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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a situation improves
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The situation has improved over the last decade.
an improved version
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The manufacturers come up with new, improved versions each year.
expand/improve your vocabulary ( also enrich your vocabulary formal )
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Reading helps to expand your vocabulary.
improve relations
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The government emphasized the need to improve relations with neighbouring countries.
improve safety
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New plans have been announced to improve safety on the railways.
improve (sb's) health
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Doing more exercise will improve your health.
improve sb’s performance
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These changes significantly improve the performance of the engine.
improve the chance of sth
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The book shows you how to improve your chance of success.
improve your fitness
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You can improve your fitness by going for a daily run.
improve your image
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The casino industry was keen to improve its image.
improve/enhance the appearance of sth/sb
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Fresh air improves the appearance of the skin.
improve/enhance the flavour
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You can enhance the flavour by adding some cream.
improve/enhance the quality
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The measures will improve the quality of the water in the river.
improve/increase efficiency
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The company is taking steps to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
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Recent efforts by American business to increase efficiency seem to have failed.
improve/remedy a situation
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They are doing what they can to improve the situation.
improve/tighten security (= make it better )
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Mexico has tightened security along its southern border.
increase/improve your knowledge
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If you want to improve your knowledge of the language, you should go and live in France.
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In the past twenty years, we have greatly increased our knowledge of how the brain works.
increase/improve/enhance sb’s understanding
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The classes really helped to increase our understanding of the subject.
increase/improve/raise productivity
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ways of increasing productivity
raise/improve morale
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The special meetings were intended to raise morale.
raise/improve standards
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We are determined to raise standards in our schools.
sales improve
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Sales are expected to improve over the coming year.
sb's health improves
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Her health improved slowly after she came home from hospital.
sb's mood improves
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By the next morning, her mood had improved.
sb’s position improves
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By March, the Democrats' position had improved.
standards improve
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The standard of this festival improves every year.
things improve
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Things appear to be improving.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
dramatically
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The section to the next town of Shanklin is built-up but the route improves dramatically on the way to and out of Ventnor.
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Datastorm also has dramatically improved the Procomm installation and setup routines.
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Not only did my own shape improve dramatically but so did that of my ladies.
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Crop yields will improve dramatically as vegetation thrives on an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide.
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I hope at this point your self-image has improved dramatically .
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And their coaching has improved dramatically since ex-Purdue boss Lin Dunn took over late last season.
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Either I was wrong at the time or the author has dramatically improved .
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Packaging of such systems for the home has improved dramatically .
greatly
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Production methods have been greatly improved .
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Not surprisingly, this first instance of mass production greatly improved the lot of the people.
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However, both these methods would be greatly improved by adding full-length curtains at the sides where space allows.
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Although the company lost, chances of success would be greatly improved under the proposed legislation.
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Incidentally, Chandos have greatly improved the presentation of their Collect series.
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The effect of the resulting orderliness was a greatly improved efficiency.
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Enterprise zones have not been environmentally harmful; in many cases standards have greatly improved .
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Increased and improved communication plus the passage of time and more frequent face-to-face contacts should greatly improve understanding.
much
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In my opinion, these meetings would have been much improved by the presence of a few men.
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He is a Man of very good sense, but not much improved in his education.
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It has been much improved over the previous version and humanized, to boot.
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Watching others leave, even those much improved , could have been discouraging in another way.
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If everyone knows and obeys the rules traffic flow and safety at roundabouts is much improved .
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Still others take the early scores as evidence that elementary schools are much improved and therefore no longer justify priority attention.
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For better-paid workers and their families, housing conditions were much improved and the diet was better.
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For now, there is work to be done in Seattle with a team expected to be much improved this season.
significantly
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Her mood improved significantly as a result.
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Although these occupations may be unavoidably dangerous, it is conceivable that their safety could be significantly improved .
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Discussion: Evidently, collocational information can significantly improve the recognition process.
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Indeed, even the original bike's designer, Miguel Galluzzi, hasn't been able to significantly improve on it.
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Clean them up, and your writing will improve significantly .
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Doctors said yesterday his condition had improved significantly , but that it was still serious.
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After six months, only the pianists improved significantly on a test of spatial reasoning, assembling a puzzle of a camel.
■ NOUN
appearance
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Too see these premises re-opened and repaired would indeed improve the appearance of this area of the town.
