adequate equipment

collocation in English

meaningsofadequateandequipment

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adequate
adjective
uk
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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equipment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/us
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a ...
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(Definition ofadequateandequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each parliamentary committee should haveadequateequipmentand funds for secretarial support and study relating to its responsibilities.
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Regardless of age, the laboratory must be fitted withadequateequipmentfor suctioning and monitoring, including the capacity for pulse oximetry.
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Some have silted up, others lack storage accommodation oradequateequipmentfor loading and unloading vessels.
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But since 1992 the number of unmet medical needs—patients going without essential drugs or doctors performing medical procedures withoutadequateequipment—has sharply accelerated.
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Does he realise that if we are short ofadequateequipmentwe are short also of mobilisation equipment?
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It will be necessary to give prolonged consideration to theadequateequipmentof the schools to meet the educational needs of the new age group.
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There should beadequateequipmentto meet identifiable threats.
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It refers to difficulties in maintaining buildings, providingadequateequipment, providing adequate books and so on.
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We have to consider not only making sure that it is givenadequateequipmentand time to train.
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It is to be hoped that that means that they have suitable accommodation,adequateequipmentand professional training.
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Of course, so far as accommodation is concerned, it is accepted that the general practitioner should have good premises andadequateequipment.
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There were notices all over the place, cups of tea here and there, noadequateequipmentand no recent paint.
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Also, in order to obtainadequateequipmentfor primary schools an additional sum of from half a million pounds to £1 million is needed.
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I also want to know thatadequateequipmentwill be provided for the airwomen.
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That is a problem in the national milk supply of theadequateequipmentof the dairy farms.
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Similarly, there is no support for cooperatives or for buyingadequateequipment.
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Nor have they hadadequateequipmentto be able to do it in the past.
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However, the problem is that even the most brilliant researcher cannot do research on the leading frontiers of technology withoutadequateequipment.
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There must be tiled workrooms withadequateequipment.
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They might enter one of these homes and be exploited by the proprietor who provides neitheradequateequipmentnor proper services for the aged person.
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