qualitative improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofqualitativeandimprovement
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qualitative
adjective
uk/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to how good or bad ...
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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 ofqualitativeandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, it is unclear just how muchqualitativeimprovementthere has been in the lives of those recipients who have moved into work.
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Retirement also saw aqualitativeimprovementin personal relationships when work had been a source of tension or impinged upon a couple's time together.
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Thisqualitativeimprovementtoo will continue at what we hope will be an accelerating pace.
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We hope this will serve to increase transparency and constitute aqualitativeimprovement.
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This is aqualitativeimprovementand that is the philosophy behind the tax credits system; that is, that work pays and is seen to pay.
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That is the right way to go and the way to secure thequalitativeimprovementin public services that we all want to achieve.
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It is not, therefore, just a quantitative increase which is involved, but also an importantqualitativeimprovement.
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The 12 parameters that we now have before us do not add up to thequalitativeimprovementthat we actually promised ourselves.
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This is part of thequalitativeimprovementin the teaching force.
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It is not only the sheer size of this build-up that is so striking; it is the enormousqualitativeimprovementthat is being secured.
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I agree with the proposal that we must help ensure the quantitative andqualitativeimprovementin developing countries' revenue mobilisation.
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We are not succeeding in implementing this line of reform, which is intended to bring about aqualitativeimprovement.
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It will make aqualitativeimprovement, from which we shall all stand to gain.
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Nor is there anyqualitativeimprovementto set against the loss in production.
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There is such a thing asqualitativeimprovement—that is, sustainable development.
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Again, why change when there is noqualitativeimprovementand it is just change for change's sake?
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This can be described as both a quantitative andqualitativeimprovement.
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We should always consider thequalitativeimprovementalongside the quantitative statistics.
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We must, however, face the fact that there is little hope of anyqualitativeimprovementin medical services for the people of this country for many years to come.
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This is certainly a positive step, which will contribute towards the prevention or correction of certain mistakes, but mainly towards thequalitativeimprovementof the new programmes for the future.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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