noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dramatic improvement
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There has been a dramatic improvement in the standard of students’ work.
an improvement/rise in standards
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There has been an improvement in living standards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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Gordon Richards's star novice created a tremendous impression when beating Dreamers Delight at Doncaster and possesses scope for considerable improvement .
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A considerable improvement on Miss Morrow.
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There was also a considerable improvement in international trade through Danzig.
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From the 1950s onwards there was considerable improvement to the standard of living.
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However, in the first five months of the current financial year to 30 September 1992, it showed considerable improvement .
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In all three cases a considerable improvement of library provision and management in the relevant areas is expected.
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Modern high-speed routers and precision bearing have allowed considerable improvements in speed, accuracy and versatility.
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Nevertheless, despite considerable improvement in her social circumstances, she took a repeat overdose one year later.
continuous
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Learning from experience is a recipe for continuous improvement .
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In Workplace 2000, every company will need world-class performance and continuous improvement to be successful.
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Known as Ford Q1, the programme provides a formal system for implementing continuous improvement methods which is recognised and accepted worldwide.
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By contrast, total quality and continuous improvement concern themselves with improving performance in smaller chunks.
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Finally, there needs to be a commitment to continuous improvement through development.
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For a market economy to work, the population must be made to believe that it is in need of continuous improvement .
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An organisational commitment to continuous improvement of the skills of members 5.
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Establish measurement means to feed continuous improvement .
dramatic
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With the spring, there was a dramatic improvement in the quality of life.
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In recent years, dramatic improvements have been made in methods of tracking and managing public opinion.
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The report shows that there have been dramatic improvements in some areas in the past 10 years.
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He showed dramatic improvement from his junior year to his senior year.
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Finally hopes for a dramatic improvement in trade with Commonwealth members were not realized.
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By that evening there was dramatic improvement .
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This single speaker unit is designed to add to an existing hi fi setup to provide a dramatic improvement in bass reproduction.
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A trial of colchicine, which yields dramatic improvement , supports the diagnosis of gout.
environmental
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A third have also carried out environmental improvement work, mainly teacher instigated.
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About ten members toured the reed bed scheme at Billingham and later had discussions about local environmental improvement programmes.
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It's the latest move in Teesside Operations' environmental improvement programme.
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There is little to indicate that environmental and/or property improvements actually create jobs, boost output or encourage investment.
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It cooed about sewage treatment, environmental improvements and coastal waters.
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Newly built houses, newly created jobs and environmental improvements have not significantly benefited the original population.
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Similarly, the costs of environmental improvements in the chemical industry are ultimately paid for by consumers.
further
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Twelve similar locomotives, with further improvements , were built.
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After this stage, there are no further structural improvements in the quality of reasoning.
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It is accepted that there is scope for further improvement .
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Three months later, the District Court adopted a plan requiring $ 187, 450, 334 in further capital improvements .
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Mr. Wakeham Certainly the productivity of the coal industry has improved greatly over the years, but further improvement is still required.
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The Suzuki rider showed a further improvement in final practice at with a best of one minute 31.188 seconds.
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It followed that further improvements would result in even higher earnings.
general
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Yet despite the general improvement in relations and these two releases, we weren't confident that we would soon follow.
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It should be pointed out that despite increasing income concentration, there has been a general improvement in the quality of life.
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Low inflation in industrialized countries restrained increases in import prices, resulting in a general improvement in the terms of trade.
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There was a readiness to accept new technology and a general desire for improvements .
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This growth he put down to the general improvement in bookshop presentation and the wider availability of books in non-traditional outlets.
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However, certain key facts indicate general improvements: 1.
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Initiatives undertaken in response to the widespread dissatisfaction with residential care have led to a general improvement in the quality of services.
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When earnings rise higher than prices, pensioners therefore do not share in the general improvement in the standard of living.
great
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They are upon that account the greatest of all improvements .
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Decentralization, empowerment, and ownership created great improvement in our control of events, products, and outcomes.
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Avoiding these foods has produced a great improvement in his behaviour.
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Using this information, it reassigned its street cleaners and began to reward crews that made the greatest improvements .
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One great improvement involved the outer membrane of the cell.
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Wisely, he missed the first half, but sadly, the second half was not a great improvement .
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Safety watchdogs hope for an even greater improvement this week.
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One of the major factors inhibiting greater improvements in consumption levels is inflation, to which food prices become very vulnerable.
major
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It was James Watt who made the first major improvements to the principles worked out by Newcomen.
