legislative attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegislativeandattempt
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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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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition oflegislativeandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It seems to me to be the most extraordinarylegislativeattempt, and one which is not valid.
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One occurred in 1973, and the general election of 1974 brought thatlegislativeattemptto an end.
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In many respects, each furtherlegislativeattempthas made the confusion even more confounded.
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It is the firstlegislativeattemptto control aircraft noise at the point it ought to be controlled; namely, at source.
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That principle lies behind some of my opposition to this sort oflegislativeattemptto deal forcibly with matters which do not admit of any such treatment.
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A president may be given authority in the constitution to react to legislative attempts to change prevailing policy, for instance, by vetoing the bill.
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I sincerely trust that his legislative attempts will be more successful than those we have had in the past.
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In my view that is a correct principle and a better one than the one which was adopted in the previous legislative attempts.
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It is a useful document and summarises the issues and work and the fate of some of the legislative attempts on this matter.
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It is plain to be seen, and these are legislative attempts to stem the tide which cannot be stopped.
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We have made legislative attempts when specialists and experts have demonstrated to the full satisfaction of themselves that nothing could be done.
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The most eloquent commentary on that is that since the war there have been no fewer than four legislative attempts to patch up the system.
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In fact, legislative attempts were made to limit the network's preferred position.
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There have been many legislative attempts to facilitate the control of bullying and cyberbullying.
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After several decades, many legislative attempts were made to clarify national membership standards over a chapters right to self-determination.
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Regulatory and legislative attempts at limiting resident work hours have been proposed, but have yet to be passed.
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