basic necessity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandnecessity
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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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necessity
noun
uk/nəˈses.ə.ti/us/nəˈses.ə.t̬i/
the need ...
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(Definition ofbasicandnecessityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I should have thought that an adequate and complete filing system was abasicnecessity.
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They are abasicnecessityfor a fast moving commercial and industrialised society.
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How will abasicnecessitybe determined and who will determine it?
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One would have thought that in any reasonably civilised society in 1985 the provision of indoor toilets was abasicnecessity.
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Telephones are abasicnecessityfor many elderly people.
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That ought to have been the absolutebasicnecessitybefore this announcement was made.
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I am often told that an important item such as a cooker is abasicnecessity.
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Fuel is clearly abasicnecessity, especially for the elderly and the sick.
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We start with thebasicnecessityof conserving fish stocks in our sovereign waters.
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Water is not a tradable commodity; it is abasicnecessityof life, and something that everyone has a right to.
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Water is abasicnecessityof life and a fundamental right.
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An immediate survey of water resources is ofbasicnecessity.
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Obviously, the greatest and first emphasis should be put on such abasicnecessityas coal.
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The secondbasicnecessityis an adequate supply of land.
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There has been an appalling crash in thebasicnecessityof a country which will depend on high technology.
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Abasicnecessityin one household is not abasicnecessityin another.
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Once again, we come back to thebasicnecessityfor close co-operation between all the bodies concerned.
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If we are in favour of majority voting, which we think is thebasicnecessity, we ought to move in that direction.
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A key element in this connection is that food is abasicnecessityof life.
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I believe that telephones are abasicnecessity, as are many of the other items which have already been zero-rated.
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