restrictive interpretation

collocation in English

meaningsofrestrictiveandinterpretation

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restrictive
adjective
uk
/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/us
/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/
limiting the freedom of someone or preventing something ...
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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofrestrictiveandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisrestrictiveinterpretationof third sector activity emphasises its attempts to influence policy, in other words, its lobbying activity.
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It is for this reason, then, that these measures of exception to free movement have been subject torestrictiveinterpretation.
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It may be that the time provided—a mere six months, extended by one month—is the cause of that narrow andrestrictiveinterpretation.
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There is nothing in the present wording that would lead us to adopt a more unusual orrestrictiveinterpretationof the term "floating charge".
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In relation to access to documents, you are making an extremelyrestrictiveinterpretationof the regulation.
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The first is that there should not be arestrictiveinterpretationof the many excellent initiatives they have suggested.
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First, the term "general direction" has come to have a specific and ratherrestrictiveinterpretation in its application to the nationalised industries.
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I want the mostrestrictiveinterpretationpossible of who can petition.
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It has not been limited by the draftsmen to arestrictiveinterpretation.
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It concluded that there were no alternatives that were not liable to the samerestrictiveinterpretation.
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Therefore, the words "two years" give arestrictiveinterpretationof the provision which is inaccurate.
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Furthermore, he recently confirmed that it would continue to be conducted within arestrictiveinterpretationof the treaty's obligations.
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That is a veryrestrictiveinterpretation.
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It is a far morerestrictiveinterpretation.
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In legal cases since the early 1980s, some judges have placed arestrictiveinterpretationon what that means.
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Both the intent and the impact of therestrictiveinterpretationwere discriminatory.
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This practice is considered to be arestrictiveinterpretationof the judgment by patent attorneys.
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He then goes on to criticize the majority for itsrestrictiveinterpretationof the word offence.
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During the twentieth century, it evolved to mean equal treatment of all religions, although a morerestrictiveinterpretationof the term has developed since 2004.
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