permanent improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpermanentandimprovement
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permanent
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is growth because each subsequent innovation leads to apermanentimprovementin the production technology.
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Where the public as taxpayer legitimates the pursuit of efficiency (and economy), the public as consumer legitimates the pursuit of comparability andpermanentimprovementin standards of service.
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We talk aboutpermanentimprovementowing to drainage, but, of course, that is a complete misnomer.
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By self-help one sometimes puts oneself out of the running forpermanentimprovementin the quality of life.
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That, be it observed, is apermanentimprovementin the scheme of insurance.
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It may not be called apermanentimprovementin agriculture.
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There has been nopermanentimprovementin our industrial or economic performance.
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It could be that this increase is per- manent, and one must hope that it will be apermanentimprovement.
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I would ask for some information about that, because that is one of the few subsidies given which may create somepermanentimprovementin agriculture.
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British business clearly has confidence that this is apermanentimprovement, and it is investing in the future.
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If there is apermanentimprovementin the standard of living, how is it achieved?
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These form the basis ofpermanentimprovementin the health of underprivileged communities in the third world.
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An even greater objection is that any arrangement of this kind would make nopermanentimprovementin the small farmer's position.
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I do not know whether it is a fluctuation or apermanentimprovement.
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If there is to be a real andpermanentimprovementin the trade of this country you must increase the purchasing power of the people.
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Those are the miserable figures for council house building and there is no sign of anypermanentimprovementin the future.
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There will be nopermanentimprovementin inflation or expansion until we embark on sensible proposals there.
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I want to make apermanentimprovementin the physical education of this country.
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What is apermanentimprovementwhich would mitigate the dust nuisance once and for all?
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At the moment, apermanentimprovementerected by the tenant becomes the property of the landlord, and the tenant has no right of sale.
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