piecemeal reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpiecemealandreform
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piecemeal
adverb
adjective
uk/ˈpiːs.miːl/us/ˈpiːs.miːl/
not done according to a plan but done at different times in ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfɔːm/us/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofpiecemealandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the contrary one would have expected cooperation with the king, compromise, andpiecemealreform.
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Economists have studied extensively the issue ofpiecemealreformof one distortion in the presence of other distortions, and equiproportional reduction of all distortions.
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Piecemealreformof tariffs is more likely to be important as the stock increases.
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The curve is useful in studying the standard issues, such as optimal policy intervention given other distortions, and implications ofpiecemealreformof a single distortion.
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The review of this area of legislation is long overdue, but matters are not helped bypiecemealreformsuch as that proposed by the amendment.
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However, what is clear is that we are to be faced withpiecemealreformof a constitution which must inevitably lead to pragmatic decisions.
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We suffer too much frompiecemealreformof the law.
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Piecemealreformin that part of the law has had its day, arid we need a comprehensive review.
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The measure we have been debating today is butpiecemealreform.
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I fear that another anomaly may arise out of any kind ofpiecemealreform.
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But that is another reform which would be apiecemealreformif it were incorporated here.
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We have to be content withpiecemealreform.
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One of the objections raised was the objection topiecemealreform.
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My next set of arguments concern the effects ofpiecemealreform, which we have already seen in national devolution.
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Let me tell them that it is notpiecemealreform.
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This may be yet one other example ofpiecemealreform.
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The other great disappointment concerns the courts that will administer thispiecemealreformof family law.
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As a result, there is endlesspiecemealreformwhich is making things worse rather than better for perestroika.
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We need to examine the whole system; it is notpiecemealreform.
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