restrictive clause
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrestrictiveandclause
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restrictive
adjective
uk/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/us/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/
limiting the freedom of someone or preventing something ...
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clause
noun[C]
uk/klɔːz/us/klɑːz/
law
a particular part of a written legal document, for example a law passed by Parliament or a contract (= ...
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This is arestrictiveclausewhich is quite unfair.
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These are obvious bodies who can put forward nominations without having therestrictiveclausethat he has proposed.
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One of the reasons for putting in thisrestrictiveclauseas to the number of sheep that can be maintained on a farm is this.
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Thisrestrictiveclausein no way goes towards meeting that general philosophy.
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I do not know whether that meant it was arestrictiveclauseor not.
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The tribunal can, of course, override anyrestrictiveclausefor the performance on gramophone records, but that is not the point which we have in mind.
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Is that not arestrictiveclause?
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Clause 39 is anotherrestrictiveclause.
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Because it restricts the meaning of vegetable, this adjective clause is called arestrictiveclause.
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This corpus contains 1300 relative clauses, 278 of which are restrictive clauses with a personal antecedent.
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I am dealing at the moment with the desirability of bringing into the silicosis scheme these men who are now excluded by the restrictive clauses.
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Is she aware that some guarantees contain restrictive clauses which have no validity in law and yet gravely mislead consumers?
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If there are restrictive clauses in a memorandum or in articles of association, it is right that the interpretation should be generous rather than stingy.
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There are restrictive clauses in insurance policies and also there is a great time lag before legal cases reach the courts.
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Owing to the restrictive clauses of the scheme, only 399 of these would be able to make a claim under the scheme.
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So are the restrictive clauses.
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Will he release details of that agreement and say whether it includes any restrictive clauses that are against the interests of this country from the point of view of exports?
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Further, while restrictive clauses are often headed by the relative pronoun "that" or by a zero relative pronoun, non-restrictive clauses are not.
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