remedial work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofremedialandwork
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remedial
adjective
uk/rɪˈmiː.di.əl/us/rɪˈmiː.di.əl/
formal
A remedial action is intended to correct something that is wrong or to improve a ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofremedialandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Highlighting specific areas for improvement allows opportunities forremedialworkand creation of individual action plans.
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Individual health authorities and trusts are responsible for estimating and meeting the cost ofremedialwork.
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The council has been made aware thatremedialworknecessary to overcome this problem, being repair work, does not rank for subsidy.
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The number of people on remand awaiting sentence undermines theremedialworkof prisons, which become places of containment.
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All necessaryremedialworkhas been carried out, underpinned by robust contingency plans for the continued safe operation of services over the millennium period.
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A final account is not yet available for theremedialworkwhich commenced in 1997 supported by the award of a further grant of £101,190.
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This will provide mainly for some minorremedialworkto complete the contract liabilities.
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Let me deal with the expected duration of theremedialworkand the duration and extent of traffic management measures.
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Thisremedialworkis covered under the contractor's liability warranty.
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The means test determines the contribution which an applicant must make towards the cost ofremedialwork.
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On the basis of these surveys, the city council will consider whatremedialworkis necessary and how such work should be funded.
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The purpose of these words is to make it absolutely clear thatremedialworkincludes redecoration.
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The purpose of the insertion is to make it quite clear that theremedialworkto be done includes the work of redecoration.
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Local authorities have discretionary powers to award house renovation grants and home repair assistance to help with the cost of radonremedialwork.
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To have restarted the plant to take air samples with the system operating would have delayedremedialworkand possibly created contamination.
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Failure to provide the financial resources for development now could lead to untold costs in emergency andremedialworklater.
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Estimates of annual rates of deterioration would depend on assumptions about the effects ofremedialworkand demolition.
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I understand that theremedialworkto be carried out by the contractors has been completed, and that no further defects have been discovered.
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The cost of theremedialworkfalls on the contractors.
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Indeed, it may be the case that, because of the needs of safety, moreremedialworkhas been done than is absolutely necessary.
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