stringent regulation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstringentandregulation
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stringent
adjective
uk/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/us/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/
having a very severe effect, or being ...
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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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Major subsystem participants may favour, or at least be more receptive to, lessstringentregulation of the industry when aggregate profit levels decrease.
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Ascending unemployment rates may lead subsystem participants to support lessstringentregulationas a means of encouraging both industry and general economic growth.
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Stringentregulationwill raise investment and production costs, and potentially reduce margins, for all producers.
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Large firms will have a competitive advantage insofar as they may have greater financial and technology development capacity to meetstringentregulation.
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This indicates astringentregulationby tissue-specific transcription factors.
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The building came under increasinglystringentregulation, necessitating specialist fields of expertise.
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As domestic polluting industries are tempted by the new incentives and become more mobile, they will possibly move from coastal areas with morestringentregulationto the vast western regions.
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This, surely, cannot be regarded as astringentregulation.
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On the other hand, over-caution and excessivelystringentregulationdo not give us a cornucopia of foods which meet exemplary hygiene standards.
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What is needed is sufficientlystringentregulation, and sufficiently vigilant monitoring, to stop the bad insurers gulling the public.
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Thestringentregulationon authorisation, moreover, has been reduced to absurdity.
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All commercial nuclear activities in this country—including transport, handling, treatment and storage of waste—are subject by law to the moststringentregulationand monitoring.
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Does that not indicate that the position is such as to call forstringentregulation?
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There is bound to be an increased risk to safety, however small and albeit withstringentregulation, where private profit is a prime consideration.
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He proposesstringentregulationof an industry that can currently offer diversity of service to its customers.
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We had wanted to see a morestringentregulationof allergenic fragrances in which all allergens were prohibited except in very specific cases.
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We will check whether a morestringentregulationis needed here.
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We also have to be wary of too much detailed,stringentregulation.
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