protective measure

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectiveandmeasure

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protective
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.tɪv/us
/prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofprotectiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Between 1965 and 1972, when small local improvement schemes were under consideration for this road, development alongside the road was controlled as aprotectivemeasure.
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Are we not talking about the opposite of aprotectivemeasure?
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That will be aprotectivemeasure, which will avoid disputes.
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It is aprotectivemeasure, and we want this cautioning system to be part and parcel of a rescue operation.
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I think that certainly includes the issue of language tests, which are not an obstacle but must be aprotectivemeasurefor patients.
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That is the strongestprotectivemeasureto which this country has ever been a party.
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The prohibition has been introduced as aprotectivemeasuretaken as a precaution.
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The view has been expressed that it is aprotectivemeasure.
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In a way, it is aprotectivemeasure.
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It was purely aprotectivemeasureto protect their own fishermen.
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It is obvious that, in so far as this measure is aprotectivemeasure, it will increase the value of land.
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There are those who, like an old-fashioned general, believe in defence, in piling up oneprotectivemeasureafter another to try to ensure one's position.
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Therefore, if we are really to make thisprotectivemeasureat all in time, we have to take this course.
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I understand that to be the very gravamen of thisprotectivemeasurewhich is being taken.
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The remaining stock on the farm, consisting of 14 cattle, 31 calves and 1,366 sheep and lambs, were treated with serum as aprotectivemeasure.
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It is right that a country should reserve to itself aprotectivemeasuresuch as this if it is clear that there are balance of payments problems.
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Appeals are being lodged in haste as aprotectivemeasure.
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It is thus essentially aprotectivemeasure.
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Extending training for their benefit does not seem to me in any way a pernickety measure thought up by bureaucrats, but on the contrary, aprotectivemeasure.
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