bureaucratic rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbureaucraticandrule
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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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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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The orderliness of the town was perhaps a reflection of a highly restrictivebureaucraticrule.
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Colonial rule is therebybureaucraticrule, although it admittedly still has the despotic instrument of violent repression at its disposal.
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In its original form, the ritsuryo m system of centralizedbureaucraticruleallowed women to hold office.
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Albeit in the highly professionalised context of health care organisations, such guidelines are a species ofbureaucraticrule, and it is in this sense that the model is 'bureaucratic'.
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It is extraordinary that those men, who are obviously very old now, are losing out because of abureaucraticrule.
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I hope that she will say that she will try to find a way round thisbureaucraticruleso that the principle is not defeated.
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There is too muchbureaucraticrule.
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I gathered forty bureaucratic rules and the comments linked to these rules to assess the hypothesis.
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Imposing bureaucratic rules on the employees was to be avoided in all cases.
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Thebureaucraticrulewas established.
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Overall, the findings lead to an important conclusion - the level of congressional attention restricts the ability of organized interests to influence some bureaucratic rules during the notice and comment period.
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We must catch up, and for this we need fewer bureaucratic rules.
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It must be possible at all times for agriculture to adapt and to thrive and not to have to succumb to bureaucratic rules.
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Will he also liberalise the bureaucratic rules that govern council tenants to enable some of them to paint their front doors a different colour?
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If not, we will be in the absurd position of having an arbitrary financial ceiling elevating bureaucratic rules above the saving of human lives.
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I am concerned that bureaucratic rules may be drawn up which defeat the object that we intend.
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A balance must be struck between the bureaucratic rules and proper effective monitoring.
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There would also be a reduction in and, one hopes, the abolition of many of the bureaucratic rules and regulations.
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Let us, therefore, get rid of the senseless, bureaucratic rules on carrying fluids at airports.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The proposal still contains a number of very bureaucratic rules, some highly complex regulations and obscure phrasing.
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