sensible policy

collocation in English

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sensible
adjective
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/ˈsen.sə.bəl/us
/ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas ...
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policy
noun[C]
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/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 ofsensibleandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At least there can be little doubt that cost-benefit analysis is necessary forsensiblepolicy.
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This seemed asensiblepolicywhen the rains returned in 1937.
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That is asensiblepolicywhich avoids the elementary mistake that has been made in the past of equating high public expenditure with good housing.
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It represents the reaffirmation of an existing,sensiblepolicy.
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But to pour millions down the drain of an ever gaping hole is no incentive for the trustees to establish anysensiblepolicy.
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A moresensiblepolicywould be to exercise the strongest vigilance over anti-competitive forces and not give them a chance to flourish.
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More people need housing benefits because we do not have anysensiblepolicyon housing finance.
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I think that we are pursuing a reasonable andsensiblepolicy.
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Do the fishermen think that that is a realistic andsensiblepolicy?
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I suggest that it would not be asensiblepolicyto do so.
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Will he not abandon this mean and spiteful policy and adopt, in its place, asensiblepolicy?
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I do not agree that it would have been then, or would be now, asensiblepolicyto ignore the balance of payments.
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Surely that is a much moresensiblepolicyto pursue.
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Would asensiblepolicybe to try to check output in those countries which over-produce, or those which under-produce?
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It is possible to arrive at asensiblepolicyfor agriculture here which integrates with world food policy.
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His own friends are accepting oursensiblepolicy.
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It is asensiblepolicyto concentrate aid in those areas where the need is greatest.
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Thatsensiblepolicywill undoubtedly be adversely affected by the new measures.
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The more important priorities are for thorough joint analysis,sensiblepolicyproposals and the machinery to implement our ideas quickly and well.
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Asensiblepolicywould be to approach such issues, piece by piece, on their merits.
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