bureaucratic apparatus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbureaucraticandapparatus
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bureaucratic
adjective
uk/ˌbjʊə.rəˈkræt.ɪk/us/ˌbjʊr.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
relating to a system of controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number ...
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apparatus
noun
uk/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a ...
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The problems encountered by thebureaucraticapparatuswere thought of in more general terms and considered as lying elsewhere.
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These included the fortifying of liberal-democratic political and intermediary institutions, the legal system, and, to a minor degree, thebureaucraticapparatus.
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In short, their responsibilities appear insignificant, even though they are central to the smooth workings of thebureaucraticapparatus.
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The two main obstacles to the successful implementation of public policies identified were the inefficiency of thebureaucraticapparatusand widespread corruption.
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This strategy may have contributed to the emergence of a more stablebureaucraticapparatusby the nineteenth century.
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Documentary sources describe a complexbureaucraticapparatus, consisting of numerous officers distributed throughout the kingdom, which expanded dramatically over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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These days, no one wants to introduce morebureaucraticapparatus.
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We are trying to reduce the amount ofbureaucraticapparatusrelated to these matters.
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I should have thought it quite unnecessary to set up this enormousbureaucraticapparatusfor these very small shops.
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They have, indeed, built up a much larger and more expensivebureaucraticapparatusthan any of the others.
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The amendments and the wholebureaucraticapparatusbeing put in place form an amazing edifice.
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I feel a considerable misgiving about the vast administrative andbureaucraticapparatusthat will be necessary to enforce the machinery of that clause.
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In our view, special planning areas would add another layer to the planning system and to thebureaucraticapparatusneeded to administer it.
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I also believe that it can be done only by the mostbureaucraticapparatus.
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It has resulted in an enormousbureaucraticapparatusto negligible effect, creating confusion and uncertainty in the land market.
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I believe that it would be an immensebureaucraticapparatuswhich would, ultimate-ly, be entirely useless.
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On the contrary, the risk of an independentbureaucraticapparatusdeveloping is greater the more financially independent from their members the parties' apparatus becomes.
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Europe is awash with badly contaminated foods, and ourbureaucraticapparatusclearly does not know what to do about it.
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Is it to be a hit or miss system, or is he to set up a largebureaucraticapparatusin order to check on the equipment of the various concerns?
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