quality of workmanship collocation | meaning and examples of use

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the skill with which something was made …

(Definition of quality and workmanship from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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This figurine must have held special significance, as suggested by its location, quality of workmanship, and associated materials.

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It is surely important both to the local authority and the tenant that work is carried out with the highest possible quality of workmanship.

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Will such reductions result in a decline in quality of workmanship and design?

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The result has been that there have been a lower standard and a lower quality of workmanship.

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He tells me that the quality of workmanship was dismal.

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We have lost that quality of workmanship and somehow it should be restored.

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That performance augurs well for the quality of workmanship that we expect to find in the new tank.

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I believe that many industrialists move their work to other countries because they are dissatisfied with the quality of workmanship that they are getting here.

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Thirdly, was the quality of workmanship and the mode of construction as directed in the specification?

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The industry requires an incredibly high standard of quality of workmanship.

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For industry, training gives a pay-off in greater productivity, higher quality of workmanship and a more flexible work-force able to adapt quickly to industrial and technological changes.

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We want not cosmetic jobs, but jobs which give skill training which will guarantee the quality of workmanship of the labour that is needed in our infrastructure.

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Cunard’s technical director sent a letter saying that he had not encountered that quality of workmanship before.

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It is these gangs who often pay scant regard to the quality of workmanship or safety factors since they may never be in the area again.

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That brings me to another problem which faces the housing industry; that is, the quality of workmanship, which is not always as high as it should be.

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Often there is poor supervision, relatively low quality of workmanship and even, indeed, the appalling examples that come to light from time to time of sleeping on the job.

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The only things in which we continue to excel are the few products which are hand-made and which depend for their reputation entirely on the quality of workmanship or craftsmanship.

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Great emphasis was placed on the quality of workmanship.

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Most of the later properties are of smaller size than the earlier buildings, although the quality of workmanship remained high.

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