vital infrastructure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvitalandinfrastructure
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vital
adjective
uk/ˈvaɪ.təl/us/ˈvaɪ.t̬əl/
necessary for the success or continued existence of something; ...
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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 ofvitalandinfrastructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It provides an opportunity to secure a continuing high level of investment in avitalinfrastructure.
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Industry will be deprived of improvements in thevitalinfrastructureprojects that it needs and could have.
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That appears to be a result of the lack of crucial investment in thevitalinfrastructure.
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It is important that ifvitalinfrastructureis not to be transferred to the borough council its continued use must be guaranteed.
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What can our actions on economic and social cohesion and regional development amount to withoutvitalinfrastructurelinks?
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Good public services are thevitalinfrastructurefor rising prosperity in our country.
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There is a difference between thevitalinfrastructureof the railway network and airlines, which can change.
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Legislation provides thevitalinfrastructurefor a society which is free from racism, which values diversity and which provides fairness and justice for all its citizens.
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There are even more utilities digging up the roads, installing new services that we want and, of course, maintaining thevitalinfrastructurethat lies beneath our roads.
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Members of the squadron also provided thevitalinfrastructurerequired to sustain such an operation, as well as constructing extensive force protection measures.
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Tourist areas tend to have more reliable power, as do business, travel, healthcare, andvitalinfrastructure.
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The impact has been long-lasting, with entire families and villages wiped out andvitalinfrastructuredestroyed.
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Its primary function was to allow the rapid movement of troops and military supplies, but it also providedvitalinfrastructurefor trade and the transport of goods.
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