on a full-time basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,full-timeandbasis
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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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full-time
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/us/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/
(of work or education) done for the whole of a ...
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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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(Definition ofon,full-timeandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Censuses determined as 'participants in subsidiary agriculture' only those who did this on afull-timebasis.
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There were three main sources at the disposal of the government : self-employed persons, individuals participating in private subsidiary agriculture on afull-timebasis, and dependant adults.
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And while female labour-force participation rates are everywhere increasing, corporatist welfare regimes in particular still vaguely discourage labour-force participation (certainly on afull-timebasis, anyway) among women with school-aged children.
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Most of the agencies (n = 8) have less than two people on afull-timebasisdedicated to priority setting.
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Often people have old skills, which they wish to reactivate, but not on afull-timebasis.
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This kind of extra manpower cannot be recruited on afull-timebasis.
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The appointments wilt be on afull-timebasis.
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The present strength of special investigators is 248, all of whom are employed on afull-timebasis.
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None of the specialist advisers has been employed on afull-timebasis.
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About 10 staff altogether are concerned with aspects of the consultation paper and proposals which may flow from it, but none on afull-timebasis.
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These figures show a seasonally adjusted reduction over the last quarter of 15,446, making a total for the year of 36,500 on afull-timebasis.
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No one serves on an industrial tribunal on afull-timebasis.
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Of the latter, some 15 are engaged on afull-timebasison local authority services other than the school dental service.
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Twenty-one of these were employed on afull-timebasisand one on a part-time basis.
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A further 9.5 casual appointments were also employed on afull-timebasis.
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Will the boards be separate entities, as it were, like a board of directors on afull-timebasis?
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If a small man has two or three lorries he may allow a driver to drive them on afull-timebasis.
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