long-term improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflong-termandimprovement
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long-term
adjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈtɜːm/us/ˌlɑːŋˈtɝːm/
continuing a long time into ...
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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 oflong-termandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such assistance will help much-needed,long-termimprovementof healthcare provision in underdeveloped countries.
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I have no hesitation in saying that since then there has been little significantlong-termimprovementin the general state of the building industry.
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Re-seeding and fertilising some parts of the hill are of dubious current value and do not provide a truelong-termimprovement.
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The link between the governing bodies, school clubs and schools will sustain along-termimprovementin sporting standards from the bottom to the top.
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Both are vital for along-termimprovementin the balance of payments.
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Yet here is something which redounds to the long-term benefit of the industry and to thelong-termimprovementof our homes.
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This transition should ensure an importantlong-termimprovementin the scheme, without producing the short-term hardship which a sudden, complete, reform might bring.
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We are committed tolong-termimprovement.
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Legislation is both a complement tolong-termimprovementin human relationships, and a framework for it.
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These are activities which are too often directed towards short-term gain rather than to thelong-termimprovementof our industrial performance.
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I see thelong-termimprovementin quality as resting in the educational sphere.
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These increases had been strongly recommended by fisheries scientists as a contribution to thelong-termimprovementof all the stocks.
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But they are intended to do what they are designed to do; that is, to ensure permanent andlong-termimprovement.
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All that must be done if there is to be real hope oflong-termimprovement.
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What evidence is there of secure and sustainablelong-termimprovement?
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We are determined to work with all who have real concern for rural areas to deliver real,long-termimprovement.
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That is well advanced and will lead to along-termimprovementin such difficulties.
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The other enervating factor is that not only is there no prospect of immediate improvement, there is no prospect of medium or evenlong-termimprovement.
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In order to achieve along-termimprovement, we need reforms of pension systems and medical care systems, and investment in good health.
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There cannot be manylong-termimprovementschemes that will cost less than that sum.
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