comprehensive improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomprehensiveandimprovement
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comprehensive
adjective
uk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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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 ofcomprehensiveandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Subsidy is payable where insulation forms part of acomprehensiveimprovementscheme or is provided to meet the special needs of elderly or disabled tenants.
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We must remember that it is expected that there will be a morecomprehensiveimprovementof the credit rating agencies in the spring of 2011.
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Yes, at the discretion of the local authority, where this work is part of a scheme for thecomprehensiveimprovementof an older house.
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It is true that as a result of successive public expenditure exercises—not transport exercises—thatcomprehensiveimprovementhas slipped back.
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That will be a great disappointment to all those who want to see acomprehensiveimprovement.
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No proposals for itscomprehensiveimprovementhave been submitted to me.
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Improvement grants are available for the provision of adequate wiring as part of acomprehensiveimprovementscheme.
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That restricts the local authority's ability to carry outcomprehensiveimprovementschemes or maintenance.
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Improvement of the insides of dwellings, with grant, is, however, encouraged following enveloping to achievecomprehensiveimprovement.
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I hope to authorise work on the first schemes in thiscomprehensiveimprovementduring the present financial year.
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After 1970 we expect that a much higher proportion of the funds for trunk roads can be spent on thecomprehensiveimprovementof other roads.
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This road has been selected forcomprehensiveimprovementthroughout.
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Why is there not acomprehensiveimprovementscheme for roof and wall insulation?
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The travel and accident loss and the other factors that must be taken into account do not indicate a high priority forcomprehensiveimprovementof this length of road.
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We hope next year to start constructional work on the first of a series of schemes for thecomprehensiveimprovementof this length of trunk road.
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Nevertheless, improvement grants are available to owner-occupiers, in that local authorities may grant-aid thermal insulation up to regulation standard if it is part of thecomprehensiveimprovementof a house.
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These ownership patterns that have evolved over the years have stymiedcomprehensiveimprovementefforts in this distressed multi-family community.
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Ever-increasing demands on its services have eaten up the extra resources provided and prevented comprehensive improvements from being made to them.
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Many of the problems relating to improving the housing stock revolve round the difficulty of persuading landlords to undertake comprehensive improvements.
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