local norms
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflocalandnorm
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local
adjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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norm
noun[C usually plural]
uk/nɔːm/us/nɔːrm/
an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people ...
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(Definition oflocalandnormfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We cannot therefore assume that regulations handed down by the local officials coincided with thelocalnorm.
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How do the newcomers adapt to the local norms already in place?
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One could then, if one so wished, characterize the overall balance of these local norms as a state of 'complex equality'.
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They master the local norms of the locative system.
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In addition, the study suggested that greater exposure to national norms made the recognition of local norms more problematic.
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They may have lost some linguistic features because of their low degree of exposure, but what they display linguistically conforms basically to the local norms.
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Moreover, linguistic persistence of local norms can be distinguished from changes triggered by language restriction.
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In some cases there are local norms.
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By actively working with respected leaders, drug traffickers appropriate existing social networks, work within the local norms, and accomplish difficult political aims with less violence than might otherwise be necessary.
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Differences in the samples, measures, and local norms for female behavior between the current study and previous studies used females participants may also explain differences in the findings.
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And improperly (according to local norms) 15.
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According to local norms, food must be shared between relatives even when it is in short supply, and drinking water and lodging (posada) should not be denied to anybody.
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The monitoring and enforcement mechanisms are based on local norms and values and chiefs generally do not have recourse to the formal legal system to enforce the land allocation.
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Schreier emphasizes his finding that usage of local norms cor relates with age and mobility.
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Across provinces and over time, variations in the effective levy rate are well explained by proxies for local valuation of environmental damage and community capacity to enforce local norms.
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Instead, the practice of property transfer was determined by local norms and customs, and usually there was no intention to prefer one child over its siblings.
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On such an approach, the concern for local norms of justice, and how these tie in with certain types of goods, could be accommodated at a lower level of generality.
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