regulatory function

collocation in English

meaningsofregulatoryandfunction

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regulatory
adjective
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈreɡ.jə.lə.tɔːr.i/
controlling:
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofregulatoryandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The expressive andregulatoryfunctionof eye gaze is particularly important at the beginning of a focused gathering between shoppers and vendors.
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The state may retain a limitedregulatoryfunctionbut this is poorly developed in accounts of the new welfare market.
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The extraordinary conservation and size of this region suggested a role in maintainingregulatoryfunction.
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Further study of such multiple determinants ofregulatoryfunctionmay then be an important line of inquiry.
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The agency should not have anyregulatoryfunction.
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On the one hand, this has a didactic,regulatoryfunctionreinforcing the axiomatic moral code of everyday social structure.
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For thisregulatoryfunctionan opening in the screen is not required; the gravity chronometer presents no visual stimulus.
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The third category characterized the pragmatic function of the speaker's utterance in relation to the listener's ongoing action (regulatoryfunction).
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More compelling evidence that infants modulate negative emotion by regulating attention comes from studies using contingency analyses to determine if putative infant regulation behaviors serve aregulatoryfunction.
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Conserved sequences flanking these functional domains also contributeregulatoryfunctionbut typically demonstrate activity at restricted stages of maturation.
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This aspect of the corporation'sregulatoryfunctionalso provides a degree of comfort to private lenders—something upon which they have frequently commented favourably.
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The task of appointing an independent trustee on the insolvency of an employer is not aregulatoryfunction.
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As part of itsregulatoryfunctionit will conduct periodic audits of the safeguarding procedures and cases at individual airports.
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In many cases—for example, where radioactive materials are to be used or kept—the local authority will have no executive orregulatoryfunction.
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In my view we should not create structures which duplicate theregulatoryfunctionof broadcasting culture.
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The governors have a limited role in theirregulatoryfunction.
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But the corporation requires more detailed information in some areas in order to fulfil itsregulatoryfunction.
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It will be modern by depersonalising theregulatoryfunctionand introducing a regulatory board.
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That reduction will mean a loss of many specialist skills, and the time of inspectors will be largely taken up by the newregulatoryfunction.
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The commission will have the power to investigate complaints as an integral part of itsregulatoryfunction.
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