tolerable limit

collocation in English

meaningsoftolerableandlimit

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tolerable
adjective
uk
/ˈtɒl.ər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈtɑː.lɚ.ə.bəl/
of a quality that is acceptable, although certainly ...
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limit
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition oftolerableandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But when we speak of atolerablelimitof unemployment, this does not mean a hard core of unemployed.
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I do not think that it would be right to attempt to define atolerablelimitto the rate of immigration.
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This calculation inevitably introduces an element of inaccuracy, but there is evidence that it remains within tolerable limits, as the following example demonstrates.
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If inflation were to be brought within tolerable limits, the pension would not have to rise by a large margin.
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Now my constituents will face a further reduction in services if rate increases are to be kept within tolerable limits.
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Nationally, the unions have co-operated in trying to ensure that industrial action is kept within tolerable limits.
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It has been stretching the resources of the police, the magistracy and the local authorities beyond anything previously experienced and beyond all tolerable limits.
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I think it is very important that our lawyers should get down and state what are the tolerable limits about intervention.
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That time ought to be kept within tolerable limits.
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Those on the opposite side who destroyed sanctions designed to help in keeping wage increases within tolerable limits incurred a grave criminal responsibility.
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In the meantime they believe the more detailed guidance will be of real help in keeping the action within tolerable limits.
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In the meantime, they believe that the more detailed guidance will be of real help in keeping the action within tolerable limits.
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But such qualities do not bear too much repeating, and they are reiterated beyond tolerable limits.
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He suggested the risks in the area had gone beyond tolerable limits.
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But when the party and the government determined that the strictures of the four cardinal principles had been stretched beyond tolerable limits, they did not hesitate to restrict intellectual expression.
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