rigid restriction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigidandrestriction
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rigid
adjective
uk/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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restriction
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/us/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/
an official limit ...
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(Definition ofrigidandrestrictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are not suggesting that greyhound racing should be stopped, or that veryrigidrestrictionshould be placed upon it.
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Therigidrestrictionto first-class hotels or downwards for committee meetings may cause complications, and possibly bring no advantages.
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First, this rule, a veryrigidrestriction, was imposed, as was said, as a temporary necessity at a time of severe dollar-sterling exchange trouble.
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We had an appeal to do all we could to impose the most rigid restrictions on the use of fuel.
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This replaces the previous rigid restrictions on quantity.
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If we do that and yet place rigid restrictions upon everybody else's trade, we shall find that life becomes more difficult.
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That being so, they would dislike most of all really rigid restrictions.
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We shall have fixed and rigid restrictions which will mean the opposite of conservation for those who have relatively few days at sea.
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We certainly see no point in extending to men the rigid restrictions which currently apply to women.
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He starts off—this is the sequence of events—by imposing rigid restrictions upon private building and, as a result of that and other things, the rents rise.
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The concept is not unlike the limited licensing approach for computer software, which places rigid restrictions on resale and reproduction.
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Many avant-garde artists thus turned to photomontage as an alternative mode of expression which could side-step around the rigid restrictions being put on painting.
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