This figure would have reduced had the calculation considered the value of the permanent improvements to the land.

Instead, a property tax system was instituted with the funding only for permanent improvements, not maintenance.

The club could not make any permanent improvements at the property.

Children who practice hearing lengthened sounds on computers sometimes make permanent improvements in their speech, she added.

The challenge will be trying to turn the rush of activity into permanent improvements after the fans and football players leave.

Workers' productivity could increase at a faster rate, leading to permanent improvements in economic growth and higher standards of living.

The only way to bring about any permanent improvement is to prevent rather than to alleviate.

There had been no permanent improvement in Mark Twain's arm and he found writing difficult.

The cost of land, buildings and permanent improvements totaled $698,000.

A higher level of productivity must be a permanent improvement, he says, and what has been happening is only temporary.