restrictive measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrestrictiveandmeasure
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restrictive
adjective
uk/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/us/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/
limiting the freedom of someone or preventing something ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofrestrictiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I therefore urge you to oppose any suchrestrictivemeasure.
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To bring in arestrictivemeasureof this kind is, to my mind, going in the opposite direction from that which our commercial interests dictate.
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This is a far better discipline and incentive than arestrictivemeasurewhich only adds to the difficulties of enforcement and involves extra costs.
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It was arestrictivemeasurewhich provided that a trade union could spend on political purposes only moneys specifically subscribed for political purposes.
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This warrestrictivemeasureshould be made permanent.
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It has provided the basis—in the political sphere, if in no other—for a trade-off of onerestrictivemeasurefor another.
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There is no good case for the proposedrestrictivemeasure.
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That is a much morerestrictivemeasure.
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That is onerestrictivemeasure.
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It is a limiting andrestrictivemeasure.
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It is an undesirable measure, as, indeed, anyrestrictivemeasureof this kind is, but it is, without doubt, a less undesirable measure than any general deflation.
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The company re-implemented thisrestrictivemeasurefor unspecified reasons.
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With present restrictive measures users experience delays and someone will need to finance the longer access times.
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They resented that their patriotism had been questioned but continued to hope that the restrictive measures would in the course of time be liberalized in their favour.
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If the restrictive measures go further than is necessary to perform the assigned tasks under the same conditions, the restrictive measures cannot be precluded as necessary and proportionate.
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Nonetheless, state-level administrators used their authority over eligibility rules to develop restrictive measures, limiting the field of beneficiaries to a narrow group of long-term, full-time employees.
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First of all, while the array of restrictive measures may have slowed the inflow of asylum seekers, it failed to stop it and did not adequately regulate migration flows.
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We are implementing a variety of restrictive measures on our trade and other relations with a number of countries.
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We have implemented a variety of restrictive measures on our trade and other relations with a number of countries.
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Genuine prevention of pollution calls for restrictive measures as far-reaching as confiscation of a polluting company, which no company can wriggle out of.
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