rigid framework

collocation in English

meaningsofrigidandframework

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rigid
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us
/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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framework
noun
uk
/ˈfreɪm.wɜːk/us
/ˈfreɪm.wɝːk/
a supporting structure around which something can ...
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(Definition ofrigidandframeworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet it established arigidframeworkthat thwarted genuine discussion.
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Not so within the morerigidframeworkof mid-nineteenth-century naturalization, in which the prevailing tone was one of skepticism or paradox.
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Therigidframeworkof the fully paired three-way junction evidently makes such folding very difficult.
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Within therigidframework, both in terms of geometry and function, the design team set itself the challenge of designing energy-efficient buildings with a high-quality thermal and visual internal environment.
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Arigidframeworkof employment laws imposed right across the continent would destroy that competitive spirit, both here and elsewhere.
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They want to put arigidframeworkround it.
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We are seeking the appropriate flexibility to cope with those circumstances and to respond to the needs of individual authorities without an undulyrigidframework.
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There is here norigidframeworkfor the timetable which could justify this action.
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Why should they and their employers be forced into arigidframeworkthat takes no account of individual circumstances?
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The words, "it would be wrong to impose on them arigidframework", ring in my ears.
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It will examine not hard and fast rules or arigidframework, but the way in which reconfigurations should go through.
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In our view, however, it would be wrong to impose on them arigidframework.
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The worst situation would be to have arigidframeworkin the care planning that disaffected the young people even further.
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The plan is radical, but it is not a preconceivedrigidframeworkinto which every area will necessarily be fitted.
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Many different nations with different cultures, climate and working practices are working within arigidframework, and in my view that will never work satisfactorily.
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It makes it a lessrigidframeworkfor the future.
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Thisrigidframeworkwill not be subject to subsequent modification.
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The scope for improving the existing system is limited by therigidframeworkof current legislation.
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To list the criteria in primary legislation would create a veryrigidframework.
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Those issues should not be squeezed into therigidframeworkof a timetable motion.
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