sustained improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsustainedandimprovement
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sustained
adjective
uk/səˈsteɪnd/us/səˈsteɪnd/
continuing for a ...
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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 ofsustainedandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At least three exercise sessions per week are felt necessary forsustainedimprovement, two of which should be supervised.
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Under the improvement, strand awards would be based onsustainedimprovementagainst the same indicators.
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An end to the political deadlock of recent years offers the best hope of asustainedimprovementin the economy and in security.
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Franchise replacement aims to secure asustainedimprovementin performance and a step change in customer service through increased investment.
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In the medium term the aim must be faster growth fed not by inflation—that is easy —but bysustainedimprovementin productivity and exports.
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So clearly, whatever depredations may be inflicted on the fish stocks, they do not stop the stocks showing asustainedimprovement.
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Asustainedimprovementis also required in the fight against fraud.
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This might give us an opportunity at last to see a real andsustainedimprovementof the transport facilities which connect our two economies.
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These are encouraging indications which we hope foreshadow asustainedimprovementin the industry's performance to the benefit of the whole economy.
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In fact, it has led to thesustainedimprovementof, and investment in, public transport by road and rail throughout the continent.
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There must be asustainedimprovementin our economic performance before such an increase could be considered.
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This process is settling down to asustainedimprovementin performance.
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Only a continued easing of picketing and asustainedimprovementin the transport situation will prevent a major decline in production in the near future.
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None of them offers a hope for asustainedimprovementin the outlook.
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We shall achievesustainedimprovementin real incomes, as opposed to confetti money, only bysustainedimprovementin productivity deals.
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But they are sceptical about the possibility of rapid andsustainedimprovement.
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We must, therefore, get asustainedimprovementin the balance of payments.
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We expect a significant andsustainedimprovementin the outcome of training for work.
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We want to see significant andsustainedimprovementin that infrastructure.
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