layer of bureaucracy

collocation in English

meaningsoflayerandbureaucracy

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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/
us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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bureaucracy
noun[U or C]
uk
/bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/
us
/bjʊˈrɑː.krə.si/
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow ...
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(Definition oflayerandbureaucracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Why have yet anotherlayerofbureaucracy?
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It would do away with alayerofbureaucracyat single practice level.
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The ordinary population does not want anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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They would simply add alayerofbureaucracyfor those operating special types of vehicle.
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It was never my intention to have anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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At best, that was an irrelevant waste of time and provided yet anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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Now it is superfluous, just anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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We do not want to introduce a newlayerofbureaucracywhere it is not needed.
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Even the powers that will remain underline that there will be yet anotherlayerofbureaucracyin the town and country planning system.
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We need to do all that, but not merely as a means of imposing anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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We now have super-partnerships and super-strategies, creating anotherlayerofbureaucracyon top of the existing layer.
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That is why it is perfectly timely for the toplayerofbureaucracyin the health service to be abolished.
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We feel that it would acid alayerofbureaucracyto an already complicated system and might, through byelaws, cause problems for the fishing industry.
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That in itself will add alayerofbureaucracy, and will slow down the process of dealing with these cases.
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This amendment is another attempt to overlay alayerofbureaucracy.
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I do not accept that it is necessary to create anotherlayerofbureaucracy.
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Such an agency would only impose a furtherlayerofbureaucracyin the region.
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They have not only increased financial burdens on local authorities, but have not provided nearly sufficient funding to pay for layer uponlayerofbureaucracy.
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I in no way wish to add or create a furtherlayerofbureaucracy.
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The proposal for the unit is unnecessary and unattractive because it seems to be yet again an unnecessarylayerofbureaucracy.
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