continuing improvement

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandimprovement

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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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 ofcontinueandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We will seek to encourage thiscontinuingimprovementin electoral registration.
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We may look forward to acontinuingimprovementin our economic performance, but we should not lose sight of some comparisons.
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There has been acontinuingimprovementin children's health over the past decade.
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There are also fewer of them in urban areas, due to thecontinuingimprovementof the road network, particularly by provision of bypasses.
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The latest figures available demonstrate acontinuingimprovementin the operational performance of sewage treatment works.
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The unit's immediate task is to review our strategy on drugs and make recommendations for itscontinuingimprovement.
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Although there is acontinuingimprovementin dental health the community as a whole is not attending for the treatment it needs.
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Some success has already been achieved in this area, and action is in hand to ensure that there will becontinuingimprovement.
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Therefore, thecontinuingimprovementin home ownership is of major significance.
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I see no reason why the decision which we took should affect thecontinuingimprovementof relations.
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It is encouraging to see that thecontinuingimprovementin the overall standard of our bathing waters is being maintained.
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In the community as a whole the downward trend may well continue with thecontinuingimprovementin the general diet and standard of living.
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I believe that we shall see acontinuingimprovementin the unemployment situation.
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Those scholarships have never been fully taken up, which is a matter for regret, but there has been acontinuingimprovement.
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The best way of increasing this already substantial percentage of lower income purchasers lies in acontinuingimprovementin the supply of houses for sale.
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It shows acontinuingimprovementin the reporting of employee involvement practices.
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The regulations aim to achieve the dual objective of acontinuingimprovementin our recycling capacity without harming our competitiveness.
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I simply say that these figures are evidence of acontinuingimprovement.
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Nevertheless, there is a need forcontinuingimprovement.
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The social services are undergoingcontinuingimprovement.
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