extra manpower

collocation in English

meaningsofextraandmanpower

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extra
adjective
uk
/ˈek.strə/us
/ˈek.strə/
added to what ...
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manpower
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmæn.paʊər/us
/ˈmæn.paʊ.ɚ/
the supply of people who are able ...
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(Definition ofextraandmanpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextra manpower

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This kind ofextramanpowercannot be recruited on a full-time basis.
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We are entitled to know how muchextramanpowerand womanpower has been employed in this way.
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It is expected to carry out all these extra responsibilities with noextramanpoweror resources.
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Such things can be done withoutextramanpower.
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The number of cars on the road has increased enormously and enforcement would require considerableextramanpower, which, again, would involve more public expenditure.
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Obtaining such statistics would involve considerableextramanpower.
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I too believe that the staffing levels in those institutions are too low to warrantextramanpower.
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There will be meetings, discussions and further reports, all costing enormous sums of money and requiringextramanpower.
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Can he also tell me what theextramanpowerrequired would be, or is that too difficult a question at this stage?
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However, we are allocatingextramanpowerto the scheme.
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It is essential in the national interest that the railways secure theextramanpowerwhich they so badly need.
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I shall not enlarge on his remarks, except to say that we needextramanpower.
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Either theextramanpowerhas to be found or our commitments have to be cut.
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They started by promising cheaper and better defence, and no need forextramanpower.
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Not so long ago we were looking at the resources of skilled manpower and trying to fill places by bringingextramanpowerinto the market.
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They are bound to requireextramanpowerto be employed by local authorities for the management of the land.
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That obviates the difficulty ofextramanpowerfor test examiners, and so on.
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If it does not result in the use ofextramanpower, presumably people who are doing something else will do the checking.
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The amendment deals with a narrow point about the employment ofextramanpower.
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We must do our best to see thatextramanpowerand expenditure are not involved.
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