sustainable form

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainableandform

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sustainable
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/us
/səˈsteɪ.nə.bəl/
able to continue over a period ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofsustainableandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustainable form

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These concerns are driving demand for a moresustainableformof agriculture.
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I simply ask, is there a moresustainableformof transport?
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The aim of the directive is not just to achieve a more environmentallysustainableformof disposal.
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They described theirsustainableformof living, the type of community, religion and schools that they had and their lives in general.
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It is also asustainableformof production.
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This country remains dependent on the leastsustainableformof waste management, which is landfill.
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I hope that the project will continue in asustainableformand that my country, in line with its universalist vocation, will collaborate in it with renewed commitment.
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Ships pass each other carrying washing machines from one end of the world to the other and back again, but that can hardly be called asustainableformof growth.
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My constituency is therefore in what is regarded as a less favoured upland area, where the onlysustainableformof agriculture is the raising of livestock.
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Public pressure is building for a moresustainableformof farming geared towards lower levels of output, reduced inputs of agro-chemicals and higher levels of environmental care.
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Pats passion for designing and maintaining a moresustainableformof transportation has been fueling his work for the past 25 years.
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In conditions of low population density where land can be fallowed for many years, swiddening is an environmentallysustainableformof horticulture.
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There is argued to be a third phase of liberalism emerging that is centred on a moresustainableformof politics.
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This example illustrates how agroecosystem analysis is not required to lead a more environmentallysustainableformof agriculture.
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With increasing trends for burning solid fuel either as a lifestyle choice or a perceived cheaper and moresustainableformof heating these laws remain very relevant today.
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Those who agree with this criticism view it is a refutation of socialism and that it shows that it is not a viable orsustainableformof economic organization.
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Today, the pursuit of sustainable forms of development opens an even wider research agenda for those who will make new cities or remake old ones.
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In too many cases, this is not through wilful neglect but because many developing countries lack the resources to pursue more sustainable forms of development.
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Sustainable forms of social and economic development, which in themselves protect and improve the environment, are encouraged.
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