key plank

collocation in English

meaningsofkeyandplank

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key
adjective
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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plank
noun[C]
uk
/plæŋk/us
/plæŋk/
a long, narrow, flat piece of wood or similar material, of the type used for ...
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(Definition ofkeyandplankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But if sustainable development is akeyplankof all government policy, somewhere there must be some definition of it.
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This is akeyplankin the opening up of the financial services market.
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Will the two replacement carriers (anotherkeyplank) suffer a similar fate?
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Adherence to the best value regime, which we are promoting as akeyplankof our policy, will help local authorities greatly.
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It is akeyplankof our economic policy generally and our policy towards small firms in particular.
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That is why he has made judicial reform akeyplankof his current presidency.
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Renewable energy is thekeyplankof the solution.
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Akeyplankof the strategy is to raise such activity in all neighbourhoods, not only in deprived ones.
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Key planks of the strategy centred upon availability and supply issues that would clearly not have been applicable to legal substances.
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It is reasonable now to examine one or two of the key planks in the review and assess progress.
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