permanent occupation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpermanentandoccupation
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permanent
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/us/ˈpɝː.mə.nənt/
lasting for a long time or ...
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occupation
noun
uk/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofpermanentandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They have announced that the repatriation of prisoners of war has been completed, and that they are prepared forpermanentoccupation.
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The army strongly attracted these new aristocrats and became apermanentoccupationcausing obligatory absences from the city.
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Even at the end of the nineteenth century, servants were mostly young and single and servanthood was a phase in life rather than apermanentoccupation.
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Not all of them are used forpermanentoccupation, but a substantial number are.
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For the morepermanentoccupationof national camps in time of war, it has been decided to convert one of the dormitories into additional classrooms.
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There might be apermanentoccupation, but by whom?
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Obviously apermanentoccupationis an impossibility, but extended sanctions with the replacement of troops is a possibility.
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Eleven local authority sites are now open forpermanentoccupation.
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It may be argued that it would be right to distinguish between caravans used forpermanentoccupationand those let for holiday use.
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Those arepermanentoccupation, exclusive occupation and occupation of benefit to the occupier.
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The small numbers of houses how being built by local authorities for war workers are being provided forpermanentoccupationand conform to local planning requirements.
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The occupiers of certain moored vessels are already liable to be rated if they satisfy the basic criteria ofpermanentoccupationwhich is exclusive and beneficial to the occupier.
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Caravan buyers often sink their savings into their home with a view topermanentoccupation.
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I believe that, out of the 900,000, only some 9,000 have been settled in some kind of, more or less,permanentoccupation, or in homes of their own.
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It may well be that they feel that in some way they would commit themselves to apermanentoccupation of the houses if they accepted these installations.
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In 1928, the balloon unit transferred and the airfield was without anypermanentoccupationfor three years.
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