civic improvement

collocation in English

meaningsofcivicandimprovement

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civic
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪv.ɪk/us
/ˈsɪv.ɪk/
of a town or city or the people who live ...
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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 ofcivicandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The popular clamour was for housing at all costs, and notcivicimprovement.
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Does evidence of social capital, that is people engaged through non-state-directed associations and networks in collective forms of mutual assistance andcivicimprovement, constitute the workings of civil society?
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We are looking for a fair middle way, with a broad moral commitment tocivicimprovement.
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We cannot solve this problem as one or two "backwoodsmen" would attempt to solve it, by making council house tenants bear the burden ofcivicimprovement.
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He did not endorse many explicitly socialist policies during his period in office, instead favouring more general programs ofcivicimprovement.
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The object of the society was thecivicimprovementof the village and the town.
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One of the symbols of the late-19th centurycivicimprovement, the baths were subsequently demolished.
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At least 20 clubs and societies were dedicated to church service, spirituality, youths and teenagers, athletics, drama and literature andcivicimprovement.
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This resulted in majorcivicimprovementprojects such as a pumping stations and water mains in 1896.
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He made substantial gifts and actively supported the work of individuals and groups who shared his passions for archaeology, state and local history, art, religion, education, andcivicimprovement.
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After incorporation, the new councillors sought to negotiate a balance between desirable civic improvements and the consequent rising cost of rates.
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In his spare time, he advocated to set up acivicimprovementorganization for spiritual and moral uplift, also for social and economic changes as well as for political reform.
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The periods before and after this interlude saw far more political controversy which stymied other civic improvements.
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This had the potential of providing a significant boost to the local economy, which in the past saw little in the way of civic improvements.
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The civic improvements, however, had sufficiently modernized the city that relocation of the capital was never again discussed as a serious option.
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The area also saw a number of civic improvements.
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However, the town also used its new wealth on civic improvements, which included a new school, an ice manufacturing plant, and new hotels.
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He was effective in guiding work relief and funds for civic improvements.
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In other areas, civic improvements were attempted.
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Residents supported bond issues for schools, a library, and other civic improvements because they expected to have those services.
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