extra capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofextraandcapacity

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extra
adjective
uk
/ˈek.strə/us
/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofextraandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For very low upstream damage, it is not rational to contribute as theextracapacitywill not be used.
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Many kindergartens haveextracapacityas the number of pupils has reduced due to the falling birthrate.
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If that means deliveringextracapacityor re-routing freight traffic to enhanced alternative routes, so be it.
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As a consequence, they set in train measures to provide thatextracapacity.
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In previous years, a number of health and social care partnerships have used additional winter funding to createextracapacityin so-called transitional care.
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Far from fragmenting the railway, we are addingextracapacityand providing a better integrated network.
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The public's top priority is waiting and, therefore, the challenge that we all face is creatingextracapacityand new ways of doing things.
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What we really need isextracapacityfor help in the office, not a salary.
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There could also be considerable benefits to commuters from a new station, both in terms ofextracapacityand faster journey times.
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Basically, he will shortly present a report on the strategic framework, which includes the contribution to be made by freight railway systems andextracapacity.
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However, we must not only put in place theextracapacity, but introduce the right reforms and ensure that money is well spent.
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Expanding airports in the south to provideextracapacityfor short-haul air travel is surely the wrong strategy.
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It will only be solved byextracapacityand by newer hospitals, better design, more research into drugs, more nurses and shorter waiting lists.
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All these elements have a cost, in that they involve the provision ofextracapacityin order to cater for the "on-demand" passenger.
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The simple fact is that we needextracapacity.
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This would require no more staff at the stations or on the trains, but it would provideextracapacity.
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For example, we shall use anyextracapacityfor parking, to make community life more acceptable, rather than to push more cars down the road.
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This will help to give a more precise view of when theextracapacityof the new line might be needed.
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I have no doubt from these figures thatextracapacityis needed and that the need will rapidly increase.
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I suspect that there will be cases where lorries will be coming into this country perhaps overweight in view of theirextracapacity.
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