basic food
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandfood
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk/fuːd/us/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofbasicandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Quantities of bread and beer, thebasicfooditems, were given as wages to the workers.
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Farming households were failing to achieve their households'basicfoodsecurity from their small plots.
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Moreover, this is usually only enough for half thebasicfoodneeds of the population concerned.
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He develops a measure of what workers could potentially afford, setting a minimum income level four times greater than the cost of abasicfoodbasket.
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Household expenditure was based on a selection ofbasicfooditems.
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Contracts already funded are expected to ensure that sufficientbasicfoodwill be available until mid-2004.
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Basicfoodhygiene regulations have not kept pace with changes in food technology.
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Probably one of the most efficient of our industries is food manufacture and the added value tobasicfoodproducts.
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No longer is it a matter of just a shortage ofbasicfood.
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The steady rise inbasicfoodprices is an acute problem which cannot be ignored.
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It cannot even guarantee supplies, let alone supplies of adequate quality, of the mostbasicfoodin the shops.
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Do the stocks of ourbasicfoodsupplies in this country provide the coverage which normal commercial prudence would regard as adequate?
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How can thisbasicfoodbe made really safe for children and young adults?
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Some way must be found to ensure that people, and particularly those who are the worst off, can buy enough of thebasicfoodcommodities.
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Alternatively, the sub-post offices will have to put up the prices ofbasicfoodand goods that people in small villages and communities need.
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Everything that the housewife uses, everything that is needed as abasicfood, has gone up steadily in price.
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People in prison or in the army do not pay forbasicfoodor uniform or clothing nor are they paid for working.
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The first priority is water for people to drink: the second priority is water to providebasicfood; the third priority is water for industry.
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It is abasicfood-producing industry, upon which others depend.
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