permanent basis

collocation in English

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permanent
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us
/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermanent basis

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Fourteen of these women were theoretically employed on apermanentbasis, yet ten of them worked for less than thirty days.
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The executive committee is made up of representatives from member agencies that, on apermanentbasis, undertake substantial early warning activity.
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We have, however, no evidence to suggest that they were remunerated through a fixed salary on apermanentbasis.
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In 1922, a legislative decree ratified admission fees on apermanentbasis.
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Some of them then moved further into the dry and sparsely populated coastal savanna plains where they settled on apermanentbasis.
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In constructional terms this means that it is the vertical elements, doors, walls and screens, which need to be readily changeable on a temporary orpermanentbasis.
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In each case, we take these differences in synthetically constructed total fertility rates to be relevant for the case of foreigners who are likely to stay on apermanentbasis.
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The sparse distribution of houses and low land prices had made this area attractive to newcomers who could easily settle there on a more or lesspermanentbasis.
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When accessing affordable social housing on a long-term orpermanentbasis, single or childless people have tended to be disadvantaged by the housing allocation policies of local authorities.
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The original idea was to rotate these three for a period and then appoint the most successful on apermanentbasis, but this did not happen.
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This situation simply must not be a one-off type of result, but must be guaranteed on apermanentbasis.
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I do not know whether we may express the hope that he may find himself discharging it on a morepermanentbasisbefore very long.
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There is considerable difficulty in fixing taxation upon the basis of present figures, which are notoriously inflated, and do not represent apermanentbasis.
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If it is, it ought to be put upon apermanentbasis.
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But the others face a new and stark problem—exclusion on apermanentbasis, both as producers and consumers, from economic life.
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It would obviously be foolish to consider the question of compensation unless and until the ban were on apermanentbasis.
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There are family men who are moved without promotion and on apermanentbasis, from low-cost to high-cost areas.
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One prisoner was transferred on apermanentbasisin 1974 and four in 1975.
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