major repair
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandrepair
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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repair
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈpeər/us/rɪˈper/
the act of fixing something that is broken ...
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(Definition ofmajorandrepairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consequently, they neededmajorrepair.
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The building is in need ofmajorrepair.
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Outstandingmajorrepairwork is required in many.
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Much of that stock is now in need of clearance ormajorrepair.
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They might need large sums if amajorrepairof the bridge were wanted.
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A list ofmajorrepairworks presently in hand on motorways is attached.
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Sadly, many of our seaside piers are in need ofmajorrepairwork.
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The numbers of vehicles requiring replacement ormajorrepairwere greater than expected.
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An alternative might be to undertake amajorrepairwork of grouting with concrete.
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That is especially worrying given that one in three council houses is still in need of urgentmajorrepair.
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I know from my engineering background that machinery which manufacturers say will not needmajorrepairdoes need it.
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Formajorrepairwork there are 15 garages, of which four do not undertake a full range of work.
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I understand that the escalator, which has been undergoingmajorrepair, will be back in service this week.
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Within this, the corporation expects to approve £45 million of new schemes for themajorrepairof housing association dwellings.
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However, it is currently envisaged that there would be clauses relating tomajorrepairfunds and complaints procedures.
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Expenditure of trunk road maintenance was reduced during 1980–81 to give priority to the motorwaymajorrepairprogramme.
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The property was then probably in the minor repair stage, but was about to pass into themajorrepairstage.
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Such a decentralised manager should have control over the day-to-day repairs—everything but themajorrepairproblems.
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On the average, aids in use requiremajorrepairor reconditioning not more than once a year.
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It is the service's sole shipbuilding andmajorrepairfacility.
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A large percentage of the systems track requiresmajorrepair.
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After that it should not need amajorrepairfor, say, twenty-five years, and the interest would begin to come in.
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A programme ofmajorrepairis necessary during the next few years to keep our motorways in the condition necessary for safe use.
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One of the reasons that motorways now needmajorrepairis that they have been so successful in taking traffic on them.
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The provision that local authorities are not allowed to capitalise many of theirmajorrepairprogrammes through the restriction on enhancement is again quite unsuitable.
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