postal reform

collocation in English

meaningsofpostalandreform

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postal
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.stəl/
us
/ˈpoʊ.stəl/
relating to post or to the public service that collects and delivers ...
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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 ofpostalandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpostal reform

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The telecommunications reform of 1996 and thepostalreformof 1997 are examples for comparatively far-reaching reforms, which were passed despite the requirement of approval.
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However, during the hearings about the newpostalreform, studies were presented which proposed solutions on how to maintain the principle of universal service provisioning.
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An interest-based explanation cannot account very well for the (limited)postalreform.
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Presidents have little to do with the story (they generally had little to do withpostalreform).
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I suggest "model" because the dynamics ofpostalreformintimate a peculiarly twentieth-century pattern of institutional change: state building through bureaucratic entrepreneurship, founded upon multiple, diverse network affiliations.
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There is a momentum to finalise the process ofpostalreform.
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The main goal ofpostalreformis to benefit all consumers and postal service users, including special needs groups.
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He was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, advocates ofpostalreform.
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As thepostalreformwas extended to other rates (local, rural and newspapers), new denominations were issued.
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I believe that the public has great reason to be grateful to him for a long series of postal reforms.
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