quality of workmanship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofqualityandworkmanship
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quality
noun
uk/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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workmanship
noun[U]
uk/ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/us/ˈwɝːk.mən.ʃɪp/
the skill with which something was made ...
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(Definition ofqualityandworkmanshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This figurine must have held special significance, as suggested by its location,qualityofworkmanship, and associated materials.
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It is surely important both to the local authority and the tenant that work is carried out with the highest possiblequalityofworkmanship.
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Will such reductions result in a decline inqualityofworkmanshipand design?
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The result has been that there have been a lower standard and a lowerqualityofworkmanship.
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He tells me that thequalityofworkmanshipwas dismal.
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We have lost thatqualityofworkmanshipand somehow it should be restored.
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That performance augurs well for thequalityofworkmanshipthat we expect to find in the new tank.
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I believe that many industrialists move their work to other countries because they are dissatisfied with thequalityofworkmanshipthat they are getting here.
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Thirdly, was thequalityofworkmanshipand the mode of construction as directed in the specification?
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The industry requires an incredibly high standard ofqualityofworkmanship.
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For industry, training gives a pay-off in greater productivity, higherqualityofworkmanshipand a more flexible work-force able to adapt quickly to industrial and technological changes.
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We want not cosmetic jobs, but jobs which give skill training which will guarantee thequalityofworkmanshipof the labour that is needed in our infrastructure.
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Cunard's technical director sent a letter saying that he had not encountered thatqualityofworkmanshipbefore.
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It is these gangs who often pay scant regard to thequalityofworkmanshipor safety factors since they may never be in the area again.
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That brings me to another problem which faces the housing industry; that is, thequalityofworkmanship, which is not always as high as it should be.
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Often there is poor supervision, relatively lowqualityofworkmanshipand even, indeed, the appalling examples that come to light from time to time of sleeping on the job.
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The only things in which we continue to excel are the few products which are hand-made and which depend for their reputation entirely on thequalityofworkmanshipor craftsmanship.
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Great emphasis was placed on thequalityofworkmanship.
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Most of the later properties are of smaller size than the earlier buildings, although thequalityofworkmanshipremained high.
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