measure of reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeasureandreform
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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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reform
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfɔːm/us/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofmeasureandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Although 'state rebuilding' often overlaps 'reforms', not everymeasureofreformcan be regarded as state rebuilding.
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It is a practicalmeasureofreform.
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It is certainly nomeasureofreform.
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This is a smallmeasureofreform.
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It is not ameasureofreform.
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Here we have a moderatemeasureofreform.
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This is a long, overduemeasureofreform.
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It is only part of a generalmeasureofreform.
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There has recently been a substantialmeasureofreform.
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When they could not perform this trick - as happened in the debates on child custody - they were less likely to pass a substantialmeasureofreform.
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This importantmeasureofreformshould remove that fear from the minds of very many people.
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It might delay the enactment of a valuablemeasureofreformwhich has been widely welcomed.
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Next year the maternity grant will be made non-contributory—a long overduemeasureofreform.
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We are anxious for somemeasureofreform, but we are not allowed to do it.
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Any radicalmeasureofreformsuch as the land scheme involves difficult changes and adjustments.
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We have introduced the largestmeasureofreformof our prisons this century.
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We have advocated ameasureofreformof the kind outlined here for many years.
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A very largemeasureofreformis required in the industry.
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It has long been patent that somemeasureofreformwas overdue.
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I welcome the principle underlying this long-overduemeasureofreform.
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That there is a necessity for somemeasureofreformis clearly beyond doubt.
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I thought that there was a thin chance of thatmeasureofreformsucceeding.
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Somemeasureofreformmay be necessary, but not in this way.
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Inevitably this usefulmeasureofreformhas had to give place to other more pressing demands.
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Nothing will persuade me that that is a very violent or dangerousmeasureofreform.
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