lack of enforcement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofandenforcement
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enforcement
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˈfɔːs.mənt/us/ɪnˈfɔːrs.mənt/
the process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular situation happen or ...
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Lackofenforcementhas substantially reduced the revenue raised.
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This apparent contradiction may be due to thelackofenforcementof pension eligibility conditions and not to a past fulfillment of contribution requirements.
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Large areas of land, particularly forested lands, are of public ownership, but given an almost completelackofenforcement, they are in fact open access.
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But these reports of the licensing authorities are a powerful indictment of thelackofenforcementand the failure of enforcement to achieve its purpose.
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Is the problem a gap in the existing law orlackofenforcement?
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Some local authorities have expressed concern about theirlackofenforcementpowers in that situation.
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There has just been some discussion of the enforcement—or rather the almost completelackofenforcement—in some jurisdictions of fines.
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We must learn severe lessons from thelackofenforcementof the regulations on abattoirs.
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With all their failing andlackofenforcement, they were pretty tough in setting out the offences and in providing a basis for prosecution.
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Despite thelackofenforcement, there has been a reduction in speed, and therefore noise pollution, along that section of the road.
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In the last century attempts were made to control industrial pollution, but they were very unsuccessful throughlackofenforcement.
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Please let this not be yet another sector where we subsequently have to lament thelackofenforcement.
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The evidence of thelackofenforcementsuggests that the national figures are between five and six times those amounts.
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Bicycles ridden at night are required to have proper lighting, but one of the difficulties is alackofenforcement.
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But whatever the reason, there is a generallackofenforcementof the law.
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Under present conditions, owing to an almost completelackofenforcementof the law, we know that only one dog in two is licensed.
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One of the problems is thelackofenforcement.
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I now wish to discuss thelackofenforcementof the present law.
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It recognises that there are ample protective provisions, but it is deeply concerned at thelackofenforcementand at ineffective deterrents.
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The reason for thelackofenforcementis the lack of administrative machinery of the kind which makes aliens control so surprisingly effective and successful.
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