lax enforcement

collocation in English

meaningsoflaxandenforcement

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lax
adjective
uk
/læks/us
/læks/
without much care, attention, ...
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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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(Definition oflaxandenforcementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Withlaxenforcement, coupled with a limited number of good projects, investors have time to search for affordable financing.
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In one sense this is mitigated bylaxenforcement, but in another sense it is encouraged.
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Environmentalists have long worried about 'environmental dumping' whereby countries' weak regulations orlaxenforcementcontribute to their comparative cost advantage in producing and exporting 'dirty' goods.
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These laws have alaxenforcementin some nations and states.
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Laxenforcementof parking laws and a lack of adequate parking space are also blamed.
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During his tenure, the office was criticized forlaxenforcementof new patient privacy laws.
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Therefore, we will not be returning offenders to court unnecessarily, but we cannot permit repeated failure to comply, orlaxenforcement.
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Some allege that thelaxenforcementof anti-competitive practices may be contributing to the formulation of market monopoly.
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Mine accidents were considered inevitable, and mine safety did not appreciably improve the situation because oflaxenforcement.
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Due to thelaxenforcementof building regulations, tar paper and plastic are often used as waterproofing materials.
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Reports indicated that the accident occurred due to overcrowding, a common cause of boating casualties in the region due tolaxenforcementof safety rules.
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Infractions may include negligence with respect to permit issuing, excessive trade,laxenforcement, and failing to produce annual reports (the most common).
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They benefited from a series of loose interpretations and favorable revisions of immigration law which reduced occupational restrictions and generallylaxenforcement.
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Such federations are influential, and penalties for violations by farmers orlaxenforcementby federations can be stern (including seizure of lands).
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Thelaxenforcementof state agricultural policies adopted during the war years gave way to a greater rigidity that diminished cooperative members' flexibility to undertake different tasks.
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