legislative activity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegislativeandactivity
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legislative
adjective
uk/ˈledʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/us/ˈledʒ.ə.slə.t̬ɪv/
relating to laws or the making ...
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activity
noun
uk/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition oflegislativeandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegislative activity
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It almost certainly explains an oddity of hislegislativeactivityin 1776.
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The use of the veto leads to the second indicator of intenselegislativeactivityduring this period.
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Figure 3 illustrates dramatic rise inlegislativeactivityand federal financial commitment to crime and criminal justice over time.
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Ourlegislativeactivityis a continuous process.
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I find this a most dangerous extension oflegislativeactivity.
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He said there was too muchlegislativeactivity.
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The overwhelming trend in thislegislativeactivityhas been liberalisation of the law, growth in its coverage and improvement in the benefit levels.
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The first contains a detailed comparison of electoral laws and national constitutions, while the second analyses how those institutional frameworks shapelegislativeactivityin each country.
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The public have exactly the same expectation of ourlegislativeactivity.
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This applies inlegislativeactivityjust as much as anywhere else—perhaps more so.
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For example, you state that 90% oflegislativeactivityis done through comitology.
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Thelegislativeactivityis not only a necessity but an essential down-to-earth process.
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The resulting balance of power between the two adversaries led to a protracted search for new policy solutions and to an intensivelegislativeactivityin the energy policy domain.
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With enlargement and increasinglegislativeactivity, we need access to advice, as well as to studies, consultations and analyses.
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It is perfectly true that the actual sphere of itslegislativeactivityhas been very strictly and severely limited.
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It is to be expected in an institution of this kind that the speed oflegislativeactivityshould change.
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The three institutions responsible forlegislativeactivityshare responsibility for preventing these framework laws from entering into too much detail.
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There has been a very great deal oflegislativeactivityin recent years – in my view, almost too much.
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That is the type of soundbite and spin that have apparently become the main drivers of ourlegislativeactivity.
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I support the idea of helping newly-elected parliaments to strengthen and carry outlegislativeactivity as close as possible to the established democratic standards.
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We have chosen to do so because own-initiative reports having a bearing onlegislativeactivitycan have an appreciable effect on the ongoing work.
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The net effect of thislegislativeactivitywas that prisoners were once again disqualified for voting and for being elected to local authorities.
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From an operational point of view, the programme incorporates the objectives contained in the new interinstitutional agreement with a view to streamlininglegislativeactivity.
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In recent years, there has been a spate oflegislativeactivitythat has not been digested into a readily accessible or codified form.
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However, let us remember that public confidence in the activities of the authorities must form the basis of anylegislativeactivityin this area.
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