Synonym: conservation, saving. Similar words: reservation, observation, conservation, preserve, conservative, conservatism, proportional representation, presentation. Meaning: [‚prezə(r)'veɪʃn] n. 1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger 2. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved 3. a process that saves organic substances from decay 4. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.
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91. A report containing proposals for forest preservation is due later in the year.
92. It simply ensures that full consideration is given to the case for preservation if any proposal is made which will affect it.
93. Transfer between hierarchies is a complex procedure, often raising tricky questions concerning the loss or preservation of seniority rights.
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94. The preservation of information captured in machine-readable form undoubtedly presents a host of problems to traditional archives.
95. A visit to the site can include watching preservation work insitu. Local museum and visitor centre.
96. Preservation is less a problem than exhibition. Extensive collections of silent classics are maintained in public and private film archives.
97. The site of the grave in the Atacama desert had ensured the preservation of the corpses which were readily identified.
98. The government today is trying to combine preservation of indigenous cultures with economic development.
99. Both said that doctors need to stand for healing and the preservation of life.
100. Not a done deal Despite the agreement, the preservation of the Headwaters Grove still is not a done deal.
101. Muir was an impassioned and persuasive champion of wilderness preservation.
102. Mere preservation, however, can lead eventually to decay and thus defeats its object.
103. The restoration was singled out for praise in 1986 when it was highly commended by the Association of Railway Preservation Societies.
104. Tim Wallace is appointed to the committee and is to be responsible for the funds allotted to the preservation group.
105. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
106. They may simply not yet have accepted that Gloucester now had his own ambitions beyond the preservation of his brother's polity.
107. Water-living animals, such as fish, molluscs, sea urchins and corals, are much more promising candidates for preservation.
108. Ironically, the older buildings were in a much better state of preservation.
109. We are the only party unambiguously committed to the preservation and modernisation of our independent nuclear deterrent.
110. All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. Thomas Carlyle
111. This was Rolt's first substantial contribution to the preservation of the artefacts of industrial history.
112. The limestone was deposited in very quiet water conditions, which accounts for the preservation of this delicate little fossil.
113. By this judicious purchase, the National Library has ensured the preservation of a significant cartographic collection for posterity.
114. Explants showed excellent preservation of crypt architecture, with an infection rate and crypt necrosis rate of less than 1%.
115. Apparently Smoky only cares about tree-covered areas when it involves gun clubs and the preservation of acoustics for tourists riding trams.
116. The preservation was officially recognized by the Congregation of Rites in I 835.
117. Climate plays an important role too in the preservation of organic remains.
118. No doubt many middle aged and older people our area will remember the original railway before its closure and subsequent preservation.
119. Labour Markets A central issue in the 1984-5 miners' strike was the preservation of jobs and communities on the coalfields.
120. It usefully strengthens the Library's preservation microfilming programme with a substantial external financial contribution.
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