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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Ironically, it is in some of these that the biggest shortfalls have been exposed.
■ NOUN
budget
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This week the council said the 7.5 percent pay rise given to teachers left them with an education budget shortfall of £2.5m.
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That uncertainty arose after a $ 10 million budget shortfall surfaced in July, days before the start of the school year.
revenue
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These revenue shortfalls at the state and local levels are largely filled by Federal transfers or grants.
■ VERB
cover
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However, members have recommended taking £385,000 from other capital funds to the housing budget to cover the shortfall .
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Meantime, the tribe is looking for ways to cover the shortfall .
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But Kohl insists that no tax package can be approved until new ways are found to cover the shortfall in revenues.
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State lawmakers were criticized for failing to provide money to cover the shortfall .
face
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Some homeowners face four or five-figure shortfalls on their policies, meaning that their loans may not be repaid in full.
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Even with the supplemental supplies, the affected districts will face a predicted shortfall of 7. 5 million gallons a day.
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And if everyone followed it, the Government would find itself facing a severe shortfall .
make
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The planned figure at the start of the year was about £30 million, making the true shortfall around 25 percent.
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Then, if one market segment sags, others may make up the shortfall .
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We are interested in how to make good that shortfall .
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Yorkshire Television made good the shortfall and the Electricity Board set to work.
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However, in certain limited circumstances you can make voluntary contributions to make up a shortfall in a particular year.
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Therefore, the acquirer should obtain a covenant that the seller will make up any shortfall .
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After this, your payments will be increased to make up the shortfall .
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So Hinkley C and two further stations would be needed to make up the shortfall .
meet
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The company would meet any shortfall between proceeds of sale and the amount of the bonds.
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If the remaining 5 percent come in, they go into an interest-bearing account to meet future shortfalls .
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But conservation measures could actually meet the shortfall in supply expected by planners.
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Once again, I understand this year over £1m has to be found again by Darlington Health Authority to meet this shortfall .
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The need for additional staff should be identified at the earliest opportunity after consideration of alternative means of meeting the shortfall .
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The agency is a valuable resource to meet staffing shortfalls or an unexpected increase in workload.
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More crucially, however, will she tell the House how the Government will meet the identified shortfall in community care funding?
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If they do not meet that shortfall , there will be a sorry start to the future system of community care.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 3% production shortfall
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Government aides predicted a $4 billion budget shortfall for this year.
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The center had projected a $38,000 shortfall for its $6.47 million budget.
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The districts affected by the drought will face a predicted shortfall of 7.5 million gallons a day.
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We've had to trim our budget to compensate for a $1.5 million shortfall in revenue.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A DoH spokeswoman is confident that last year's 50 percent increase will help accommodate this year's shortfall .
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Cirrus had warned analysts to expect a significant shortfall .
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He noted that the city is facing a possible $ 50 million shortfall .
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He, himself, did not identity a shortfall in March 1992, the context for determining that appeal then.
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However, there is still a shortfall of £500,000 which has to be found before negotiations can be concluded.
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It follows the discovery of a shortfall in the Anfield books which was spotted by the club accountant.
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Its shortfall is in dealing with individuals, patients and physicians say.
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This compares with a $ 1. 5 million shortfall last year.