voluntary measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandmeasure
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voluntary
adjective
uk/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In addition to foreign trade incentives and constraints over compliance, a netvoluntarymeasurecould be improved by including the effect of withholding.
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Fortifying bread with this vitamin has only been practised, as avoluntarymeasureby the manufacturers, in very recent years.
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Thatvoluntarymeasurehas now been extended for a second period of one year.
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I had hoped that the code would be avoluntarymeasure.
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This measure is almost entirely avoluntarymeasure, but there are two respects in which compulsory powers are given.
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It is avoluntarymeasurewhich operates through a tendering system in order to secure the best value for money.
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He was referring to thevoluntarymeasureof re-organisation introduced into the flour-milling industry.
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I would re-emphasise that it is only avoluntarymeasure.
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As it has been pointed out, it is avoluntarymeasure.
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It is avoluntarymeasurewhich has proved successful over the country.
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The company statute is avoluntarymeasureand no company, when this proposal is eventually adopted, will be forced to set up a company statute against its wishes.
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These two groups do not disregard voluntary measures, but if they have a choice, they prefer more constraining ones, because they consider them more efficient.
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Moreover, the ' 'pro ecology' ' coalition is generally much more favorable to tax incentives and to regulations, whereas the ' 'pro growth' ' coalition generally favors voluntary measures.
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We should not, therefore, rely on voluntary measures to ensure that our air is kept free from tobacco smoke.
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We do not rely on voluntary measures to protect people from other hazards, such as asbestos or chemicals like formaldehyde in the air.
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Such voluntary measures will have the greatest impact on reducing smoking with the minimum of bossiness.
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That is not true, as voluntary measures arise from popular demand and are accepted.
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Voluntary measures are also taken in many theatres and cinemas, and restraints are imposed in railway carriages.
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But in the end, until now, a reliance has always been placed on voluntary measures.
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They cannot be got at by voluntary measures.
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