political campaign

collocation in English

meaningsofpoliticalandcampaign

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political
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
relating ...
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campaign
noun[C]
uk
/kæmˈpeɪn/us
/kæmˈpeɪn/
a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofpoliticalandcampaignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some peeled off the wall in shreds, like remnants of old wheat-pasted posters from some long-past, lostpoliticalcampaign.
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But by the autumn of 1948 the prospect of a concertedpoliticalcampaignagainst hunting had become more immediate and real.
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Thepoliticalcampaignorchestrated by his family had encountered serious difficulties.
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No opportunities for excessive corruptpoliticalcampaignfinancing therefore presented themselves under conditions of a moribund ruling party, coupled with the lack of meaningful intra-party competition.
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Corruptpoliticalcampaignfinancing, however, was less rampant in this period than in the multiparty period.
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In this context, as the legal andpoliticalcampaignagainst calico took to the streets, women became the particular targets of polemical criticisms and physical attacks.
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This range of resource arrangements served to organise apoliticalcampaignin the form of a series of public encounters aimed at mobilising a popular support base.
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Rates were lowest for the more demanding and time-consuming activity of volunteering for apoliticalcampaignand for the one act that required disposable income, donating money.
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The partypoliticalcampaignon the rates is replete with posters, meetings and leaflets, and has cost thousands of pounds.
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Those who are detained for purely political reasons would have difficulty in organising apoliticalcampaignfrom there.
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But much of the opposition can be attributed to the misrepresentations of thepoliticalcampaignwaged against the proposals.
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But this steadypoliticalcampaignagainst intoxicants seems to me to be one fraught with very great danger.
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If a man campaigns against divorce, he is perfectly entitled to be against divorce and to wage apoliticalcampaign.
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There is no specific exemption relating to the use of a loudspeaker during apoliticalcampaign.
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Let me give some evidence of how this is turning into apoliticalcampaign.
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Is it not entirely wrong that the taxpayers should pay for apoliticalcampaign?
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That will leave the way clear for thepoliticalcampaign.
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The implication that this is apoliticalcampaignleaves me baffled.
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There is nopoliticalcampaignagainst intoxicants; the campaign is against the system under which intoxicants are sold.
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We are allowing taxpayers' money to be spent by political parties and to be provided to them for apoliticalcampaign.
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