key document
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyanddocument
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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document
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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(Definition ofkeyanddocumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey document
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They form akeydocumentin consideration of these matters.
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First, it provides us with our main chance so far to discuss the stocktaking report which is clearly thekeydocumentbefore us.
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It is akeydocumentin this exercise because so much of the employees' position after vesting day rests on it.
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One example is the urgent note to abattoirs—akeydocument—explaining the importance of enforcing regulations, which took more than a year to draft and redraft.
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In that case it is about time that he had because it is akeydocument.
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Thekeydocumentfor parents will be the formal statement of their child's needs.
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We have made clear that the application prepared by a potential trust will be thekeydocumenton which consultation will take place.
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The concession agreement is, we can all agree, akeydocumentsince it defines the relationship between the highway authority and the concessionaire.
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It will be akeydocumentin all this.
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It is often seen as thekeydocumentregarding sustainable development.
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While some churches identify only onekeydocumentas their subordinate standard, others specify several.
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A bill of lading is akeydocumentused in the transport of goods.
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Moreover, the text is constantly interrupted by selected key documents, which does not do much for its readability.
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The key documents which contain the ethnography of administrators and on which historians rely for their analyses are too rarely available outside the archives.
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It subsequently encountered technical problems which forced it to push back the deadline for firms to submit akeydocumentin the regulators fitness and probity regime.
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The sensational treasure-trove of files, the successful 'paper-chase' 38 for key documents, often takes the place of serious, balanced historical analysis.
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We read the key documents including the original research grant proposals, referees reports, final reports, and information about the program (annual reports, minutes of committee meetings, and so on).
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Siracusa's book follows a fairly conventional ' ' diplomatic history ' ' approach, built around ' ' key documents.
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No addresses are given on probate inventories, the key documents for studying consumption patterns, so we can place individuals only in respect to the parish in which they were buried.
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Access to such key documents is essential if a select committee is to have a meaningful and well-informed scrutiny role.
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