piece of legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofpieceandlegislation

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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofpieceandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpiece of legislation

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Examples of such patterns are the economic justifications for the contracting out of public services or the political background behind a particularpieceoflegislation.
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There is a more complicated reality underlining the process through which apieceoflegislationis initiated.
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We did a background examination of the policy underlying eachpieceoflegislationto serve as a guide.
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A 1972pieceoflegislationpermits those who are not civil servants to be 'attached' to the higher echelons of the public administration.
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In 1959, a new, more comprehensivepieceoflegislationwas enacted.
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While the former power can by no means guarantee the final adoption of a proposedpieceoflegislation, the latter entails two hurdles.
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Indeed, eachpieceoflegislationcan be seen as partaking in a strategy of de-regulation necessitated by a competitive environment.
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This detailed and lengthypieceoflegislationwas intended mainly for criminal cases.
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Gradually they ceased to regard their problems as resolvable once for all by some grandpieceoflegislationor by the multiplication of their own number.
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The differentiated responses can be attributed to differences between constructions of gender and race, and to the nature and presumed consequences of eachpieceoflegislation.
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Firstly, we must not forget that one person's red tape is another person's vitalpieceoflegislation.
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I am very glad that you are going to be the rapporteur for this very importantpieceoflegislation.
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In any event, this really is a majorpieceoflegislation, since it contains seven texts.
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We are now well into the third year of discussion on thispieceoflegislation.
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Altogether this is an ill-conceived, irrational and ultimately unnecessarypieceoflegislation.
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However, this is only onepieceoflegislation.
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It would seem neither necessary nor desirable to build a specificpieceoflegislationfor derivatives as it is a horizontal issue.
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Thatpieceoflegislationis compatible with this communication and with our general plans on unfair trading practices.
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A test of how a certainpieceoflegislationwill be received in industry.
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In the first reading of apieceoflegislationthis is definitely what we all want and what we should have.
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