relative scarcity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandscarcity
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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scarcity
noun[U]
uk/ˈskeə.sə.ti/us/ˈsker.sə.t̬i/
a situation in which something is not easy to find ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandscarcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is probably an artefact caused by therelativescarcityof saplings and a few larger saplings found close to adult trees.
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I will then move to the specific villages involved in these cases, examining their socio-economic situations and theirrelativescarcityof resources.
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In concrete examples, knowing therelativescarcityof available resources is important and points to a particular way of evaluating bundles.
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It is a reflection of a higher inflowing quantity (decliningrelativescarcity) at a time when the remaining stock is shrinking (increasing absolute scarcity).
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Therelativescarcityof theoretical investigations that include viscous effects is undoubtedly due to the complicated nature of the nonlinear free-boundary problem which must be solved.
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This partly explains therelativescarcityof good studies on the era compared with the myriad of scholarly work devoted to the conquest period or the late eighteenth century.
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A precocious development, a well-organized distribution, and arelativescarcitywithin clades are all criteria indicating that a sculptural feature may be worth considering for systematic purposes.
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It is characteristic of the industry that a glut may occur on one day at a time ofrelativescarcity.
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Its high cost andrelativescarcitymake it suitable for specialised purchase, control and distribution.
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Do they form an assessment of therelativescarcityat different rateable value levels?
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Moreover, arelativescarcityis usually to be expected in the winter months.
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It showed the interdependence of water authorities and the need for areas of relative plenty to help areas ofrelativescarcity.
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We would set up regionality to reflect therelativescarcityof greenfield land in each region and regionalise priorities within them.
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The longer-term problems stem from the sharp rise in the cost of oil rather than itsrelativescarcity.
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There had also been restriction, because capitalism depends upon profit and profit depends uponrelativescarcity.
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The developments include advances in technology, inflation, increased fuel prices, therelativescarcity of fuel and the downturn in passenger travel, in particular that of the package tour business.
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Thisrelativescarcityis having the usual effect—and this is the perfectly normal way in which the market works: there is a growing tightening in supplies.
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Therelativescarcityand unique occurrences of tyrrellite can give geologists considerable insight into the circumstances under which the parent rock formed.
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Therelativescarcityof women gave them many opportunities to do many more things that were not normally considered women's work of this era.
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