minor repair

collocation in English

meaningsofminorandrepair

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things 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 ofminorandrepairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tenants could carry out redecorating andminorrepairwork.
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Otherminorrepairworks take place as necessary and vary from day to day.
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Figures are not available forminorrepairwork that is not classified as investment.
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Minorrepairfacilities were available at the airfield.
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Local authorities will have to produce new accounting methods to identify separately the costs of everyminorrepair.
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As a result that hospital will have to wait seven or eight years before thisminorrepairis made.
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Alternatively, the highway authority may wish the utility to carry out someminorrepairwork adjacent to the reinstatement.
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Some of these older houses are in a perfectly good state of repair, or need onlyminorrepair.
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The property was then probably in theminorrepairstage, but was about to pass into the major repair stage.
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We want to simplify and strengthen procedures for the most urgent types ofminorrepairaffecting health, safety or crime prevention.
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We may also wish to give a class consent for things likeminorrepairworks and in such a case consultation may not be necessary.
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This can easily turn aminorrepairinto a camera fit for spare parts use.
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Many statues were destroyed or damaged; some of the statues still needminorrepair.
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The settlement was based on agriculture, resupply andminorrepairof ships, and whaling.
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Some ditches have been cleared and someminorrepairworks carried out, but no major scheme has been started or seems likely to be started for some years.
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We have always regarded theminorrepairas being the knocking in of a few nails to secure a board in a wooden packing case, or something of that nature.
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This wording was criticised on the grounds that it would enable a wide range ofminorrepairwork which was clearly outside the dockworkers' field to be considered for classification.
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He asked me a number of more detailed questions; for example, about the interim level of reinstatement and aboutminorrepairwork to be carried out by a different utility.
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A major repair can change the depreciable equipment value due to an extension in service life, while aminorrepairis normal maintenance.
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