running repairs
noun[plural]
ukusworkthat is done when it isneededinordertokeepamachineorvehicleworking,ratherthanplanned,regularmaintenance:
make running repairs to sthThecrewmaderunningrepairsto thehull.
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The best steam locomotives spent an average of three to five days per month in the shop for routine maintenance andrunningrepairs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Runningrepairscould also be carried out at the same time with hammer and nails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Runningrepairshave been carried out to the main metal skin of the hangar and the doors have been serviced.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After 12 months of interimrunningrepairs, it ran for a while to raise funds for its forthcoming 10-year major overhaul.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mechanical division also controls 46 additional facilities responsible for car maintenance and dailyrunningrepairs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Old machinery had to be pressed into service more intensively and deployed with a mixture of improvisation, strategicrunningrepairsand optimism.
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We are talking only about the final permanent repair, which is quite different fromrunningrepairs.
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They may have to dorunningrepairson tractors.
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That is why we must accept that our legislation is so complex thatrunningrepairsneed to be made fairly often.
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Last year, £55,000 had to be spent on ordinary maintenance,runningrepairs, renewing lighting and electric wiring, and tarmacing roadways and terraces.
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