vast bureaucracy

collocation in English

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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bureaucracy
noun[U or C]
uk
/bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/us
/bjʊˈrɑː.krə.si/
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow ...
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So there would be very grave danger of building up avastbureaucracy.
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Can it be other than retrogressive to set up thevastbureaucracythat will be required to devise and to operate the scheme?
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Avastbureaucracywould be established merely to enforce what are, in essence, unenforceable provisions.
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I would tell him that there is not going to be anyvastbureaucracy.
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I cannot conceive that anyone is particularly anxious that all these things should be dealt with by somevastbureaucracy.
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They see a clerk there, who may well be sympathetic, but there is avastbureaucracy.
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The neighbourhood council would not require avastbureaucracyor infinite sums of money.
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You could have set up avastbureaucracyso as to do it all from the centre, or you could work through the local authorities.
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Unfortunately, we see the growth and development of avastbureaucracy, which is slowing down progress and development.
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No doubt we should have to create avastbureaucracyto ensure that all the money raised in that way was allocated and spent accordingly.
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This has led to a vast complication of thevastbureaucracyin the zones.
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It means a process —as we know on the railways, and in other respects—of large losses, bad service, high taxes, and avastbureaucracy.
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I have criticised it, but it is the only policy, and there is avastbureaucracy.
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I do not think that this would mean avastbureaucracyor that it would cost much.
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None of us would wish to erect avastbureaucracyto investigate another bureaucracy.
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Avastbureaucracyseems to have been created.
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But this will not be a health service; it will be avastbureaucracyof red tape.
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A monetary and economic union is the end of national sovereignty unless we are to have avastbureaucracy, irresponsible and unaccountable to anyone.
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Sure enough, avastbureaucracywill be created, even for those companies that operate a good system.
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Calls for a proper regulatory regime do not necessarily have to lead to avastbureaucracy.
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