Common collocations with manpower in American Collocation

Our greatest problem was a lack of trained manpower.

We have abundant manpower due to massive unemployment.

By 1917, the army was using all of the available manpower.

Here, anyone who has the necessary manpower can plough land freely.

After consideration, the YMCA decided that they had insufficient manpower to run the scheme.

Extra manpower from neighbouring fire stations was drafted in.

National Service provides military manpower relatively cheaply.

More than a quarter of their IT manpower is permanently deployed in non-productive ‘fix and maintain’ roles.

He promptly cut the army and navy and reduced manpower in both services.

Imigration has supplied the manpower necessary for economic growth.

Enforcing department policy is an extensive task, which requires additional manpower.

They’d been told repeatedly the police lacked the manpower to pursue particular lines of inquiry.

The manpower shortage caused by increased military drafts could no longer be filled.

The key to proper manpower planning is to give staff enough incentive to work unsocial hours.

Many European countries still have military structures geared to territorial defence, with massive manpower requirements.

Russia’s manpower reserves were virtually limitless.

One of the first things to break down in society was the criminal justice system, because of the manpower costs.