Collocations for labour - noun
1. work
ADJ.
manual, physical | forced, hard
He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime.
He was sentenced to four years hard labour for his crime.
VERB + LABOUR
withdraw
The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.
The miners are threatening to withdraw their labour.
LABOUR + NOUN
market
an increasingly competitive labour market
an increasingly competitive labour market
2. workers
ADJ.
cheap | casual | skilled, unskilled | child, migrant, slave
It is thought that Stonehenge was built using slave labour.
It is thought that Stonehenge was built using slave labour.
LABOUR + NOUN
force
the size of the labour force
the size of the labour force
cost/costs | relations
3. giving birth
ADJ.
difficult, easy | long, short
The baby was born after a long labour.
The baby was born after a long labour.
VERB + LABOUR
go into
She went into labour two weeks early.
She went into labour two weeks early.
induce
Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.
Labour was induced when the baby was ten days overdue.
LABOUR + NOUN
room, ward | pains
PREP.
in ~
She was in labour for ten hours.
She was in labour for ten hours.