humane conditions
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhumaneandcondition
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humane
adjective
uk/hjuːˈmeɪn/us/hjuːˈmeɪn/
showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who ...
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condition
noun
uk/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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In these new asylums the insane would be kept in humane conditions and subjected to a course of treatment that would be determined according to the latest scientific principles.
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The lambs have been brought over here under humane conditions.
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So when it comes in under local government we want to ensure that the same reasonable and humane conditions apply.
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Few parents, who undertake this exercise, have not wondered, at the same time, whether the animals or birds are kept in humane conditions.
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It is very important that they should be brought under humane conditions, and we will do all we can to ensure that.
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It will destroy the only defence which the workers have for their rights, and their only means of securing fair and humane conditions of labour.
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This is the heart of the problem of living together in a modern society with reasonable decency and reasonably civilised and humane conditions.
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If humane conditions cannot be achieved, the practice should stop.
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Is there any international agreement as to what constitutes fair and humane conditions of labour?
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Asylum seekers are not criminals; they are fellow human beings and should, accordingly, be received under humane conditions.
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I believe that, particularly when a democratic society is being constructed, a democratic judiciary and humane conditions in prisons are a highly sensitive area.
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This involves receiving them under humane conditions, as the report stresses, in fact.
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There is considerable doubt sometimes about whether live animals are exported in humane conditions and a debate is urgently required.
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They saw no guarantee of decent wages, regular employment or humane conditions in the collieries.
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In this country, throughout 100 years, we have struggled to maintain humane conditions for our workers.
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Thirdly, detainees should not be held in ordinary prisons but elsewhere in humane conditions.
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There are genuine difficulties—it is not easy to strike a balance of welfare between sows and piglets while maintaining humane conditions.
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We should take real precautions to see that humane conditions and practices exist.
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I am satisfied that prison staff do all they can to maintain humane conditions for those affected.
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However, we want to eat only meat which is raised under humane conditions.
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