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Coincidentally, port officials are considering a similar tax to pay for major improvements at Lindbergh Field.
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It also necessitates major improvements to public transport facilities.
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Some of that fatiguing harshness was gone, a major improvement .
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Noise Here, the new big Renault shows major improvements compared with the R25.
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In Mold there will be major environmental improvements , pedestrianisation, improvements to the trader's hall and car parks.
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But, if you want the cash buy a car or to make a major home improvement we have special tailormade schemes.
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A major improvement was the use of a rechargeable battery inside the transmitter, which was recharged via two protruding wires.
marked
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The first and second-class delivery services have shown a marked improvement over the past two or three years.
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With the advent of steam power there was a marked improvement in the movement of coal.
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He was given Lach. 0/1 with marked improvement after four doses, one dose daily.
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George Birkitt, whose main problem with the lines had been an unwillingness to look at them, showed a marked improvement .
real
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It won't be many days now before you see a real improvement in your basic shape.
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The revamped defensive line showed real signs of improvement .
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I hope you will follow up your cycling experience by campaigning for real improvements for this most environmentally friendly form of transport.
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Improving prescribing None the less real improvements could be made in prescribing, and fundholders have shown savings.
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But it has failed to deliver the real improvements the electorate want.
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Economy According to non-governmental sources, the economy showed no real signs of improvement .
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Nevertheless, given the one-roomed hovels many lived in at that period, there may indeed have been a real improvement .
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Overall, there may be no real improvement in welfare.
significant
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Indeed it was possible that the obstacles to change in Britain were too deeply ingrained for any government to effect significant improvements .
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Also, historically, attendance demonstrates its most significant improvement in the year after a successful season.
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Never before have so many joined in the struggle to bring significant improvements to their lives.
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The ultimate aim of the counselling process is to achieve significant improvement in the social and interpersonal relationships of the counsellee.
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There was significant room for improvement .
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The Government have made significant improvements in that regard.
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It may show a significant improvement in which case you can conclude the child is learning.
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Modest but significant improvements were made in farming equipment.
steady
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The next decade should be one of consolidation a d steady improvement .
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This was when the wealth of national communities began, for the first time, to show a steady and persistent improvement .
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The steady improvement of roads and the general increase in commerce helped boost cart traffic.
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A second evaluation, in March 1994, reflected these slow and steady improvements .
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He made steady improvement and was discharged 12 days after admission.
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His career has shown a steady improvement , and he has no bad habits that would inevitably lead to a falloff.
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The second and third weeks saw a steady improvement .
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From 1945 onwards there were steady improvements in magnetic tape.
substantial
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Moreover, substantial improvements could often be easily achieved.
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That would be a substantial improvement from the 25 percent of health-care premiums that they can deduct now.
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Very substantial improvements have been identified and are being realised but nothing stands still.
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And, don't forget that if you make substantial improvements to your home, it may increase its value.
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First, there have been substantial improvements in mortality over this century which are reflected in increased life expectancy.
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Although this is still far too many it represents a substantial improvement .
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In the United Kingdom the Homeowners' account continued to show substantial improvement with a reduced level of subsidence claims.
vast
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The pub has been closed for eight weeks but tenant Tracy Willcox said the renovation was a vast improvement .
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The minivan is a vast improvement over its predecessor.
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Printing on special heavy and glossy paper can be a vast improvement over standard office paper.
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The airplane was a vast improvement over my dreamy mechanisms.
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It's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it's a vast improvement .
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It led to a vast improvement for everybody in Baldersdale because it provided a regular income.
■ NOUN
home
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Sometimes it's because we need to make a home improvement - putting in a new kitchen for example.
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But standing there with Billie, surrounded by implements that promised home improvement , he yielded to an acquisitive urge.
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They are 50 percent more likely to carry out their own home improvements than Southerners.
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The show will also cover home improvement and gardening.
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Following the rules Many home improvements can be carried out without having to let anyone know.
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You can buy a round cardboard footing form at most home improvement centers that makes the process easier.
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The council says a holy coal house doesn't qualify as a home improvement and has refused planning permission.
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You can, for example, borrow a little more for home improvements , a much deserved holiday or whatever you choose.
performance
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Given present quantitative disparities between East and West, incremental performance improvements do provide something to worry about.
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This operating method has yielded stunning performance improvements for all the players involved.
