governmental interest

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentalandinterest

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governmental
adjective
uk
/ˌɡʌv.ənˈmen.təl/us
/ˌɡʌv.ɚnˈmen.t̬əl/
belonging or relating to government or ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentalandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Changes in public orgovernmentalinterestin nursing homes, and changes in governmental personnel were rarely seen as major obstacles.
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Rutledge concluded that although there might be agovernmentalinterestin controlling labor's "bloc power," the expenditures ban was not justified by that threat.
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Privatisation does not mean total exclusion of public involvement andgovernmentalinterestin what is going on in industry.
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Since then, it has operated with editorial independence from any one political, commercial orgovernmentalinterest.
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These classifications would only be upheld if necessary to promote a compellinggovernmentalinterest.
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Under traditional equal protection analysis, a legislative classification must be sustained if the classification itself is rationally related to a legitimategovernmentalinterest.
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The first was that thegovernmentalinterestinvolved was different because the government functions primarily as an insurer for private investors.
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Restrictions on the exposure of the female breast are supported by the importantgovernmentalinterestin safeguarding the publics moral sensibilities.
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Such discrimination was only justifiable when necessary to a compellinggovernmentalinterest.
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Such regulations are judged by the legitimate and sufficiently substantial test rather than the stricter importantgovernmentalinteresttest.
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This inquiry balances the importance of thegovernmentalinterestbeing served and the appropriateness of the government's method of implementation against the resulting infringement of individual rights.
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The raison d'etre of local government associations is to defend subnational governmental interests at the central level.
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The state countered that the regulation was a permissible infringement of the freedom of association because keeping criminal elements out of the gaming industry was a compellinggovernmentalinterest.
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To pass, the law must advance an importantgovernmentalinterest, the intrusion must significantly further that interest, and the intrusion must be necessary to further that interest.
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However, the disjuncture between professional and governmental interests should not be over-emphasised.
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These historians see the alliance as an inevitable result of individual governmental interests.
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This differs from the substantially related to important governmental interests two-prong test for intermediate scrutiny.
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Appellant does not challenge the force of these considerations but argues that they are outweighed by countervailing governmental interests in conserving fiscal and administrative resources.
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