supporting infrastructure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsupportingandinfrastructure
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supporting
adjective
uk/səˈpɔː.tɪŋ/us/səˈpɔːr.t̬ɪŋ/
not the most important actor or part in a film ...
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infrastructure
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/us/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to ...
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(Definition ofsupportingandinfrastructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Primary requirements include free information flow, the existence of asupportinginfrastructure, and training of local management for long-term efficient operation.
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However, there must also be somesupportinginfrastructurethat the agents can operate in.
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Applications and services are becoming independent of thesupportinginfrastructure, which is why technology is clearly a motor for change.
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They are worried about thesupportinginfrastructure, congestion and compensation for disturbance.
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We are putting in place asupportinginfrastructurethat will enable individuals to balance work and the rest of their life better.
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I would rather find them out of thesupportinginfrastructurethan out of the front line.
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That is simply not sustainable, and there is not even a hint of any newsupportinginfrastructure.
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Part of this strategy requires asupportinginfrastructure.
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There is the need to make absolutely sure that we undertake the necessary investment not only in manufacturing industry itself but in thesupportinginfrastructure.
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Thus, before a major stimulus is given to consumption, there should be a stimulus to investment in industry and thesupportinginfrastructure.
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We must make assistance more effective bysupportinginfrastructuredevelopments, and that is why we welcome the technical and educational assistance to those countries.
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There is all thesupportinginfrastructureof the rail and road networks which will have to be strengthened.
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Such overdevelopment is particularly damaging when it is linked, as it always seems to be, to a total lack of provision of suitablesupportinginfrastructure.
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Scotland will also benefit substantially from thesupportinginfrastructureinvestment being provided.
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In our over-crowded country it is planning control, or lack of it, which will determine our landscape, oursupportinginfrastructureand even the survival of our wildlife.
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Mobile phones will not work without thesupportinginfrastructure—that is, the masts.
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Mobile phones will simply not work without thesupportinginfrastructureof the masts.
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Unemployment within the labour markets in the travel-to-work area and improved productivity suggest that the demand for new housing and thesupportinginfrastructurewill be less than objectors have forecast.
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Regional partners have a key role to play in identifying and bringing forward strategic serviced sites andsupportinginfrastructurethat will be attractive to inward investors.
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These centers are the ones with the biggest skiing surfaces as well as the bestsupportinginfrastructure.
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