privileged sector
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprivilegedandsector
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privileged
adjective
uk/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒd/us/ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒd/
having ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk/ˈsek.tər/us/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofprivilegedandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Again we have this mixture of one set of criteria for the vast majority of children and a separate set for theprivilegedsector.
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Thisprivilegedsectoris encouraged in a narrow sphere of education.
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They want aprivilegedsector, a particular group of employees to be provided with these benefits.
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It is the universities, the private sector of education and theprivilegedsectorof education which have not proved themselves today—not the comprehensives.
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Farming is in any case a highlyprivilegedsectorof the economy.
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There is no justification for subsidising thisprivilegedsector.
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It is aprivilegedsectorfor the well-to-do, who have privileges in every direction.
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We must use the opportunity wisely and in the interests of the nation as a whole, and not for anyprivilegedsector.
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It has been pointed out that absolute parental choice has been afforded to only a smallprivilegedsector.
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I am hoping that at some time thatprivilegedsectorwill disappear.
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Indeed, the unearned incomes of theprivilegedsectorhave zoomed upwards.
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It sets an extremely dangerous precedent, and amounts to scandalous protectionism in favour of aprivilegedsectorwith an active, powerful and apparently effective lobby.
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It is increasingly evident that many patients and staff are becoming intolerant of aprivilegedsectorwithin the health service.
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But they are not prepared to cut public expenditure which keeps 20,000 children in aprivilegedsectorof education.
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It is spending public money on aprivilegedsectorand in doing so taking away from the state schools the full range of academic ability that they can effectively use.
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Aviation and airports have now become aprivilegedsector.
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Secondly, the stability of prices must be maintained, as inflation hits the less privileged sectors of society hardest.
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In any case, the choice is available to very few pupils who predominantly are drawn from the more privileged sectors of the community.
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It is the negation of equality of opportunities that we should be able to talk of privileged sectors in education today.
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