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Organizational leaders who are committed to performance improvement are well aware of this pitfall and take stern measures to avoid it.
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These are the kinds of decisions on which viable performance improvement is ultimately based.
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The organization that views its storied past as the sole model for performance improvement is, in most cases, doomed.
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Supervisors solicit employee ideas for performance improvement and informally recognize employee contributions.
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Its reliability and performance improvements are well documented.
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At the same time, the bosses began applying positive reinforcement to the workers: praise and recognition for performance improvement .
productivity
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Investment in brand building, marketing, distribution and productivity improvement has again been increased.
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The profit margin rose on productivity improvements and increased sales of higher-margin on-site industrial gas plants.
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Although sales in its chemicals division fell, productivity improvements and the pound's devaluation enabled profits to remain virtually unchanged.
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Economists who have studied productivity improvement distinguish between what they see as two distinct sets of causes.
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Those results are particularly anemic when compared to the quality and productivity improvements which the most savvy practitioners prove are possible.
quality
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Putting things right, of course, is integral to quality improvement and this is where the corrective action teams come in.
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Adjusting for quality improvements or consumer substitutions when prices rise is no doubt technically challenging.
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Spreading the philosophy of quality improvement among our suppliers will also yield enormous benefits.
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Plant managers and supervisors begin to use token reinforcers to recognize teams with quality improvement or other noteworthy accomplishments.
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Second, quality improvement is far more difficult to define and measure in health than it is in education.
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Information systems are introducing similar quality improvement programs to link information systems with basic business needs.
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Measurement of quality; Quality improvements .
road
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They must also reimburse the company for any widening and road improvement carried out.
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A series of area road improvements could help Brown Field take flight as an air cargo hub.
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Development plans show future road improvements which may affect development, for example where new access on to an existing road is not permissible.
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I like it that way and accordingly have not made great efforts at road improvement .
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A few decades of road improvements have encouraged motorists to visit beauty spots formerly difficult of access.
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For example, this morning we announced the spending of £760 million on road improvement projects in the forthcoming financial year.
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The London to Holyhead road improvements produced both minor and major changes to the settlements along its route.
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Available money had gone into large road improvement schemes which had rather overwhelmed the rest of the programme.
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achieve
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The ultimate aim of the counselling process is to achieve significant improvement in the social and interpersonal relationships of the counsellee.
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The potential improvement in performance and ways of achieving that improvement after a two-pass load are discussed below.
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Business unit development is part of a wide-ranging training schedule designed to achieve continuous improvement .
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The Minister could use all sorts of devices to achieve improvements .
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Like other mentally handicapped children, Down's children can achieve considerable educational improvement through a consistent programme of education and care.
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It requires a greater than one-for-one reduction in emissions in order to achieve a net improvement in ambient air quality.
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Artisans will develop their ability to diversify their products and achieve limited improvements in their technology.
bring
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Never before have so many joined in the struggle to bring significant improvements to their lives.
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Performance can not be improved because the organization fears the very attributes that will bring about improvement .
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You may be the one person to bring about improvements which will benefit many others as well as yourself.
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But 1993 did not bring about any improvement in builder-government relations, at least according to the industry insiders.
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Narey has said changes in management at Brinsford and other YOIs have already brought about considerable improvements .
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This process of catharsis can bring improvements in both physical and mental health.
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A slight extension of those bands could ease the extra cost that might be brought about by improvements .
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This year does not promise to bring much improvement .
carry
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The other, Reasima Abadi, will remain open after carrying out improvements to its waste treatment.
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A third have also carried out environmental improvement work, mainly teacher instigated.
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By remortgaging your home you could raise enough cash to allow you to buy a new car or carry out home improvements .
expect
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Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June, but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months.
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She said she expects earnings improvement to begin in the first quarter.
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With the president in his present mood it is probably too optimistic to expect any improvement until after next year's election.
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But coach M. L. Carr is expecting improvement .
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Do not expect such a dramatic improvement on all of your reports but they will all benefit from a modest improvement.
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When next we flew dual, we would be expected to demonstrate improvement .
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Chairman Robin Biggam said that he does not expect to see any improvement until 1993.
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He expected continuous improvement in all areas, but particularly in quality, service, and fast-paced innovation.
lead
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Seven actions for drivers are listed which would lead to improvement in air quality.
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There is nothing in the mutating process itself that leads to any improvement .
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But eventually it led to several notable improvements in the arrangements for the early detection of mental ill-health among faculty members.
