voluntary movement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandmovement
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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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movement
noun
uk/ˈmuːv.mənt/us/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This may explain patients' difficulties in monitoringvoluntarymovement.
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The weakness typically progresses regionally and ultimately involves all muscles ofvoluntarymovement.
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It is avoluntarymovement.
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It is avoluntarymovement; it started as avoluntarymovement, and the people who offer their services are volunteers.
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It must be avoluntarymovement.
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This is inevitable with a largelyvoluntarymovement.
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That brings me to the question of thevoluntarymovement.
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We were not singling out thevoluntarymovement.
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I have said that thevoluntarymovementis very important.
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It soon became apparent, however, that far from working itself out of business, thevoluntarymovementhad new and important functions to perform.
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Scientists generally understood that to describe something like avoluntarymovementas represented in the brain is to make a factual claim.
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Thevoluntarymovementwas the catalyst, the pioneer, the innovator but it could do no more than reach a tiny proportion of those in need of help.
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It is clear that there is a serious threat to thevoluntarymovement.
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There is a second reason why those who sometimes mock thevoluntarymovementare wrong.
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I now wish to comment on thevoluntarymovementand the stamp.
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We have heard a great deal about the voluntary sector—thevoluntarymovement.
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Volunteers and thevoluntarymovementplay a crucial and indispensable role in the social services.
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In our 1979 manifesto we referred to our determination to encourage thevoluntarymovement.
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They should be given the opportunity, and it should be avoluntarymovement.
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This is a grandvoluntarymovementto secure knowledge of the forces which the country possesses.
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At this stage, we want to carry thevoluntarymovementalong with us.
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We have gone to great lengths to maintain our support for thevoluntarymovement.
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As others have said, thevoluntarymovementis a hugely important part of our national life.
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Financial assistance from public funds strengthens the partnership between the statutory services and thevoluntarymovement.
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There is also the controversial question whether thevoluntarymovementshould be closed down.
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