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Want to improve the appearance of a document?
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For instance volunteer groups create external benefits by improving the appearance of the environment, through best-kept village competitions or reclaiming old canals.
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What can I do to improve its lifeless appearance ?
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It is true that embalming improves the appearance of a corpse if it is to be viewed by friends and relations.
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This considerably improves appearance and provides for the disinfection requirement.
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Second phase With the essentials complete, the second phase of the project - to improve overall appearance , is well under way.
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A grill is good for improving the appearance of microwaved food.
attempt
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This is important because there are many interests which may try to stifle attempts to improve health care.
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Until these patterns are changed or eliminated, any attempt at improving individual performance is likely to prove futile.
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It was upon them that the legal profession focussed in the early 1970s in an attempt to improve its tarnished public image.
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Officer Bass said he has met with protective agency workers in an attempt to improve communications.
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It is easiest to see this in attempts to improve one's chances of promotion.
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Car ownership and use grow continuously, severely undermining the government's fragile attempts to improve the environment.
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Lakatos developed his picture of science in an attempt to improve on, and overcome the objections to, Popperian falsificationism.
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Many current government programmes reflect major attempts to improve social and economic conditions in an increasingly complex society.
care
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This is important because there are many interests which may try to stifle attempts to improve health care .
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Whether this revolution has improved medical care or worsened it is open to dispute.
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Computer generated protocols Editor, - Richard J Lilford and colleagues show that structured methods of recording data can improve patient care .
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Thursday, Vacco announced a new statewide commission to examine ways of improving the quality of care for the dying.
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And hospital chiefs are confident the shops will turn in healthy profits that will be used to improve patient care .
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Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care .
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He also listed the capital investments that have been made to improve health care in his constituency.
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None is more demanding than the increasing clamor for improved quality of care while concomitantly reducing costs.
chance
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With every passing day our chances of relief improve .
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Kinship can pay an individual to reduce its own chances if it improves the prospects of other members of its family.
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In addition, it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall.
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But these children could have a wonderful chance to improve their skills.
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Industrial workers' best chance of improving their prospects is to act as a global working class.
education
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Second, it is purposeful, directed towards improving the effectiveness of education .
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He is a Man of very good sense, but not much improved in his education .
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The motive behind the shake-up has been to improve post-16 education .
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Recognizing this, a number of black parents no longer see integration as central to an improved education for their children.
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Ultimately, economic growth and improved education are the best ways to raise wages.
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Effective school-to-work systems are not just a new and improved version of vocational education .
efficiency
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If the scientists succeed, they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices.
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Switched hubs can improve network efficiency by more than an order of magnitude.
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These improvements are currently being geared to improving efficiency and output from the normal working day.
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In private industry, a budget analyst examines, analyzes, and seeks new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits.
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But cutting greenhouse emissions from transport will take more than just improving the efficiency of cars and trucks.
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Any profits from improved production efficiency are retained by the partners rather than benefiting the consortium.
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Both will seek to develop new markets and improve efficiency by adjusting timetables, introducing better locomotive diagramming and crew rosters.
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It was in 1763 that an event occurred which led Watt radically to improve the efficiency of Newcomen type steam engines.
effort
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Motor industry analysts say Rover's upturn is partly down to efforts to improve its image.
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An appropriate response, it seemed, would have been for the company to redouble its efforts to improve its own offering.
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Meanwhile, residential social work is hedged about with overt and unspoken rules in any effort to improve matters.
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The panel has met twice in an effort to work out improved procedures.
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Late in the nineteenth century some efforts were made to improve irrigation facilities in these areas, where.
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Black efforts to improve their circumstances were met with hostility and suspicion, and finally, open aggression.
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Only time will tell if this is a serious effort at improving both public sector accountability and overall performance.
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Aiding his efforts was an improved method for dating rock known as uranium-lead isotope analysis.
environment
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Car ownership and use grow continuously, severely undermining the government's fragile attempts to improve the environment .
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The city is planning to talk with local commercial brokers about what can be done to improve the business environment .
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It aims to improve awareness of the environment and looks at energy, transport, pollution and recycling.
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Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment .
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The subcommittee questioned industry representatives on the role companies could play in improving the environment .
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Its underlying objective was to improve the man-made environment by testing a range of products.
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Considerable global assets have been spent to prevent non-communicable diseases - for example, with major investments to improve the environment .
