regulatory measure

collocation in English

meaningsofregulatoryandmeasure

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regulatory
adjective
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.tər.i/
us
/ˈreɡ.jə.lə.tɔːr.i/
controlling:
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/
us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofregulatoryandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofregulatory measure

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It is aregulatorymeasure, but one welcomed by financial and public interests.
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It is a usefulregulatorymeasuredesigned to encourage early discussions between organisers and the police to the benefit of both.
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It is no more than a usefulregulatorymeasuredesigned to encourage discussions between organisers and the police, to their mutual benefit.
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This is clearly aregulatorymeasurethat will increase the bureaucracy imposed on schools and local education authorities.
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The advance notice requirement is a purelyregulatorymeasure.
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The irony is that we are expected today to approve aregulatorymeasure.
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That was very unpopular and it was denounced as a typical socialistregulatorymeasure.
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Thisregulatorymeasureseeks to economically rationalise access to a common-pool resource.
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As to the regulatory measures, isolation prescriptions are the object of cantonal regulation.
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These regulatory measures have their own failures in trying to correct the market's flaws in pursuing the notions of economic efficiency.
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The considerable expansion of the private sector during the 1970s and 1980s, combined with growing concerns over standards in homes, necessitated further regulatory measures.
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A combination of regulatory measures and economic instruments will often achieve the desired balance among different policy objectives more effectively than either alone.
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Yet the supporters of auto-therapy usually disdained state and federal regulatory measures.
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Some regulatory measures, such as official minimum capital requirements, have a direct and positive effect on capital-asset ratios.
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This failure is why various regulatory measures are invoked.
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Under current regulatory measures and in the absence of certain clarification, these activities may, therefore, continue unregulated and potentially untracked.
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At a general level, the president was generally uninterested in regulatory measures and more interested in laws specifically aimed at economic recovery and national infrastructure.
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This led to an increase in regulatory measures during 1964/65 and nine wheat zones were formed across the country.
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