sound policy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsoundandpolicy
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sound
adjective
uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/
not broken or damaged; healthy; in ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofsoundandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsound policy
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From our results, it is apparent that such linkages are quite complex, andsoundpolicymaking will require the type of information produced in our investigation.
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It issoundpolicyto build advance factories in anticipation of demand.
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There is nothing profligate in that, because it issoundpolicythat the borrowing requirements should be high when the economy is underemployed.
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In the special circumstances of a risk of a runaway inflation existing today, we believe that to besoundpolicyand a real necessity.
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It seems to me that these points were made more with a view to obtaining publicity than propoundingsoundpolicy.
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This seemed to me to be a wrong departure fromsoundpolicy.
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That is asoundpolicy, and the industry should be allowed to exercise its commercial judgment in a very important matter.
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Everyone will be agreed thatsoundpolicycan only be adopted on the basis of information that is reliable and of the highest quality.
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Soundpolicy-making requires accurate data, and we fully share your view on this.
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Two things can restore it:soundpolicyand united effort.
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I take the view that that was asoundpolicyjudgment.
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That, surely, is a reasonable andsoundpolicy, and one which will achieve some permanent good.
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It has been governed by asoundpolicyin the past, and it has been very successful.
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I believe that it would besoundpolicyto allow those with good reason to confine their sittings to a minimum of 26 half days.
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Excessive savings on training and on the welfare of service personnel are not a basis for asoundpolicy.
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If it issoundpolicyfor this movement to be encouraged, then hospital facilities must be provided in the reception areas.
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That was asoundpolicyin a time of few goods and inflated purchasing power.
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It is a very simple matter, and it will be verysoundpolicy.
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That cannot be defended as asoundpolicy.
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I am quite sure that that has been very effective, and that it is a very necessary, wise andsoundpolicy.
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