basic equipment

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandequipment

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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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 ofbasicandequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The police suffered from poor motivation, underfunding, low and irregular pay, and lack of training andbasicequipment.
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The cost of thisbasicequipmentis low.
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If even the mostbasicequipmentis unavailable, adopting advanced technologies could mean an inefficient use of scarce resources, if not substituting for the missing equipment.
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It has provided vital medical equipment for monitoring and anaesthetics in the laboratory wards and the obstetrics theatres, and otherbasicequipmentthat was lacking.
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It also seems to me that one would not be able to rebuild a housing unit with thatbasicequipment.
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Basicequipmentis often delivered within one month of the order being placed but some of the more sophisticated equipment takes much longer.
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Perhaps we should make it a requirement that new vessels should include those suits as part of theirbasicequipment.
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He said that there was a shortage ofbasicequipmentand communications facilities.
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We are dealing with some of the mostbasicequipmentthat the armed forces need and must have.
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Sometimes the staff are working short ofbasicequipment.
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Even the universities identified as at the leading edge of science often lack thebasicequipmentthat industry would expect.
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The committee recommended that the available core funding should, therefore, be sufficient to cover the establishment of a campaign headquarters withbasicequipmentand staff.
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But there is a strong argument against sending a child to secondary school without thebasicequipmentof a facility in language and numbers.
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Firms are understandably reluctant to supply thebasicequipment, some of it expensive, needed in a well-found laboratory.
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Until now, the action taken has been confined tobasicequipment(telephone lines, etc).
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Yet we are sending students to training colleges—when they can get a place—which lack thebasicequipmentto train them to be efficient teachers.
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It will not work wonders, but it is right to get thebasicequipmentof the industry in sound condition.
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Thirdly, miners' wives who are expecting babies are being denied grants for baby clothes andbasicequipmentneeded for their children.
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Thebasicequipmentof electronic automation is small, it is light, it is portable, it is very cheap and it is becoming progressively cheaper.
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I think that he was referring particularly to parents having to pay for books andbasicequipment.
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