on a day-to-day basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,day-to-dayandbasis
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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day-to-day
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌdeɪ.təˈdeɪ/us/ˌdeɪ.təˈdeɪ/
happening every day as a regular part of your job ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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Regulatory procedures establish decisionmaking processes through which the general rules are interpreted and applied on aday-to-daybasis.
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Many have in fact little to do with politics on aday-to-daybasis(table 3).
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The above papers provide a good cross-section of applications where expert assistants are being trialled or used on aday-to-daybasis.
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These descriptions predominantly focused on physical functioning, relating to patients' ability to manage breathlessness on aday-to-daybasis.
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This leaves readers of the book with a clear idea as to the kinds of situations a clinician encounters on aday-to-daybasis.
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The authors set out to reflect issues that concern multidisciplinary teams on aday-to-daybasis, and this is exactly what they have succeeded in doing.
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Specific protocol issues relating to how the treatment may be applied on aday-to-daybasismay be illustrated by the skin marking methods adopted.
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These procedures are assumed to generate the quality of care which residents would value and which are experienced on aday-to-daybasisby residents.
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People with diabetes manage their condition on aday-to-daybasiswithin their lifestyles and circumstances, away from the care and instruction of health care professionals.
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In the current study both parent education and family income relate to the communication that parents offer children on aday-to-daybasis.
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References to daily payments of house rent and daily usage of pawnshops suggest that household management was conducted on aday-to-daybasis.
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On the positive side, it was quick (, 2 h), had the highest screening throughput and was both robust and reliable on aday-to-daybasis.
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Thus, he shows that congress has been largely ineffective on aday-to-daybasisin spite of the considerable constitutional powers granted it.
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In the short run, this might not always seem efficient since it results in higher transaction costs, which are generally experienced as 'inefficient' on aday-to-daybasis.
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The studies reviewed briefly here are attempts at providing the "how" by which shepard's representational process can be implemented by the brain on aday-to-daybasis.
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However, subsets of harems remained remarkably cohesive on aday-to-daybasisand compositional turnover was typically limited to a small fraction of the total group membership.
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Slightly more than half of the women, including a majority of the widows, continued to experience a sense of emptiness and missed pleasurable company on aday-to-daybasis.
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However, while such pragmatism is entirely justified on aday-to-daybasis, such a world picture potentially overlooks the possibility of finding a deeper structure to biology.
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