unilateral cut

collocation in English

meaningsofunilateralandcut

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unilateral
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈlæt.ər.əl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
involving only one group ...
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cut
noun
uk
/kʌt/us
/kʌt/
an injury made when the skin is cut with ...
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(Definition ofunilateralandcutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Next, if aunilateralcut-off is not seen as a satisfactory policy, is there much prospect of a multilateral one?
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It seems wholly ludicrous, year after year, to have the menace deployed and the response to be aunilateralcutin our defence forces.
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Within months of the big review we had a completely newunilateralcutof tens of millions of pounds straightaway.
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We have had five unilateral cuts in defence expenditure in the past two years.
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Unilateral cuts are not the way to prepare for multilateral negotiations.
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I conclude that the unilateral cutting off of arms supplies is not an acceptable policy.
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The point has continually been made to me that if unilateral cuts are made, other countries will not follow that example.
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It was expecting very large unilateral cuts in defence, cuts far beyond the present standstill arrangements, and nothing of the sort has happened.
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Despite what confronts us we can make unilateral cuts.
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What unilateral cuts in tariffs have been made or will be made?
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We are making what are virtually unilateral cuts and all our allies are doing the same.
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Further unilateral cuts do not make sense.
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But these unilateral cuts have yet to be fully implemented and whether a detailed agreement which would eliminate the conventional imbalance can be achieved has yet to be determined.
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