rigid adherence to

collocation in English

meaningsofrigid,adherenceandto

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rigid
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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adherence
noun[U]
uk
/ədˈhɪə.rəns/us
/ədˈhɪr.əns/
the fact of someone behaving exactly according to rules, ...
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to
preposition
uk
/tuː/us
/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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(Definition ofrigid,adherenceandtofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For other women,rigidadherenceto calendar or basal temperature charting may be negated by a husband who is unwilling to cooperate.
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The damaging effects of these priority switches were increased by hisrigidadherenceto ideology which restricted his freedom to compromise (p. 12).
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Making one's diary public from the outset might condemn the writer torigidadherenceto social codes.
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For example, both groups of patients share arigidadherenceto routine and restricted interests.
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Nevertheless, strong pentatonicism, in the sense ofrigidadherenceto the pentatonic raw material, is not common in their work.
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Because of theirrigidadherenceto these characteristics, it is not difficult to identify students who subscribe to this austere model.
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Archaism in turn does not always correspond withrigidadherenceto convention and time-honoured customs (architectural or otherwise).
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The formal debt to tradition is gone, as is therigidadherenceto a single tempo for long stretches; the harmonies are darker, more chromatic.
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This strong reliance on shape can account for the preponderance of basic-level names in infants' early vocabularies, however, a continuedrigidadherenceto shape would be an inefficient strategy.
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I do not believe that any other regional health authority is insisting on suchrigidadherence.
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The first is arigidadherenceto the terms of the social contract.
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The second essential for efficient local government is a budget drawn up with foresight and arigidadherenceto the budget when formed.
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We seerigidadherenceto working methods that were agreed in 1919.
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It seems to me that thisrigidadherenceto cost-benefit throughout the report leads to some ludicrous positions.
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I do not regardrigidadherenceto an even more misaligned green pound as an overidding national interest to be preserved at any price.
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Limiting criteria based upon population distribution are used only for guidance and the inspectorate would not necessarily insist onrigidadherenceto them.
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Those are harsh words from someone for whom arigidadherenceto the truth is an unshakeable maxim.
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It does not depend on arigidadherenceto dates.
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