unilateral declaration

collocation in English

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unilateral
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈlæt.ər.əl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈlæt̬.ɚ.əl/
involving only one group ...
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declaration
noun[C]
uk
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdek.ləˈreɪ.ʃən/
an announcement, often one that is written ...
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(Definition ofunilateralanddeclarationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is our aim to proceed by agreement rather than byunilateraldeclaration.
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That document was what we should now call aunilateraldeclarationof policy.
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I do not believe that we can make aunilateraldeclarationon the grounds of incapacity or sickness.
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There was aunilateraldeclarationextending her own limits.
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Any assessment of capacity in the industry must be made by means of joint discussions and not by aunilateraldeclarationfrom the executive suite.
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We could make aunilateraldeclarationof independence at any time of our choosing.
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Oppression did not begin with theunilateraldeclarationof independence.
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There has been a mistaken impression that the economic measures taken after theunilateraldeclarationof independence were ineffective.
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This is a problem, like so many others, which, regrettably, stems from theunilateraldeclarationof independence.
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I am not talking now of the illegality of theunilateraldeclarationof independence—that is beyond doubt—but of the other arguments that are used.
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Of course before theunilateraldeclarationof independence this circumstance would have given rise to no difficulty.
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A good deal of emotion was created at the time of the imposition of sanctions, at the time of theunilateraldeclarationof independence.
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The argument about aunilateraldeclarationof independence and home rule is nonsense.
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That said, we are entitled to consider the consequences of aunilateraldeclarationof war.
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He pointed out the dangers that might arise from anyunilateraldeclarationor from any suggestion of what he described as dictating to other countries.
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Aunilateraldeclarationwould put a stop to this flow.
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We now know that this did, in fact, stop aunilateraldeclarationof independence.
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We can only make aunilateraldeclarationof intention.
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I well understand that they had to take action with regard to theunilateraldeclarationof independence.
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Theunilateraldeclarationof independence ought never to have happened.
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