shaky foundation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshakyandfoundation
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shaky
adjective
uk/ˈʃeɪ.ki/us/ˈʃeɪ.ki/
moving with quick, short movements from side to side, not in a ...
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foundation
noun
uk/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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That is a veryshakyfoundationon which to rest policy.
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This is not a decent compromise, but ashakyfoundation.
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If this is what the survival of this country depends upon, it is a prettyshakyfoundation.
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There is effectively a system which most people agree is built on ashakyfoundation.
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The second reaction has been an attempt to conceal the widening cracks imposed on the wholeshakyfoundation by imposing a tottering superstructure of federal institutions.
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It would be unwise to build further on such shaky foundations.
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Despite this widespread availability, our knowledge of the individual texts often rests on shaky foundations.
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It is retrograde to build upon such shaky foundations.
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However, where children are concerned, it is beginning to reveal shaky foundations.
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The assumption that the present situation in our schools calls for a massive programme of full inspections every four years rests on very shaky foundations.
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The determination of the standard housing allowance is built on shaky foundations.
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What is the evidence that any of those three pillars is now on shaky foundations?
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We tried to bring about this recommendation, but unfortunately it was a scheme based on very shaky foundations.
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It makes for a shaky structure, a colossus built on shaky foundations.
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That is why, in legal terms, this directive rests on shaky foundations.
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In that conclusion one reads the somewhat shaky foundations on which the majority group came to its conclusion.
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We need to consider whether it is on shaky foundations, and on what its position depends.
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The premise in terms of size has been arrived at from very shaky foundations indeed.
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They appear to rest on the somewhat shaky foundations of the articles of association of the new company.
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Complications ensue that force her to question the shaky foundations of the bed she has made for herself.
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