severe restraint

collocation in English

meaningsofsevereandrestraint

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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restraint
noun
uk
/rɪˈstreɪnt/us
/rɪˈstreɪnt/
calm and ...
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(Definition ofsevereandrestraintfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There will be no increases until after the period ofsevererestraint.
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The consultations have covered the norm criteria, machinery and possible statutory powers after the end ofsevererestraint.
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I shall place particular emphasis on the need forsevererestrainton common prices in this year's price fixing discussions.
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Once freeze andsevererestraintwere over, there was an acute problem in dealing with the pent-up flood of claims and price increases.
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I recognise the strength of the question: why have rent increases been allowed at a time of wage freeze andsevererestraint?
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Would he agree that the time to exchange ideas on productivity is not at the end of the period ofsevererestraintbut now?
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Looking forward to the period ofsevererestraint, we must accept that this widening gap may continue to a certain extent.
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There will be a standstill for six months and a period ofsevererestraintto follow.
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In fact, most wage stability has come from the voluntary acceptance of the standstill andsevererestraint.
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Few things are better calculated to inhibit long-term planning than short bursts of prosperity followed by short bouts ofsevererestraint.
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We have not had information about how the period ofsevererestraintwill operate.
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It is true that we will enter into the next period, ofsevererestraint, when the difficulties will be very much greater.
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The extent to which they may be paid during the period ofsevererestraintis at present under consideration.
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First, we are talking about increases after the period ofsevererestrainthas ended, and, indeed, increased labour costs are part of the story.
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There was a freeze for three or four months and then a very rigid norm—or perhaps it might be calledsevererestraint.
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We are told that we have asevererestrainton public spending.
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It would be asevererestraintand something would have to be done about it.
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Proposals for price increases must be judged by criteria ofsevererestraint.
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The first half of 1967 must indeed be a period ofsevererestraint.
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Members of the other place are also undersevererestraintas regards their outside occupations; indeed, that pressure has been increased.
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