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Some jobs will go in natural wastage , not filling vacancies and voluntary redundancy, however, we cannot escape the fact that some losses will be frontline posts that, given a choice, councils would not want to see go.
Distribution costs were high, and wastage was also a problem.
And although it is true, as loggers argue, that extracting old, slow-growing trees and preserving their carbon in expensive furniture may represent a net sequestration opportunity, high levels of wastage make the argument less convincing.
Either way, there would be scope for reducing wastage by raising the quality rather than the quantity of newly trained nurses.Clearly, even for the most dedicated teacher or nurse, pay is important.
To put that in perspective, India's wheat wastage each year is almost equal to Australia's entire production of wheat.In South-East Asia 37% of rice is lost between field and table; in China the figure is up to 45% and in Vietnam it can be as high as 80%.
That few SNP candidates are standing in constituencies where they will gain votes but not seats reduces vote wastage.
Also curious is that, outside the opinion columns of the business press and the Bavarian taxpayers' association, there has been no outcry at this apparent wastage of public funds.In this section Getting hostile Singapore's little bang Stable doors Europe's burden When lawyers inhale In-house sales?
The Adams-McGuinness line has carried the IRA along, with some wastage and one serious split the breakaway Real IRA, much of whose threat was dissipated by the carnage created by their bombing of Omagh in 1998, and the subsequent backlash.Decommissioning has always been primarily a unionist demand, supported with varying degrees of sympathy in London and Dublin.
Even natural wastage will have a depressing effect on regions that are overdependent on state employment.
In a report published on May 14th, the United Nations estimated that retailers and consumers in America throw away food worth $48 billion each year, and called upon governments everywhere to halve food wastage by 2025.With food prices soaring and consumers tightening their belts, supermarkets' margins are under pressure.
Consuming fewer calories could adversely affect a crew's productivity and health, especially in micro-gravity, which causes muscle wastage and embrittled bones, among other things.
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The word "wastage" functions primarily as a noun , referring to the amount or proportion of something lost or wasted. It quantifies inefficiency or loss, as shown in Ludwig's examples, such as "high levels of loss " or "reducing "spoilage "".
Expression frequency: Very common
