Collocations withsettlement
These are words often used in combination withsettlement.
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agricultural settlement
The residents of a remote agricultural settlement (' kibbutz '), aged 40 and over, were also included in the sample.
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amicable settlement
For when neither party voluntarily comes to him for support, he will offer to mediate an amicable settlement.
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ancient settlement
All of the wells cited in this paper are located near ancient settlement remains.
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coastal settlement
They are also threatened by sewage, coastal settlement, land clearance and much more.
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comprehensive settlement
A lasting and comprehensive settlement is set out in the roadmap, and the roadmap is the only way forward.
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compromise settlement
The matter has always concerned two powerful people, and somewhere in the middle a compromise settlement.
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dispersed settlement
I suspect that if the study is taken further, some evidence for regional variations may emerge, for example between towns and areas of dispersed settlement.
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divorce settlement
According to most schools, this law cannot be overruled by a contractual agreement between the spouses, and therefore a divorce settlement in which the wife forfeits this right is invalid.
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early settlement
This examination of early settlement patterns provides a framework for a broader discussion of the tensions surrounding the use and control of land in the context of a colonial frontier.
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european settlement
European settlement commenced in the 1820s following the extension of the limits of location in 1829.
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eventual settlement
I believe that it is around these four principles—independence, neutrality, unity and prosperity—that the eventual settlement can be made.
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existing settlement
The local banks, in particular, were very unhappy about the ability of the existing settlement procedure to deal with the situation.
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farming settlement
Lohausen was a farming settlement for a long while.
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final settlement
The final settlement was reached and signed on the sixth day of the eleventh month of 1833.
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financial settlement
We have taken the financial implications of millennium compliance into account in the proposed 1998–99 local government financial settlement.
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fortified settlement
Historically, this morpheme was used in place names to describe a location as being defensible, such as a hill, a fort, or a fortified settlement.
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generous settlement
We made a difficult decision, and provided a generous settlement for haemophiliacs.
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human settlement
That this ground - this ample geography - is covered by temporary housing is an ironic pointer toward the transitoriness of human settlement.
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informal settlement
A case might drag on for years, only to end in an informal settlement that essentially stepped around the mess of legal red tape unravelled at the landlord's initiative.
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initial settlement
For example, the migration regime is of prime interest when analysing the initial settlement of invasive species from their native range.
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insurance settlement
Above all, there does not seem to be any means of providing financial aid to those who have suffered, without any possibility of an insurance settlement.
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interim settlement
We settled with the miners within a week, and we ought to give an interim settlement to the nurses within a week.
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isolated settlements
According to a popular theory, these traditions reduced the danger of inbreeding and resulting population bottleneck in small and isolated settlements.
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large settlement
They do not have to be elected and can act as they will until discharged, when they receive a large settlement.
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lasting settlement
This phase is essential for a fair and lasting settlement of the conflict.
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mining settlement
I said in my interpretation that no one should be entitled to take from a mining settlement measures adopted specially for the special characteristics and conditions of mining.
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native settlement
Have these incidents taken place in the international settlement or in the native settlement?
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nearby settlement
Inside the fort, the people of the nearby settlement had taken refuge.
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negotiated settlement
All this occurred at the same time that the junta's military ' constituency ' was preventing a negotiated settlement of the 1982 crisis.
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out-of-court settlement
Discussions about achieving a just out-of-court settlement of this issue are proceeding.
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overall settlement
From within the overall settlement for hospital and community health services, revenue funds have been set aside for a number of special purposes.
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peace settlement
First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of a peace settlement.
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peaceful settlement
The peaceful settlement of disputes by arbitration became increasingly common.
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permanent settlement
Their arrival increased the pressure on game and was the harbinger of permanent settlement with permanent structures in the landscape.
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political settlement
There were three basic aspects to the political settlement.
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proposed settlement
The proposed settlement mechanism accounts for spatial arbitrage opportunities and therefore better represents the true geographical discounts faced by traders in individual markets.
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rural settlement
Under the population-census denition, a village or rural settlement has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.
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scattered settlement
Similarly, scattered settlement patterns played an important role in environmental conservation, because land was allowed enough time to regenerate after use.
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settlement activity
Possibly too many developments are designated as 'classic' forms of settlement activity.
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settlement agreement
These litigants hire at least one lawyer and usually conclude the process with a detailed settlement agreement.
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squatter settlements
Their housing needs are increasingly being met by the mushrooming of squatter settlements.
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structured settlement
The final feature of the new arrangements is that there will be provision for payment by what is known as "structured settlement".
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temporary settlement
This temporary settlement has no electricity, running water, or other amenities, but it boasts a chapel.
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urban settlement
An introductory essay describes the town or city's topography c. 1840 and narrates its physical growth since the start of urban settlement.
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