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labour-intensive industry

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meanings of labour-intensiveand industry


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labour-intensive
adjective
uk /ˌleɪ.bər.ɪnˈten.sɪv/ us /ˌleɪ.bɚ.ɪnˈten.sɪv/
Industries and methods that are labour-intensive need a lot ...
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industry
noun
uk /ˈɪn.də.stri/ us /ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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In a labour-intensiveindustry such as retailing, it would be unthinkable to attempt to continue rigid price control when wages have been let go free.
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Whereas it used to be a labour-intensiveindustry it is now a capital-intensive one.
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In combination, therefore, they are designed to attract, or in some cases to retain, both capital-intensive and labour-intensiveindustry for development areas.
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It has moved from being a labour-intensiveindustry to become one that it capital-intensive.
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It is a labour-intensiveindustry with good industrial relations.
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I would not object if a new electronics firm were to set up in these areas, and electronics is a very labour-intensiveindustry.
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A labour-intensiveindustry means that any large-scale closure would lead to increased unemployment.
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Costs are rising and it is a labour-intensiveindustry.
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The result, in a labour-intensiveindustry, has been sharp fare increases.
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Of course the arts are an extremely labour-intensiveindustry.
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There is the classic example of textiles which, notwithstanding a considerable degree of mechanisation in recent years, still remains a relatively labour-intensiveindustry.
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This is equally true of any labour-intensiveindustry with a declining manpower requirement.
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One is the migration of labour-intensiveindustry to where labour is cheaper.
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It is a labour-intensiveindustry and makes a great contribution to the standard of living of any country.
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The labour force of a labour-intensiveindustry is varied according to the business coming forward from year to year.
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We need more labour-intensiveindustry, and we need the magnets to pull it here.
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Moreover, it will provide a huge boost to employment in this labour-intensiveindustry.
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It is not a question of labour-intensiveindustry against capital-intensive industry.
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Do they realise how rapidly it is changing to a capital intensive from a labour-intensiveindustry?
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Rationalisation and modernisation of the railways, once a labour-intensiveindustry, has been going on apace for a number of years.
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