temporary provision

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandprovision

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In a way, that is more at the centre of the problem than is thetemporaryprovisionof an international peacekeeping force.
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Eight years is long enough: what was supposed to be atemporaryprovisionmust now be ended.
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They provide some funds to enabletemporaryprovisionto be made, but not all access can be resolved bytemporaryprovision.
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It may prove to be only atemporaryprovision.
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Their first objection is that this policy, when it was enunciated in 1920, was regarded as atemporaryprovision.
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Is not the whole purpose of this clause atemporaryprovision?
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The procedure proposed here is very simple and straightforward, and it is atemporaryprovision.
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Will he re-emphasise the point about this matter being kept under regular review so that it can be regarded as a purelytemporaryprovision?
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The first is that it represents atemporaryprovisionnarrowly linked to the question of mergers.
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Is this atemporaryprovision, or has the pass been sold already?
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From that point of view this is a purelytemporaryprovision.
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It can be argued that, because the severe hardship payment has become more than atemporaryprovision, some safety net is now in place.
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Clause 1, therefore, is a ten-yeartemporaryprovision.
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As regards the last-named service, atemporaryprovisionhas been made, and the deficiency will presently be properly filled up.
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Let us not fool ourselves by supposing that we can have satisfactorytemporaryprovisionlegislation.
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I quite agree that this should be atemporaryprovision.
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I am very anxious that proper provision should be made for the men, but is this a permanent provision or merely atemporaryprovision?
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I agree this can only be atemporaryprovision, and it is quite recognised as only atemporaryprovision.
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We welcome the increases in the domestic element and, for what it is worth, the specialtemporaryprovisionof the £1 million.
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