essential qualification
collocation in Englishmeaningsofessentialandqualification
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essential
adjective
uk/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/us/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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qualification
noun
uk/ˌkwɒl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkwɑː.lə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary ...
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(Definition ofessentialandqualificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So a church seeking to defend its male-only ministry can reasonably assert that anyone who does not endorse the belief in male-only ordination lacks anessentialqualification.
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It set both the target to be achieved and theessentialqualification.
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Had he limited it to that, my task would have been a little easier; but he put in theessentialqualification.
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The first andessentialqualificationfor an interpreter is the ability to speak a foreign language.
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Theessentialqualificationfor candidates is to be have been born a hereditary peer.
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Inspectors, inevitably stationed at a distance, would not have thisessentialqualification.
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Such knowledge is a relevant but notessentialqualification.
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The ability to communicate, in the language of those people in your care, is anessentialqualificationin a caring profession.
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I added the veryessentialqualification, provided its pro ceeds are spent altogether within the country.
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Theessentialqualificationis residence in this country.
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I have already pointed out that general experience of an administrative kind is theessentialqualification.
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Anessentialqualificationfor a good nurse is not merely academic success but a well-above-average love for one's fellows.
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It will be anessentialqualificationfor employment.
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It is one of the points where theessentialqualificationis money.
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A 24-hour accident and emergency service is not, and never has been, anessentialqualificationfor a hospital to be called a district general hospital.
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That would be anessentialqualification.
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But the secondessentialqualificationis residence.
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But many others not prisoners of war who did not fulfil thatessentialqualificationof completing a 21 days' probationary period were not confirmed in pay.
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What are the essential qualifications of an officer?
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As a representation of my opinions at any time it contains grave inaccuracies and omissions of essential qualifications.
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