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For the most obvious thing about them is that they have led to continuous bodily improvement .
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Pressure on costs will lead to improvements in harvesting machinery and more sensitive use of cleaners.
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Such expansion should lead to improvement of animal treatment through better controls.
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In some of the privatised ports, ending restrictive practices has led to an improvement in productivity of 50 to 100 percent.
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He believes trusts will lead to improvements for patients, but that the calibre of that management will be all important.
make
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Establish some short-term projects to make improvements and get your people involved.
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White talked of the progress his team made , the improvement on offense.
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In spite of a keen desire to reach greater heights, progress is hindered by poor practice methods which make improvement slow and frustrating.
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He wanted to be the one who did the organizing and made the improvements .
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There is a lot of parental involvement and we have made several improvements to give it a better image.
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Look at your writing space and find ways to make improvements .
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The Government have made significant improvements in that regard.
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The city also spent a few million dollars recently making additional improvements to Hi Corbett.
need
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Extra work has been commissioned to determine which highway links and junctions would need improvement to relieve any potential traffic logjam.
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The tip-off is your focus on performance that needs improvement , rather than focusing on your successes.
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You need to find what is right with your current life-style, in terms of food and exercise, and what needs improvement .
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Councilmen Jos Ibarra and Steve Leal have opposed it, saying the money is needed for improvements to existing neighborhoods.
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The data collected will then be used to target areas of public health which need most improvement .
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The auditorium was recently renovated for more than $ 2 million and still needs improvements .
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What are the areas that need improvement ?
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As Kennedy said throughout the recall campaign, water rates had to be increased to finance needed improvements in the system.
produce
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This has produced noticeable improvements in wildflowers, and insect and bird populations.
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Hooking up a powered antenna by Terk, which amplifies incoming signals and allows greater directional fine-tuning, produced no appreciable improvement .
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This case will produce something that all of us want to produce - a positive improvement in the law.
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In addition, sustained normalization of uric acid levels does not produce improvement in renal function.
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Avoiding these foods has produced a great improvement in his behaviour.
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In all those cases it produced impressive improvement in the peacetime performance statistics.
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Yet that audience with the King on Sunday night did produce an improvement in spirits if not a change of mind.
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That produced greater commitment, which in turn produced significant improvement in every organizational element.
result
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It is possible for an error to result in an improvement .
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This sometimes causes temporary aggravation of the movement disorder, but may eventually result in its improvement or complete subsidence.
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Creditor business continues to be affected by the poor economic climate but rating action has resulted in some improvement in Q2.
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Low inflation in industrialized countries restrained increases in import prices, resulting in a general improvement in the terms of trade.
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They resulted in 33 improvement notices being served.
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The two functions were therefore segregated and resulted in a substantial improvement .
show
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Doctors say Mr Crowther is showing some improvement but he's still seriously ill.
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There is a waiver program, where vehicles that show a 30 percent improvement can obtain the license sticker.
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This group would then be likely to show greater spontaneous improvement .
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The first and second-class delivery services have shown a marked improvement over the past two or three years.
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By 1988 this had dropped to about 15 percent of spruce, and other species such as pine and fir showed similar improvements .
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The Suzuki rider showed a further improvement in final practice at with a best of one minute 31.188 seconds.
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Noise Here, the new big Renault shows major improvements compared with the R25.
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I believe delegation and empowerment is starting to show improvements but we still have a long way to go.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
there's room for improvement
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You did well on the last project, but there's room for improvement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Accidents have become less frequent, thanks to recent improvements in our safety checks.
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Design improvements in the computer system have greatly increased our efficiency.
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Have you noticed any improvement in his work?
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home improvements
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I'm afraid if you don't show some improvement soon we won't be entering you for the exam.
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There's been a great improvement in the team's performance over the last three games.
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We had to borrow money to pay for all the improvements to our home.
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You'll see that there's been a remarkable improvement in recent weeks.
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Continuing improvement in the United States.
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Councillors also expressed their support for proposed improvements to the tennis club facilities.
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Information systems are introducing similar quality improvement programs to link information systems with basic business needs.
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It reviews current practices and offers suggestions for their improvement through the development of affirmative assessment.
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These behavioral improvements occur only if the correct location is destroyed, not if the lesion is made nearby.
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This improvement in standards can only be put down to cellar training.
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Three months later, the District Court adopted a plan requiring $ 187, 450, 334 in further capital improvements.