bureaucratic regulation

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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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regulation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an official rule or the act of ...
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At other times,bureaucraticregulationconfines and negates social movement principles and activities (as when it prevented the same director from running for office).
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To make the new institutional framework exert its full positive impact in the long run, the firms ask for a more efficient and lessbureaucraticregulation.
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It is important thatbureaucraticregulationdoes not build up and stifle perfectly proper enterprise.
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In our view, that approach, and not the imposition of furtherbureaucraticregulation, represents the best way forward.
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It will result in lessbureaucraticregulationand will open up opportunities for independent procedures.
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We all want to remove unnecessarybureaucraticregulationthat serves no useful purpose.
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The clause would allow a government to introduce whole new tiers ofbureaucraticregulationwithout passing a sentence of new legislation.
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We do not need ever morebureaucraticregulation.
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Reaching all those desirable goals should not be obstructed by either ministerial sloth orbureaucraticregulation.
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They believe that it can all be done by central diktat andbureaucraticregulation.
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In a fastidious endeavour to cure a skin rash we have spread a bubonic plague ofbureaucraticregulationinto every crevice of the economy.
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In general, over-prescriptive, expensive andbureaucraticregulationhas greatly exacerbated the crisis in the sector and has driven many recent closures, including those of some high-quality homes.
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This should be done not bybureaucraticregulationbut by advice from administrative dental officers on how to reduce geographical inequalities with provision of dental care.
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It became a term for excessivebureaucraticregulation.
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I believe that to be the main reason for privatising companies—getting rid of unnecessary bureaucratic regulations.
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In addition, the introduction of more and more bureaucratic regulations, many of which were minimal in raising care standards, has contributed to home closures.
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Is not that the way to build jobs, and not through bureaucratic regulations?
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