tangible improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftangibleandimprovement
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tangible
adjective
uk/ˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/us/ˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/
real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, ...
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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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(Definition oftangibleandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Despite these complications, the prospect of certain, direct, andtangibleimprovementin patient care at a reasonable cost cannot with good conscience be ignored or delayed.
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I shall monitor those partnership relationships and expect to seetangibleimprovementin the engagement between the partnerships and the voluntary organisations.
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It also constitutes a failure to deliver what we claim we are here to provide: atangibleimprovementin people's everyday lives.
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Providing ordinary in-school support over a four-year period would have cost the same but with lesstangibleimprovementin the literacy attainment of the children.
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It is important to ensure that the political and legislative reforms undertaken contribute to poverty reduction and atangibleimprovementin people's living conditions.
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By the next general election, there will be notangibleimprovementto the underground.
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That is a verytangibleimprovement.
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People in communities up and down the country—especially young people—must start to see atangibleimprovement in the quality of services to which they have access.
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All this also means that we must do all we can to work with these countries for tangible improvements in human rights.
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As yet, there have been few tangible improvements.
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My final point is that anti-racism as it is defined here would mean achieving tangible improvements in migrants' living conditions.
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A number of tangible improvements have been introduced.
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I shall give some more examples of tangible improvements.
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That work should bring tangible improvements for passengers in the south-west.
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He must surely recognise the benefits for morale and for his retention efforts of being able to show tangible improvements.
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One way to judge genuine progress is by tangible improvements.
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Trust needs to be earned and will only arise from the delivery of tangible improvements in overstretch and undermanning.
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