key sector
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandsector
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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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sector
noun[C]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofkeyandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey sector
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Keysectorloan sanction is given on all accepted capital expenditure to the extent that this is not covered by grant.
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Private investment cannot help with what is increasingly realised to be thekeysectorin a developing country, the agricultural rural sector.
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They even suggest that there is a strong case for transferring recreational capital expenditure to thekeysectorof expenditure.
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The scheme was estimated to cost less than £500,000 and, therefore, did not requirekeysectorborrowing approval.
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I do not believe that there is a rationale for maintaining automatic district council responsibility for thiskeysectorof visitor information.
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They include some purchases of land financed from resources other than community landkeysector; precise figures of unused loan sanctions are, therefore, not available.
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Schemes for the clearance of derelict land are not included in thekeysector.
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This is akeysectorfor the new economy and would entail considerable risks for the sake of economic and employment growth.
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The fact is that there has to be a £300 million reduction inkeysectorlocal authority capital expenditure between this year and 1976–77.
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Keysectorfunds are available to local authorities only forkeysectorservices, including the building of houses to meet the needs of their area.
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We are legislating for akeysectorof social and cultural activity in this country which is virtually unique.
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It is clearly akeysectorof our economy.
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The future of the present system of separatekeysectorand locally determined sector controls will be considered in these discussions.
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It would not be safe to leave unattended for much longer thiskeysectorof our national economy.
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It is akeysectorfor the developing countries.
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The objective of our policy must be to reduce the climate-change impact without also reducing growth in thiskeysector.
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The capital allocation to local authorities is divided betweenkeysector, free sector and the locally determined schemes.
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This work has been included in thekeysector, so there will be no difficulty in processing the work.
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They are proposing to make the acquisition of miscellaneous properties subject to thekeysectorloan sanction provisions.
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