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He is, however looking to improve his environment by joining most of his immediate colleagues in West Lothian!
facility
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Some farms had in recent times improved their stock handling facilities and this had helped greatly.
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Immediate priorities should include improving facilities to deal with infectious agents that require high level microbiological safety precautions. iii.
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A Northallerton Town football player has been signed up to improve fitness facilities at Hambleton leisure centres.
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Late in the nineteenth century some efforts were made to improve irrigation facilities in these areas, where.
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It is now looking to raise a further £900,000 to improve facilities .
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In addition to the afternoon's official programme, there were several extra events, all raising funds to improve facilities at the centre.
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Stamford are improving their already rad facilities - more street stuff, a fun box with a handrail.
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If local authorities do seek to improve their residential care facilities , what form might this take?
game
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I am a high-handicapper, but as keen as anyone else to improve my game .
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He must improve his overall game .
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And the public don't like it because they want high-tech equipment to improve their games .
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One needed a steady supply of opponents; men as good as oneself-better if one really wished to improve one's game .
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If you are changing your swing technique around to improve your game , it should never necessitate not playing on the course.
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All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game .
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From that time onwards, when other children were out playing, they were practising their tennis and improving their game .
health
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Constanze, thoroughly alarmed, forbade him to do any more work on the Requiem until his health improved .
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Almost at once Victor Amadeus's health began to improve .
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Once home again in Ninfania, his health improved .
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Mental health is also improved among patients who pray, according to studies.
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It might be expected that the percentage thinking that health had improved since their parents' time would increase with age.
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All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity.
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My health is improving from day to day.
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Join a health club to improve your fitness and figure. look carefully at your clothes.
image
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Motor industry analysts say Rover's upturn is partly down to efforts to improve its image .
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The only way Marana can improve its image is to improve the way it does business.
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Napoli 99 is a private organisation founded in1984 to improve the negative image that the city was acquiring.
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They usually focus on one of three areas: normal eating; comfortable exercise; or improved body image .
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A police report said the scheme would improve the image of Middlesbrough town centre night-life.
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The World Bank is finding it difficult to improve its image .
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The private sector, for example, was central to the approach, and improving the city's image was seen as vital.
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Also a conservatory can improve the overall image and give an extra incentive to attract new customers.
life
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The Plan sets out a vision to improve the quality of life .
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We as a union knew that our primary job was to protect the worker and improve his economic life .
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I thought that might improve my life but on Monday Barron demonstrated that was not true, so I left.
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Clinical trials provide valuable information on new treatments that can save lives or improve quality of life.
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But the volunteers could only pledge to try and improve life for them.
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It would improve the quality of life for residents, families and staff in residential care, to set clear goals.
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He repeated promises that the council was doing all it could to improve the quality of life for residents in the area.
lot
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The founding of these organisations gave real impetus to a movement directed towards improving the lot of domestic animals.
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Not surprisingly, this first instance of mass production greatly improved the lot of the people.
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If they're married, they look to improve their lot and that of their family.
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There is no middle class and little opportunity to improve one's lot .
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Now, I believe that a Labour Government holds more promise of greatly improving the lot of people with HIV/AIDS.
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The Eastern philosophies and religions have little to offer in improving the lot of mankind.
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He was also the leader of a pressure-group to improve the lot of old-age pensioners.
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The second proposal is to allow people collectively to improve their lot .
management
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The structure of the business development group can also improve relationship management .
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Under no pressure to improve , management had itself ignored the reality of the situation.
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The belief that government performance can be improved by better management is hardly new.
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Failing schools are improved and failing management is replaced.
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It calls on countries to improve management of plantations and set aside remaining native forests to allow them to regenerate naturally.
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The Priority Estates Project, designed to improve the management of public-sector housing, is discussed in Chapter 4.
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Some local areas will be amalgamated to improve their economics and management .
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Landfill tax credits have been used to restore these ancient boundaries, and to improve water management on the site.
measure
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Some companies are taking measures to improve this situation.
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Yet when they lost weight, all those measures improved .
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There are also other measures that can improve overall health and make the body more resilient.
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One policy of the Regional Council is to introduce measures to improve conditions and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
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The combination of those measures will improve the situation dramatically.
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But these measures had to improve .
performance
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The use of statistical process control by world class manufacturing companies shows how non-financial information can be used to improve performance .
