restrictive provision

collocation in English

meaningsofrestrictiveandprovision

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restrictive
adjective
uk
/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/us
/rɪˈstrɪk.tɪv/
limiting the freedom of someone or preventing something ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofrestrictiveandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Those of us who work in local government are fearful of what we consider to be arestrictiveprovision.
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However, it should be possible to insert arestrictiveprovisionwhich would be acceptable to all of us, and that we should like to do.
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My noble friend will see that this is a morerestrictiveprovisionthan what he proposes.
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However, this is an overlyrestrictiveprovision.
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That will give a useful flexibility to what was arestrictiveprovisionand will allow a co-operative approach to a project by both tiers if the circumstances so suggest.
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I therefore think the amendment is unnecessary and could be arestrictiveprovisionshould the schools themselves wish to vary the form of their exemption at a future date.
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Subsection (2) is a veryrestrictiveprovision.
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This is quite obviously arestrictiveprovision.
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The competitive process generated by the early restrictive amendments has led to the adoption of more and more restrictive provisions.
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The highly complex and restrictive provisions of the law of common land have made our task extremely difficult.
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It is not considered that any genuine hardship can arise by applying restrictive provisions to them.
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They are all in the same category so far as these restrictive provisions are concerned.
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Paragraph 4 of the code of recommended practice contains restrictive provisions.
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To make things worse, these restrictive provisions are implemented by over zealous local officials.
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If they decide that there should be restrictive provisions, how are they to select between one certificate holder and another?
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He said that there were too many restrictive provisions on either side.
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The effect of the amendment would be that all land agents, advisers and landowners would look for ways of avoiding its restrictive provisions.
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If excessively restrictive provisions are introduced, there is a risk that the whole process of access to information and decision-making could be impeded.
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This disadvantage would be weakened by what some might call the more restrictive provisions about the seven-year and 20-year periods.
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We do not want those restrictive provisions to apply to all the live programmes that we hope will go out to the viewers.
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