major breach

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandbreach

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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(Definition ofmajorandbreachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And it was, indeed, amajorbreachof diplomatic etiquette.
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That represents anothermajorbreachof the national insurance principle.
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That would constitute amajorbreachof the national interest.
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It would be amajorbreachof the principle of the tax to attempt to look through the corporation to the individual.
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Apart from this difficulty, it would make amajorbreachin our tax principles.
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They felt that any minor error was treated on the same basis as amajorbreach.
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That was considered amajorbreachof their human and legal rights, and we have reduced the maximum period to five days.
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I came back to find people talking about taking a "realistic" view, which invariably precedes the adumbration of somemajorbreachof principle.
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We have no evidence of anymajorbreachof either the letter of the code or the principles behind it.
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It is a fact that at the time we were pretty certain that amajorbreachof security had occurred.
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He mentioned one very successful business which clearly provides no flagrant offences ormajorbreachof planning control.
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I believe that it would be amajorbreachof an old all-party consensus of 40 years' standing to reinstate charging for sight tests and dental examinations.
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When numbers on a picket line swell to such a point that they cause amajorbreachof the peace, the law should take a clearer view.
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It has perhaps not been fully recognised that that is amajorbreachof what has been a longstanding practice of all governments and that it represents a new departure.
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However, had the pipe colour been specified in the agreement as a "condition", a breach of that condition would constitute amajorbreach.
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It's amajorbreachin security as every country's leader can be identified by their aura.
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Innocent parties may repudiate (cancel) the contract only for amajorbreach(breach of condition), but they may always recover compensatory damages, provided that the breach has caused foreseeable loss.
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There is no evidence of major breaches by independent trustees appointed by insolvency practitioners.
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There have been no major breaches of the policy.
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Clearly, both team leaders are experienced and will not blow up minor incidents into major breaches.
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