on a year-to-year basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonandbasis
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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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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition ofonandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On ayear-to-yearbasisit has sometimes been difficult to see any change in reality, despite the great changes on paper.
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Thus, things should perhaps be assessed on ayear-to-yearbasis, calculating the additional fiscal impact of the migrant's staying another year contingent on having stayed so far.
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There is an ongoing debate on whether the issued return guarantees are promises on ayear-to-yearbasisor promises of an average minimum return over the life of the contracts.
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Thus, in many cases migrants can decide whether to stay or not in a given host country on ayear-to-yearbasis, without being restricted by limitations in pension portability.
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At present, it is on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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It is impossible to operate our railway system on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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It is impossible to plan hospital development, in regard to capital expansion, on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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Which industrial company could work efficiently on only ayear-to-yearbasiswithout having any idea of what will happen in the next year?
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It is not our practice to publish details of our future expenditure plans on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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It is not good enough just to continue on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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He knows perfectly well that it is unrealistic to have precise commodity targets on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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Within the nationalised industries it is not possible to transfer to and from schemes on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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The valuation for the single assessment will have regard to the rent which the site operator would pay on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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If that is so it would be much better to give this assistance on what might be called ayear-to-yearbasis.
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Those are all matters to be taken into account when judgments are being made on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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He says this agreement is on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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There is a further reason why we should not keep forestry expenditure on ayear-to-yearbasis.
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I accept that on ayear-to-yearbasisthe figures sometimes produce peculiarities and that we can end up in some peculiar situations.
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