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Mounting a strong staff development component to help special education staff to improve their performance on the job. 5.
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As a result it is often difficult to analyse the errors of a probabilistic system in an effort to improve its performance .
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Peer pressure among journalists also can have a powerful influence on improving performance .
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Hartzell claim improved take-off and climb performance , reduced noise and vibration, and better ground clearance.
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Even a Little League coach urged Ritalin for a 9-year-old catcher to improve his performance .
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Simply improving the performance of the pattern recognition module will not produce a recognition performance comparable to that of a human.
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If you experience difficulty in reaching these standards, your manager will try to help you improve your performance .
position
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She was a little sorry for him, but also glad that she had improved her position since they last met.
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If his opponents were intent on overplaying their hand, it could only improve his position with the cardinal.
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Instead, particular professions try to improve their individual staffing position .
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But governments are still likely to emerge from it having promised to improve women's position across the board.
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This may also not be the best, but it is hard to see how Black can improve his position .
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Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position .
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The right hon. Gentleman said that a reduction in the prison population was the way to improve the position in prisons.
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Two accounting changes could help trusts improve their revenue positions .
productivity
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Thus an industrial salesperson may be able to advise his customers on improving productivity or cutting costs.
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This chapter explains how that broader application facilitates decentralization and greater employee interest in improving quality and productivity .
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Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing is a method frequently used in Carboniferous wells to improve productivity .
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All of them found ways to reduce the toxicity and to regain their health and improve their productivity .
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He thinks the changes would improve the productivity of the office and enable it to handle more work each week.
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It also seeks to improve productivity by mining 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Making change in processes and systems to improve efficiency and productivity .
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But in his search he could find only pieces of various techniques to improve quality and productivity .
quality
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This easy-to-read article presents business examples of ways to measure and improve service quality .
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Congress required this to improve air quality in cities whose air violates health standards.
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The project is one of several at schools around the country, with the aim of improving pupils' quality of life.
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He responded with courage and knocked back the load of special interests trying to weaken efforts to improve air quality .
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We will establish an independent National Statistical Commission to collect and publish statistics and improve their quality .
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What they were concerned about-and we were concerned about-was improving quality .
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In recent years, a lot of work has gone into improving the quality of care that patients receive from the health service.
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Wise entrepreneurs understand that what they do should improve the quality of their lives and the lives of everyone they touch.
rate
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He has set up the Starbucks Foundation to help improve literacy rates .
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So in 1990, School &038; Main launched an ambitious initiative to improve college retention rates for young people called Higher Ground.
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One of these is to improve prosecution and conviction rates .
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The improving default rate is a welcome sign, they say.
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A push to improve the overall attendance rate involved several different strategies.
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The Cheltenham trainer has steadily improved his strike rate over the past five years and should eclipse his 1991/92 tally of 31.
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How then, do we retain our numbers and improve our success rate ?
safety
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We have helped to establish the Football Trust, which now devotes £20 million a year to improving the safety of grounds.
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Functional matters For paths and steps, permanent mains-voltage lighting can improve safety considerably.
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It provides assistance to member states in improving safety practices in the chemical industry.
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We will eliminate racial discrimination in housing allocation and improve safety on estates.
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The findings could lead to improved seismic safety standards at nuclear plants.
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The money will be used to restructure workshops, improve site safety and increase environmental protection.
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About three weeks ago, Teran released a four-year strategic plan to improve public safety throughout Baja California.
school
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It will prevent the taking of prompt action to improve failing schools .
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In 1993, the consortium published a report on its seven most improved high schools .
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To improve secondary school library provision and the quality of book selection.
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The schools had not improved , although new school buildings were planned.
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Some of the obsequies that marked Chris Woodhead's passing spoke of his work to improve school standards.
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Some of the chiefs also urged improved information sharing between schools and law enforcement officials.
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In the last five years, £9 million has been spent on improving school buildings in the area.
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The city in 1995 began levying an education tax to improve schools , for example.
service
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The Conservative Government always said that we had to create wealth first, and then improve our public services .
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Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care.
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It has recently completed a major computerisation programme which will enable it to improve its service to the customer still further.
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Short-term projects to improve customer service might buck up the conviction of those managers.
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They rake through customer complaints for ideas for improving their products or service .
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That money has been plowed back into the budget to improve services , he said.
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Labour still believes that it has a better story about its own plans for improving public services than the Tories.
