improving standard

collocation in English

meaningsofimproveandstandard

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improve
verb[I or T]
uk
/ɪmˈpruːv/us
/ɪmˈpruːv/
to (cause something to) ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofimproveandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That in turn will militate against the steadilyimprovingstandardof living conditions in the countryside.
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It is easy to patronise the engine of wealth creation, when it guarantees your own high andimprovingstandardof living.
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There can be no better way of ensuring animprovingstandardof citizenship than to ensure that family life is improving.
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Not only was that increase in population maintained, but: it was maintained at a very definitelyimprovingstandardof living.
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In a broad matter like this, we have a continuouslyimprovingstandardof living and a continuously increasing population.
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We want to see theimprovingstandardof road vehicles maintained.
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It will then deliver improving living standards and animprovingstandardof public services for everyone who lives in this country.
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We must be able to meet them if we wish to see expansion, a reasonably low level of unemployment, and animprovingstandardof living.
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Thirdly, we should be reasonably able to expect animprovingstandardof living and the retention of the confidence of investors.
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This, after 75 years of peace, animprovingstandardof living, better education, and no trouble whatever!
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Why should not pensioners share, as they have done in some of the previous pension rises since 1964, in theimprovingstandardof life?
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They are deaf to the argument, they are blind to the spectacle of a graduallyimprovingstandardof life for their people, because they are thinking of something else.
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Our standing is steadily rising every year because of animprovingstandardof qualification, of training, of education and of the whole environment in which a solicitor conducts his business.
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We would probably all agree that the true aim of sound economic policy is to build up a secure andimprovingstandardof life for the whole community.
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Improving standards in our schools is not merely about increased investment.
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Improving standards are welcome and impressive, but we should not be complacent.
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Improving standards in the existing building stock is vital to meet the targets.
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Improving standards for our armed forces and resolving the crises of overstretch and undermanning are important aspects of maintaining that capability.
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