basic infrastructure

collocation in English

meaningsofbasicandinfrastructure

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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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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 ofbasicandinfrastructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Basicinfrastructureis low in the ejidos.
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The framework provides abasicinfrastructurefor building numerical applications.
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It also providesbasicinfrastructurefor investors in the rural areas where infrastructure is either lacking or is of inferior quality.
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The supports provide thebasicinfrastructureand are designed as a long-life permanent base.
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Apart from any external conditions, extantbasicinfrastructureand groups' institutional frameworks have provided a critical foundation for subsequent advancement.
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The rehabilitation aspect focuses on the restoration (and in some cases, improvement or expansion) ofbasicinfrastructuresuch as roads, railways and ports.
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Of 57 universities with sufficient data, 30 scored 8-10 and 51 scored 5-10, which indicates that abasicinfrastructureis widespread.
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Far more constructive, potentially, was to establish thebasicinfrastructureof a service, and trust that the government would not let such efforts go to waste.
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Other examples of cluster-specific omitted variables could bebasicinfrastructurevariables, such as existence of paved roads, which are likely to influence both fertility rates and the resource variables.
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Additional problems, such as endemic corruption and poorbasicinfrastructuresuch as inadequate roads and storage facilities, only make things worse.
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The precarious nature of thebasicinfrastructurein the countryside means that entrepreneurs show less interest in developing farms and production units in these areas.
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This unevenness occurs in thebasicinfrastructureof the information and communications technologies, and in the cost and reliability of advanced services.
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At the same time we are, in principle, against commercialisation and so called market making for thebasicinfrastructure.
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The underground is an old system, which suffers from many years of neglect of itsbasicinfrastructure.
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Our regional strategy takes inbasicinfrastructureas well as national and local industrial situations.
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I refer first to the devastating effects on the agricultural sector as well as on thebasicinfrastructureof roads, rail, bridges and communications.
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By improving thebasicinfrastructureof industry, telecommunications, steel and so on, we have helped to encourage other companies to come into this country.
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It is coming from the fundamental andbasicinfrastructureof some of our best research institutes.
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We need fewer schemes, more co-ordination between them and more attention to be paid to thebasicinfrastructurethat will deliver clients.
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What they want is to get theirbasicinfrastructuresorted out.
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