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Since it began its pay-for-\#service test about two years ago, the bureau has improved its service, he said.
situation
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The region claims the situation should improve this year with new storm water tanks in Dunfermline reducing the likelihood of overflows.
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He reappeared as soon as the battlefield situation improved .
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If, however, other countries take similar measures to cut pollution, the situation obviously improves .
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And the situation is barely improving , if at all.
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However, the therapist did not think that the situation had improved and therefore offered further open access.
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While efforts are afoot to retain experienced sailors and train more, it may take years before the situation improves .
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You should find that with regular watering and feeding until the foliage dies down naturally the situation will improve next year.
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Although my tuition skyrocketed in Miami, our financial situation improved .
skill
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Keeping up to date, helping to improve skills for the off-farm job, and making contact with other farmers were other minor responses.
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In some cases, the temporary help company will train employees to improve their skills .
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The main conclusion to be drawn here is that the way to aid slow readers is to improve their word-recognition skills .
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I came here to improve on my soccer skills .
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She may lack motivation to increase knowledge and improve skills , and appear uninterested.
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Player ratings and statistics change as the players learn and improve their skills with playing experience.
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We must ensure that they receive ample opportunities to improve their skills and monitor their progress.
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Clearly, though, the best way to improve your presentation skills is through practice and constructive criticism, hardly new concepts.
standard
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Labour standards improved in the West as countries became richer, not because draconian conditions were imposed on them from outside.
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It said standards would be further improved .
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Secondly, social work is likely to become more professional as training standards improve .
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The obvious conclusion here is that the Giants are more likely to lose games to the new standard than improve them.
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Enterprise zones have not been environmentally harmful; in many cases standards have greatly improved .
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In addition, environmental standards have improved - sometimes dramatically - and leisure and recreational facilities have been substantially enhanced.
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Global demand is projected to double over the next 30 years as population increases and living standards improve .
system
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The Bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals and to improve the penal system .
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Qigong is said to improve the immune system and restore physical energy.
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We will improve recycling and waste-disposal systems .
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Even if returns improve , the pension system still faces serious problems.
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There was then more silence, and I was later told that the Microwriter company had been improving the Agenda system .
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Since then, she has gained 80 pounds and begun to show an improved immune system and responsiveness.
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The firm is also committed to integrating object technology to improve workflow automation, systems management and decision support functionality.
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But this bill would hurt families without truly improving our legal system .
things
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If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve .
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Her boss was pleased with her new forthrightness, and things improved .
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BIf things do not improve , then parents are summoned to a private meeting with school and district attorney officials.
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He did some things he will improve on.
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While things have improved in 1992, champagne is still struggling.
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People, not things , improve an organization.
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That was back in the early 1600s and things had been improving gradually ever since.
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The pity of it was, not long after my father died in 1933 things improved quite a lot in the material sense.
ways
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It gives clear detailed instructions, answers queries and suggests ways to improve your technique.
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Instead, he lay in the room next door and thought about new ways to improve the bungalow.
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It focuses on the manager helping the individual to find ways to improve in the future.
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Ask the students to suggest ways they could improve the sound.
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Part of the agitation for reform of local government concerned ways of improving this research function.
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Worker suggestions were sought for ways to improve the proposed layout.
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The group also will look for ways to improve the safety of nuclear power plants worldwide.
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aim
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Two other recent products aim to improve the way in which light is reflected from the skin.
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Wilson also is proposing modest environmental programs aimed at improving the coast and wetlands.
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Comprising area energy representatives, the committee aims to improve energy performance by exchanging information and ideas on best practice.
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Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. are displaying all-aluminum cars -- an old idea -- aimed at improving fuel economy.
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They aim to improve family relationships and parenting skills in order to reduce the possibility of family break-up.
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The Eisenhower grant, established in the 1950s, is aimed at improving education in science, math and technology.
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It aims to improve awareness of the environment and looks at energy, transport, pollution and recycling.
continue
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Meanwhile, the price of laser-printers halves every four years or so, and their resolution and speed continue to improve .
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Management continued to improve across the board, and success yielded more success.
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He also vowed to maintain ties with the United States while continuing to improve relations with the Soviet Union.
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Percentage Defects continue to improve as shown by a noticeable reduction in variability and level.
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The challenge for all of us working in palliative care is how to continue to improve .
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The mass payback continues to improve with each additional mission.
