existing supply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexistingandsupply
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existing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/us/ɪɡˈzɪs.tɪŋ/
used to refer to something that ...
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supply
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ/us/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition ofexistingandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Machine tools— was theexistingsupplylikely to be sufficient.
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What else can the words "improving anexistingsupply" mean?
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An eco-label will pass this test when, given the current price,existingsupplyof shade-grown coffee is greater than 'potential' demand if a label existed.
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The introduction of supplementary prescribing is a response to the recognition that the burden of long-term illness cannot be met with theexistingsupplyof doctors.
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A new transformer has recently been installed to reinforce theexistingsupply.
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Rather, the provisions will lead to a redistribution of theexistingsupplyof homes.
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All local authorities are currently mapping theexistingsupplyof housing-related support in their area.
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The third factor is theexistingsupplyof properly trained teachers of religious education.
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There is no possibility of achieving what is wanted with theexistingsupplyand demand for services.
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Every possible effort will be made to see that theexistingsupplyis used to the best advantage.
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I have no reason to think that theexistingsupplyof barges does not meet all normal requirements.
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If the cost of providing a public supply is cheaper than upgrading theexistingsupply, the local authority must install a new supply.
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A change in theexistingsupplyarrangements cannot be justified at present as a priority over other competing claims for resources.
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The next key issue is the adequacy of theexistingsupplyof affordable housing and the money available to increase that supply.
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One or two farms or a few cottages situated perhaps a mile from anexistingsupply, may desire to be connected with that supply.
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Everybody knows the effect of total expenditure outrunning savings and if there is more demand for labour than can be satisfied by theexistingsupply.
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The one point they emphasised was that everything depended upon leaving the necessary men upon the land—indeed, in increasing theexistingsupplyof labour.
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Is there a demand for cheesy 1950s sci-fi movies not met by theexistingsupply?
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The enemy then committed large forces in an effort to close a singleexistingsupplyroute.
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In advanced economies, the problems are about optimisingexistingsupplynetworks.
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We should only get the extra teachers when the worst crisis was over, so we must seek to do the best we can with theexistingsupply.
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The company will be contracted to deliver aircraft on the basis of a "commercial approach" which makes maximum use ofexistingsupplychains and centres of excellence.
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In some areas this could be done with theexistingsupplyof teachers, and the existing stock of school buildings, but in others it could not.
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Surely it cannot be right, because in the end the local authority would be put to a much greater cost than if it could be assured of anexistingsupply.
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So if draughtsmen go on strike, it is possible by using theexistingsupplyin the pipeline to keep the shop floor going for as long as two months.
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