original constitution

collocation in English

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original
adjective
uk
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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constitution
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people ...
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(Definition oforiginalandconstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anger is conjoined with hatred 'by theoriginalconstitutionof the mind', but it is not an essential part of hatred.
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Sometimes, this means that more is needed than what was set down in theoriginalconstitution, sometimes less or different.
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We must ensure that the guarantees are worth more than those written into theoriginalconstitution.
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Convocation would prepare the scheme and decide theoriginalconstitution.
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From its very needs andoriginalconstitutionit has felt itself always expanding, and always being restricted.
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Not enough was written into theoriginalconstitutionon that subject.
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Any shortcomings in the original concept of an eight-member board should now be apparent, and indeed the circumstances which led to theoriginalconstitutionmay have now changed.
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Theoriginalconstitutionguaranteed a mixed economy, with privately owned cooperatives combined with publicly owned property and means of production.
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Theoriginalconstitutionwas adopted without being submitted to the people.
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The minority represented continuity with theoriginalconstitutionand articles of faith.
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He now regretted having so quickly forced through itsoriginalconstitutionfive years before.
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Theoriginalconstitutionwas amended in 1952, and completely rewritten and adopted in 1960.
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Although it has been amended over a hundred times, theoriginalconstitutionratified in 1848 is still in use.
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This occurred to ratify theoriginalconstitutionand to adopt the twenty-first amendment, which ended prohibition.
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Theoriginalconstitutionof 1817 had only a two-year term for governor; this was expanded to four years in the 1868 constitution.
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The proposed amendments to the constitution were the first since the country'soriginalconstitutionwas approved in a 1974 referendum.
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New articles added through amendments have been inserted in the relevant location in theoriginalconstitution.
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Theoriginalconstitutionof 1863 had only a two-year term for governor.
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The technical specifications of the saxotromba and theoriginalconstitutionof its family are not known with any certainty.
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The larger group embraced a new constitution while the smaller group retained theoriginalconstitution.
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