rigorous control

collocation in English

meaningsofrigorousandcontrol

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rigorous
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪɡ.ər.əs/us
/ˈrɪɡ.ɚ.əs/
approving
careful to look at or consider every part of something to make certain it is correct ...
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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 ofrigorousandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is mainly due to over-dispersion of the data, which is accounted for within the morerigorouscontrolchart method.
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Rigorouscontrolof marital opportunity was clearly one strategy through which parishes sought to inhibit entitlement to poor relief.
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Although other methodologies guarantee arigorouscontrolof intervening variables, the experimental tasks required of participants are often farremoved from natural music listening activities.
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The apparent freedom, irregularity and randomness comes through a process ofrigorouscontrol.
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The public rightly expect us to ensure that their money is well spent and that there isrigorouscontrolof costs.
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There isrigorouscontrolat all times of every item of expenditure of this kind.
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One, the prices charged by suppliers, is quite properly to be subject torigorouscontrolby the director, via the formula.
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Therigorouscontrolof numbers is said to be essential.
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To deliver on our promises, we have to keep public finances underrigorouscontrol.
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The choice here is between outright suppression and a mostrigorouscontrol.
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They have cut public expenditure by more than £4 billion below the level of therigorouscontroltotals which they had previously set.
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We have one of the mostrigorouscontrolsystems in the western world.
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But if we are to provide the transport for passengers and freight that we need,rigorouscontrolis essential on road, rail and light rail.
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At the same time public expenditure has been subjected to morerigorouscontrol.
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We have balancedrigorouscontrolwith the freedom to engage in a sport which is legal.
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Because of the great dangers of pesticides and the new methods of farming, we needrigorouscontrolover these dangerous, toxic substances.
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The second has come about through a morerigorouscontrolof contingency reserve.
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Savings have been achieved by an earlier than planned rundown of staff numbers, difficulties in recruiting suitable staff andrigorouscontrolof domestic costs.
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All export controls of armaments and all our customers are subject to the mostrigorouscontroland scrutiny, as she knows.
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We are also, therefore, responsible for therigorouscontrolof the disposal of nuclear waste to protect the public and the environment from any hazards.
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