English in a Minute: Verbs that go with 'resource'

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  This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

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  This video is a great resource for your English learning.

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  Resources are things like time,

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  money or materials that people or organisations can use to function well.

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  Sometimes you lack resources.

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  You don't have enough.

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  In that case, you can pool resources.

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  You bring resources together so that everyone can use them.

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  Individually, each student lacked resources.

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  But together, they pooled resources to buy a shared subscription for an online learning platform.

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  To work effectively, organisations allocate resources, decide where to use them and then move them.

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  The manager allocated more resources to the marketing team for the new campaign.

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  We humans draw on resources from the earth, like fossil fuels.

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  Use them when we need them.

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  Environmentalists say we should conserve our resources,

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  protect and manage them carefully rather than use up our resources or squander our resources,

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  waste them in a reckless manner.

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  You should draw on the resources we've made for you at BBC Learning English.