governmental policy

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentalandpolicy

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governmental
adjective
uk
/ˌɡʌv.ənˈmen.təl/
us
/ˌɡʌv.ɚnˈmen.t̬əl/
belonging or relating to government or ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/
us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentalandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was the evolution ofgovernmentalpolicywhich made it impossible for central bankers to evolve cooperative policy in the summer of 1933.
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After this, bothgovernmentalpolicyand the general shape of intellectual life changed dramatically.
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The focus falls clearly ongovernmentalpolicy, described in a fairly direct chronology; there is no thematic ordering.
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The editors make it clear that they assume thatgovernmentalpolicywould naturally be concerned with the promotion of happiness.
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Similar sets ofgovernmentalpolicychoices may thus yield different outcomes in different contexts.
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Even the speakers who venture to condemngovernmentalpolicyand practice find a much more fearful and compelling cause elsewhere.
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The searing criticisms ofgovernmentalpolicyand regulatory enforcement continue today.
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This variable can therefore be at the center of agovernmentalpolicyaimed at discouraging deforestation.
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As a result, citizens increasingly engage with experts in an attempt to influence the production of state-generated knowledge, deepen democracy and ultimately changegovernmentalpolicy.
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Failing this, the opposition will win at the next election and the majority view, whether for good or ill, will dominategovernmentalpolicy.
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Not all preferences can becomegovernmentalpolicy.
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Their stand that property is to be understood as a function ofgovernmentalpolicyleads them to see taxes as one more policy vehicle to correct market shortcomings.
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Finally, we attempt to expand the sample values to the population estimates in order to obtain at least a preliminary evaluation of the proposed conservation program forgovernmentalpolicyoptions.
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This process signals the frequent need of movements to establish an oppositional public discourse or alternative paradigm beforegovernmentalpolicybecomes responsive to new ideas in civil society.
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It was a deliberate act ofgovernmentalpolicyin this country.
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That is the crux of the entiregovernmentalpolicytowards those pension schemes affecting almost 400,000 people, as has already been said.
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We need an organisation that is part ofgovernmentalpolicyand gives us greater access to information than at present.
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The impression is that this perhaps technical question, which we are considering tonight, is in fact related to the problem ofgovernmentalpolicy.
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I do not believe this has anything to do withgovernmentalpolicy.
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