions.
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Unemployment, as the leading one, has reached crisis proportions, particularly with regard to the talent that we are now wasting.
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Now, nearly 20 years later, growing surpluses and unacceptable costs have reached crisis proportions.
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That is not particularly new, but during the last 12 months it has reached crisis proportions.
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Our commanding officers are worried about those serious problems; they believe that they are reaching crisis proportions.
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However, all that will count for nothing if we cannot tackle the problem of raging inflation, which we all agree has reached crisis proportions.
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It is getting to crisis proportions, as those who are consultants will say.
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So what are we to do about this situation that has developed to such crisis proportions?
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If the committee's experience from the evidence is of more than local significance, the problems of staffing psychiatric units outside teaching centres seem to have reached serious crisis proportions.
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