reduced labour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdepletedandlabour
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depleted
adjective
uk/dɪˈpliː.tɪd/us/dɪˈpliː.t̬ɪd/
reduced:
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labour
noun
uk/ˈleɪ.bər/us/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
practical work, especially when it involves hard ...
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(Definition ofdepletedandlabourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Fortunately, we can obtain useful results there, but with muchreducedlabour.
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Use of the two-phase techniquereducedlabourand time by 74% compared with scarifying the seed coat for all seeds prior to the germination test.
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If we do not do so there will be more people chasing fewer goods and areducedlaboursupply.
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The dockers want some share in the prosperity which they are bringing about by their greater productivity and theirreducedlabourforce.
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Among them isreducedlabourturnover, which would retain skills and experience in the industry, the absence of which leads directly to an unsafe workplace.
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In many areas, more investment will lead to more of the product being produced but with areducedlabourforce.
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Large farms will, of course, meanreducedlabour.
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It is designed to help around 130,000 people and will offer to business about £50 million inreducedlabourcosts.
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These efficient firms could even end up withreducedlabourcosts.
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They have certainly suffered a reduced volume of trade and a muchreducedlabourforce.
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British agriculture, with itsreducedlabourforce, is highly efficient and productive.
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Therefore, if it has used more material with areducedlabourforce, then it stands to reason that there must have been increased productivity.
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We began to get back to a five-day working week, with, of course, areducedlabourforce.
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We are likely to have areducedlabourforce in that industry.
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They have drasticallyreducedlabourcosts and significantly increased productivity without the heavy hand of enforced privatisation.
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Approval was given primarily in recognition of the increasing amount of repair work being undertaken by areducedlabourforce.
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Even then we shall have a greatlyreducedlabourforce.
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Of thisreducedlabourforce, about 100,000 are now engaged on urgent work connected with the war or essential civilian industries.
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Since the sale of these stations the new owners havereducedlabourcosts; they have improved maintenance and appear very happy with their purchases.
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