rigid control

collocation in English

meaningsofrigidandcontrol

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rigid
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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control
noun
uk
/kənˈtrəʊl/us
/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofrigidandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such groups are considered threatening in conservative regimes because they challenge the state'srigidcontrolof women.
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Outside the capital therigidcontrolof preachers by the state suggested by this law then is questionable.
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The ensuing economic decline reinforced discontent and frustration, but the state'srigidcontrolof nearly all forms of social organization kept its citizens' critiques unvoiced and disorganized.
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The case of break singularities is much more delicate, since the distortion of cross-ratios is always finite and quite arigidcontrolof distortion change under iterations is necessary.
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That is the policy of which an essential part is the compulsory andrigidcontrolof wages.
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A good deal of attention has been directed to the morerigidcontrolover the provision of car parking facilities.
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I suggest that we should be content with the veryrigidcontrolwhich we have.
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On two grounds thisrigidcontrolis desirable in aircraft.
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It remains true that about one-half of local government expenditure is not underrigidcontrol.
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We have long advocated that thatrigidcontrolshould be relaxed, but.
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That will mean arigidcontrolover everything that one can earn and save in one's lifetime.
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When people talk of morerigidcontrolof prices, they must remember that the price of labour is wages.
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This could lead to a new era in the relations between landlords and tenants, hitherto the hapless victims of eitherrigidcontrolor haphazard decontrol.
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We all know the effect thatrigidcontrolof rents and security of tenure has had on supply.
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Having praised me for refusing to revert torigidcontrol, it went on to make its own suggestion for getting the best of all worlds.
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There will not be therigidcontrolof prices which there should be if we are to have any sort of fairness of treatment.
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We needrigidcontrolif they are to fit in with the policies outlined.
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It has removed therigidcontrolof monetary supply and the check of universal competition.
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Most, if not all, of the overseas utilities are subject to the mostrigidcontrolof profits.
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