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Innovation and learning: How can we continue to improve .
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First, continue to improve your human relations skills.
design
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The final plank of the strategy is designed to improve the attractiveness of nursing as a career in competition with others.
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Example: Our food stamp program is designed to improve the diets of low-income families.
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This programme was designed to improve their relationship with Gary by providing opportunities for mutually reinforcing activities.
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The following exercises were designed to improve flexibility as it relates to driving.
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They did so before and after the individuals involved had been on an intensive programme designed to improve their reading.
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The Post Office and its unions have entered into agreements which are designed to improve productivity.
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The Project has three aims designed to improve our knowledge and understanding of the business community.
help
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It looks as though the parasites are actually helping their host by improving its shell.
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This person, whether a business associate or spouse, is exerting energy to help you improve .
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Wordpower and Numberpower are certificates that have been introduced to help candidates improve their communication and numeracy skills.
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Talking it over will help improve communication.
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Trafford education authority has received about £13 million in the past two years to help it reorganise and improve its schools.
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Emerson had written that the proposed trade agreement could help improve the border environment.
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He has set up the Starbucks Foundation to help improve literacy rates.
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Allen King in Salinas has also adopted a new approach to helping his obese patients improve the quality of their lives.
need
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It is an important Bill even if, as it stands, we believe that it needs to be improved .
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The mortgage payments were no small trouble, what with his sister gone; he needed to improve his profits, dramatically.
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Once behind their peers they need individual attention to improve their reading.
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What is needed to improve ? 5.
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Consider whether lawyers need to improve their typing skills.
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They needed to improve organizational performance with the equipment and the people at hand.
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We particularly need to improve the placement of our publicity material in tourist centres, including the development of hotel packs.
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Some parents say back-to-basics schools are exactly what is needed to improve public education in Arizona.
seek
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In each encounter with discourse, we start with a set of assumptions, whose accuracy we seek to improve .
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Worker suggestions were sought for ways to improve the proposed layout.
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If local authorities do seek to improve their residential care facilities, what form might this take?
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It would be customer driven, set goals, measure itself, and seek to continuously improve .
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Recently the Dulverton Trust has contributed more than £1 million to charities which seek to improve industrial relations.
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It also seeks to improve productivity by mining 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Media training courses run by the Press and Parliamentary Unit continued to attract in numbers lawyers seeking to improve their publicity skills.
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In private industry, a budget analyst examines, analyzes, and seeks new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits.
try
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Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects?
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We will continue to advertise, and try to improve it, and build an audience.
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And they send over their secretary of state to praise you for trying to improve relations and then they resume financial assistance.
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Everyone tries to improve on past performances and learn from mistakes.
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What you can do It's important for anyone with arthritis to try to retain and improve mobility through exercise and movement.
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Instead, particular professions try to improve their individual staffing position.
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Mr Threlfall added that the service was not complacent and was always trying to improve .
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Management has recognised this and over recent decades has tried various ways to improve this front line contact.
work
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The author's royalties will all go to charities working to improve the welfare of farm animals.
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But they want to see you working , trying to improve .
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This would not preclude close working relations between purchasers and providers working closely to improve quality.
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So even when he worked hard to improve in that area, he simply could not get people on his side.
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Many thanks to all involved for working so hard towards improving our bank balance.
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That would be left to government statisticians, who would work simultaneously to improve the index.
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We have really worked hard on improving and focusing and repositioning the engineering operation of the cars.
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It discourages housing authorities from working to improve their operations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By managing natural resources more effectively, our quality of human life could be improved greatly.
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Changes will be made if the situation doesn't improve .
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Conditions in prisons have improved dramatically in the last 20 years.
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I wanted to improve my French, so I got a job in Paris.
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In the weeks that followed, his health continued to improve .
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Let's hope the weather improves before Saturday.
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My health finally began to improve when I changed to a less stressful job.
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She was told to go back to the doctor in two weeks if she hadn't improved.
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Some wines improve with age.
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Susie's improving gradually with this new treatment.
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The funds will go towards improving road and rail services.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In some cases, the temporary help company will train employees to improve their skills.
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It is librarians and information scientists who can best improve the latter situation.
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Medical facilities, too, have vastly improved and are more widely available.
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The goal of donor led initiatives should be to improve health care, not to increase private provision.
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The only way Marana can improve its image is to improve the way it does business.