gradual reform

collocation in English

meaningsofgradualandreform

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gradual
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/us
/ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/
happening or changing slowly over a long period of time ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɔːm/us
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofgradualandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has embodied a peculiar pattern of change throughgradualreform, and fostered patterns of citizenship and political participation which are matched nowhere else.
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Then, as he sought instantaneous change, he also told us that we neededgradualreform.
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I believe that there is no case for revolution but there is a clear case forgradualreform.
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There is no human possibility ofgradualreformand gradual freedom.
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I agree withgradualreform, because if the reform made is too dramatic or too drastic in any one year, it involves many traders in heavy losses.
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Regarding chances in the economic structures, the party favouredgradualreformof the economy of the country.
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He opposed democratic and parliamentary institutions but favoured modernizing existing structures bygradualreform.
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The next decade showed agradualreformfrom military to civil control.
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From late 2005 agradualreformof the lower courts is under way.
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It did not aim at the mobilisation of the masses but opted for gradual reforms controlled by the party apparatus.
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Legitimacy crises have led, in many instances, to the re-shaping of states through processes that have ranged from gradual reforms of the state to regime transitions and social revolutions.
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Gradual reforms and the imposition of tailor-made standards that promote development are a more effective and desirable solution.
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If they are needed they should, indeed, be gradual reforms.
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Of this total, 28% wanted fundamental changes, 66% gradual reforms. 10% expressed satisfaction with the status quo.
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It was characterised as possibilist because it promoted gradual reforms.
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