prior agreement

collocation in English

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prior
adjective[before noun]
uk
/praɪər/us
/praɪr/
formal
existing or happening before something else, or before a ...
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agreement
noun
uk
/əˈɡriː.mənt/us
/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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(Definition ofpriorandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprior agreement

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It is also of note that the use of contraceptive measures by the woman withoutprioragreementwith the husband constitutes grounds for divorce.
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However, attendance was relatively low, ranging from 3 to 8 nurses, despiteprioragreementby others to participate.
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This made it difficult for care managers to make even small adjustments to care packages withoutprioragreement.
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It is becoming more common for both husband and wife to bear a compounded form of both surnames, withprioragreementon the order of the names in question.
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It is impossible to discuss the structure of an organisation withoutprioragreementon its functions.
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First, there must beprioragreementby all the principal parties to a number of pre-conditions.
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What is needed, surely, is a body whose decisions will be accepted and implemented byprioragreement.
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I think it is disgraceful to change things withoutprioragreement.
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At present, the person concerned can report to any police station withoutprioragreementor notice, which does not hinder travel.
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In most cases of conspiracy theprioragreementis itself only inferred from the acts which are being done in pursuance of it.
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But, before going ahead, there would need to beprioragreementamong all parties on objectives and a clear idea of the desired outcome.
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In each case theprioragreementof the producers was obtained.
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There was noprioragreementbetween us about it.
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But international agreement on such reductions requiresprioragreementon how military expenditures are measured and reported.
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The majority in government refused anyprioragreementwhich might have resulted in broad and necessary political and social assent.
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In such debates it is customary not to give way unless there has been someprioragreement.
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It is much more a kind ofprioragreementon the national product.
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Where exceptionally it is proposed to hold trials on private land, the owners, local authority and police are consulted and theirprioragreementsought.
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First, there must beprioragreementby all the principal parties of a number of preconditions.
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