hands-off approach

collocation in English

meaningsofhands-offandapproach

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hands-off
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌhændˈzɒf/us
/ˌhændˈzɑːf/
Someone who has a hands-off way of organizing or dealing with something allows other people to make decisions about how things should be done and avoids becoming ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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From a liberal point of view, why isn't the appropriate solution simply ahands-offapproach, leaving the choice of language use to individuals?
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Neither involves ahands-offapproach.
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Crystal calls for a revision of the traditional attitudes and practices of linguists themselves, who historically have taken ahands-offapproachto the languages and cultures they study.
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Indeed, some may say that we have not had ahands-offapproachin the past.
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I say that because we need a stronger hands-on approach to safety in place of thehands-offapproachof the past.
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What shocked me most about the whole episode was thehands-offapproachof the funding council.
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We wanted to see just what the variation in practice was around the country, and what effect thehands-offapproachin 1990 might have.
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Despite the newhands-offapproachon local spending decisions, we are not backward in coming forward with advice.
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They have wanted ahands-offapproachto business development and market investigations.
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There are two main problems: complexity andhands-offapproachto the strategy.
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That could not be in starker contrast to thehands-offapproachof our predecessors.
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Privatisation and thehands-offapproachhas had an effect.
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The idea of continuing to adopt ahands-offapproach, minimising its interference in co-funded projects should be looked at carefully.
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He is taking ahands-offapproach.
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Many groups are demanding a morehands-offapproachwhere government does not micromanage the family.
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In the 1980s, thishands-offapproachto investing was rare in the energy sector and looked upon with suspicion.
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Ecosystem management practices range from ahands-offapproachto very active processes such as introduced species removal and controlled burning.
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Their parents choose not to interfere, as they had just started ahands-offapproachto parenting.
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They used a morehands-offapproachand allowed developers creative freedom with their work, as well as letting them keep their own intellectual property.
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