bureaucratic barriers

collocation in English

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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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barrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbær.i.ər/
us
/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofbureaucraticandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is also argued that the country lacks the institutional capacity to deal with such innovative management on a national basis without creating other bureaucratic barriers and resource waste agencies.
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However, only genuine visa liberalisation will enable the economic and bureaucratic barriers erected by visa obligations to be removed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Obstacles to be removed include bureaucratic barriers, problems of grid capacity and inadequate support systems.
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That was largely because deliveries were neither faster nor cheaper, probably because of bureaucratic barriers.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises in particular are frequently confronted with bureaucratic barriers and discrimination which prevent them from benefiting fully from the common internal market.
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We seem to have too many bureaucratic barriers.
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They do matter because the agreements are aimed at reducing bureaucratic barriers to trade, not increasing them.
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The current legal, administrative and bureaucratic barriers are detrimental to the competitiveness of our industrial products.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Entrepreneurs should be free to compete on world markets, unimpeded by bureaucratic barriers.
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Finally, we must ensure that bureaucratic barriers to rural businesses are removed.
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Our intention is to find solutions that add real value for patients, health professionals and healthcare providers, without creating new bureaucratic barriers, and respecting the principle of subsidiarity.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In addition, the bureaucratic barriers erected when people move mean that a further substantial number are effectively ruled out and cannot exercise their right to vote.
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Wherever the association turns there appears to be doctrinal and bureaucratic barriers against getting a move on.
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This is both due to bureaucratic barriers for name-changing and due to their wishing not to alienate their target electorate.
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