essential foundation

collocation in English

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essential
adjective
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/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/us
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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foundation
noun
uk
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when an organization, state, etc. ...
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(Definition ofessentialandfoundationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Education is also theessentialfoundationfor individual and community decisions about the 'antiquarian' heritage.
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The task of securing that support on an active basis in the aftermath of partition as anessentialfoundationof composite nationhood remained neglected.
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This principle (or the principle of sufficient reason) is the first andessentialfoundationof the conservation law.
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Defining one's national interests and striving to achieve them remains a great power'sessentialfoundation.
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The government's response was to introduce care management with a process of assessment of individual need as itsessentialfoundation.
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The allocative function of these rules and conventions is not, then, a disruption of a purportedly natural property system; rather, it provides anessentialfoundationfor any such system.
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We must also recognise that primary schools are theessentialfoundation.
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Indeed, theessentialfoundationof all government is strength.
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That is theessentialfoundationon which renewal must be based.
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They have also mounted a sustained vendetta against local government, destroying theessentialfoundationfor secure and positive local communities.
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Early-years education plays anessentialfoundationrole in developing children's interpersonal skills in preparation for primary school.
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I think that it would be anessentialfoundationdocument for any real progress in turning unemployment from a curse into a blessing.
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That is theessentialfoundationfor building long-term growth and rising prosperity.
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It is anessentialfoundationon which this prosperity must be built.
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The ending of the no-go areas was anessentialfoundationto the good nature of the debate.
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This is not just an aspiration; things are happening now to deliver the reality, providing anessentialfoundationon which the new chapter will build.
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But of course it does provide theessentialfoundationfor their continued existence.
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Such policies of financial stability and free trade provide theessentialfoundationfor all that we do.
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In that sense local archives are anessentialfoundationfor historical study.
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This is theessentialfoundationfor building long-term growth and rising prosperity.
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