diminishing supply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiminishandsupply
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diminish
verb[I or T]
uk/dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/us/dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/
to reduce or be reduced in size ...
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supply
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ/us/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition ofdiminishandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this is mere lip service, if deprived racial minorities are competing with others for the rapidlydiminishingsupplyof rented accommodation.
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It must not be seen as a rival organisation, competing for adiminishingsupplyof raw materials.
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These are conditions which breed opportunities for exploitation — increasing demand anddiminishingsupply.
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Now we are to inject another competitor with additional sources to compete for thisdiminishingsupply.
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The same men cannot count for both, and, therefore, you have an ever-increasing demand with a steadilydiminishingsupplyof men.
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Both tenant and owner-occupier have been provided with an equality of misery because of high interest rates and adiminishingsupplyof new accommodation.
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But they cannot because there is adiminishingsupplyof rented homes available.
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For most museums, the main source of income is visitors and the sad fact is that at the moment they are indiminishingsupply.
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If we are to have incinerators, the case must be made for a steadilydiminishingsupplyof calorific material to burn in them.
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For me, the debate stems from thediminishingsupplyof university applicants and graduates in what are regarded as the hard sciences.
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That is a very necessary thing, but if increasing emphasis is placed on adiminishingsupplythen a great disaster awaits this country.
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One cannot ask an exporting authority with adiminishingsupplyof money to bear an increasing burden of debt.
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It is suggested that petrol prices will be so high because ofdiminishingsupply—perhaps even rationed—that vehicle miles travelled will certainly fall.
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Does he agree that in a country—especially in the south—which is congested and which has adiminishingsupplyof undeveloped land the environmental impact assessments are very important?
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There is no doubt that a considerable demand for homes and a rapidlydiminishingsupplyof land is conducive to escalating prices to the levels which we are now experiencing.
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It is essential, however, to secure that experience in leadership should begin early, and that the community should get the full benefit of thediminishingsupplyof youth.
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The need for limestone increased with the growth of roads, while the demand for coal grew with thediminishingsupplyof timber.
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The voyage was fraught with hardship and suffering: atrocious weather and diminishing supplies soon have a deleterious effect on the men's health.
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