legislative effort

collocation in English

meaningsoflegislativeandeffort

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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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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition oflegislativeandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegislative effort

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Essentially bill sponsorship in this model is used as a proxy for the overalllegislativeeffortput forth by a senator.
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One sentence struck me as very remarkable, and that was that which said that the problem of unemployment cannot be solved by anylegislativeeffort.
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There must be greaterlegislativeeffortand more resources directed at energy conservation.
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Otherwise, the subject will be returned to time after time in alegislativeeffortto correct the situation.
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It is a task to which we have over the years devoted immenselegislativeeffort.
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While southern members gutted further legislative efforts, southern solons were both outraged and worried.
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I found legislative efforts to manipulate the role of the courts in each case.
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Subsequent legislative efforts would have to solve these twin impediments to policymaking.
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These legislative efforts constituted a significant portion of their public reputation, and they used their record of responsiveness to continuously cultivate support to bolster their reelection chances.
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He has made legislative efforts to do so, and taken other action in that respect.
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I am sure we shall not overlook, in connection with all our legislative efforts, the importance of the prevention of blindness.
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Legislative efforts have had no notable success in this regard.
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It would be quite impossible to say their legislative efforts had failed.
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They boast of their past legislative efforts having given back the unions to their members; but then they fail to act on that assumption in their subsequent legislation.
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We have made a preliminary analysis of energy efficiency action plans, which are part of the package and sometimes a bit overshadowed by the legislative efforts.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, initial legislative efforts to create national voter registration standards for federal elections failed.
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This is the part of the budget which goes to fund statewide and local government legislative efforts.
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Many of her early legislative efforts centered around juvenile issues and limiting garnishment of wages.
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Advocacy work is accomplished through publications, legislative efforts, active involvement in resolving local issues and monthly meetings held in public session.
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