strict neutrality

collocation in English

meaningsofstrictandneutrality

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strict
adjective
uk
/strɪkt/us
/strɪkt/
strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do ...
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neutrality
noun[U]
uk
/njuːˈtræl.ə.ti/us
/nuːˈtræl.ə.t̬i/
a neutral position, especially in ...
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(Definition ofstrictandneutralityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Malmesbury's policy ofstrictneutralitywas unimaginative and was borne out of entirely negative considerations.
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The policy with regard to the war continues to be one ofstrictneutrality.
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I suppose some people would describe that as maintainingstrictneutrality.
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However, our position is one ofstrictneutrality.
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Does not the answer mean that we are preservingstrictneutrality?
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He is in a position ofstrictneutralitybetween the bar and the pew.
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How can there bestrictneutralityon the part of representatives of a country which is responsible for carrying out a policy of that kind?
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Our position in these matters is one ofstrictneutrality, leaving it to people in industry to handle these matters for themselves.
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Everyone is agreed, as far as this country is concerned, that we have maintained an attitude ofstrictneutrality.
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We believe that, all the way through, he has adopted a policy ofstrictneutrality, and we believe he has honestly and faithfully pursued and effectively achieved that policy.
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We are concerned that thestrictneutralityimplied by the term "conciliation" might be an unrealistic and unacceptable imposition on the type of service we intend to set in place.
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Note also that the neutral theory does not assume thestrictneutralityof alleles but that the allele frequency changes are dominated by genetic drift.
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Strictneutralitymeant there was no coordination of any kind with anyone.
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We have opted for a secular state which is enjoined to observestrictneutralityamong religious tendencies.
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Small powers therefore tend towards a policy of eitherstrictneutralityor alliance.
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Sandler strongly opposed the government's policy ofstrictneutrality, feeling it necessary that the government relax its stringent policy.
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Although, in practice,strictneutralitywas not always observed.
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