While Chavez has spent enormous sums on social programs, many complain the government has overlooked basic maintenance.

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Knowledge about basic maintenance of a car will now be a feature of the practical test set by the Driving Standards Agency.

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However, the existence of two different engine designs increases the likelihood of something going wrong either with the basic design or with maintenance procedures because additional complexity is introduced into the fleet.

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It turned out that 75% of the new dollars were to come from taxing consulting, maintenance and other basic services sold to businesses.

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This means that armies can deploy with one basic vehicle in the fleet, making maintenance and repair much easier and more efficient.

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If we are going to tackle health care for millions of people across Africa we must first tackle the most basic elements of any health system: logistics, maintenance, local skills and communications.

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As part of the setting up process, five faculty and twenty five students of the Center for Communication Studies received basic training in the use of the radio equipment and maintenance of the facility.

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For commoditized applications that require very little care and maintenance, and offer little business value beyond their basic functionality, the cheapest way to consume these applications is as a Software as a Service (SaaS), which of course can run in the cloud.

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He said the company had carried out maintenance on Arlington House - which comprises 142 privately-owned flats - but the proposed development went beyond basic work.

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