sensible legislation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsensibleandlegislation
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sensible
adjective
uk/ˈsen.sə.bəl/us/ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofsensibleandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I naturally deplore all dirty tricks campaigns and all low and deplorable levels to which people sink when opposing perfectlysensiblelegislation.
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That is why it behoves us all to take care and to havesensiblelegislationon such matters.
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Then later on we were told we could get more bysensiblelegislationthan by extreme measures.
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We agree – and we have done a great deal to achieve this with better regulation – on the need forsensiblelegislationto avoid bureaucratic measures.
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That is why we must start withsensiblelegislationon noise reduction in freight rail traffic straight away in the next parliamentary term.
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That seems to me a very good reason to promotesensiblelegislationlike this.
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Further, if he does agree with that figure, is that not sufficient justification for somesensiblelegislation?
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That is not the form in which to passsensiblelegislation.
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As parliamentarians, we want to be party to good,sensiblelegislation, so we should scrutinise measures.
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The common objective of us all must be to try to enactsensiblelegislationon this fairly narrow point.
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Anysensiblelegislationto enable that labelling to develop, and to build on existing legislation, can only be a good thing.
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The new limit here is a real step forward towardssensiblelegislation.
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This is a good day forsensiblelegislation.
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He mentions exactly the sort of factor thatsensiblelegislationshould take into account.
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Is he encouraged by his recollection of those events not to make remarks such as he has just made, and to bring forwardsensiblelegislation?
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That is no way to passsensiblelegislation.
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I hope that at the end of the day, in both the industrial and the non-industrial areas,sensiblelegislationcan be introduced.
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I hope also that we shall have somesensiblelegislationfor our rural and island areas.
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I am only anxious that we should havesensiblelegislation.
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I simply ask for such arguments to be considered in detail, so that we can ensure that we passsensiblelegislation.
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