voluntary partnership

collocation in English

meaningsofvoluntaryandpartnership

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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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partnership
noun
uk
/ˈpɑːt.nə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈpɑːrt.nɚ.ʃɪp/
the state of being ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandpartnershipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Voluntarypartnershipagreements are a good place to start.
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Pensions are avoluntarypartnershipand it is for workers and employers to decide on what type of scheme suits them best.
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The help team initiative is avoluntarypartnershipbetween central and local government.
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I want to stress the emphasis in the provisions on the family, preventive work andvoluntarypartnership.
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The core element of the above action plan was the conclusion ofvoluntarypartnershipagreements with third-country timber producers.
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Yet we will obviously need budgets to support these policies, so can you clarify the budgetary issue in relation to thesevoluntarypartnershipagreements?
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In paragraphs 5(b), 17 and 26 we have specific references to avoluntarypartnershipwith parents.
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I was indicating that we had a situation where the individual countries came together in avoluntarypartnershipas a result of treaties negotiated.
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This is avoluntarypartnershipbetween the police and the community against crime such as we have been unable to mobilise previously.
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Most employers feel strongly that avoluntarypartnershipwill work best.
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Secondly, such services should be provided involuntarypartnershipwith parents and in a way that promotes family relationships as fully as possible.
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There has to be a willing andvoluntarypartnershipbased on faith and trust.
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In fact, one of the reasons for strongly promoting an atmosphere ofvoluntarypartnershipis precisely that it is the only way to secure productivity improvement.
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Fourthly, we are working hard towards preventing the import of illegally sourced wood via the negotiation ofvoluntarypartnershipagreements under the forest law enforcement governance and trade initiative.
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Thatvoluntarypartnershipdid not require legislation.
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Landlords and tenants form avoluntarypartnership.
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Services to families in need of help should be arranged involuntarypartnershipwith the parents, and the children enabled to continue their relationship with their families where possible.
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Since we refused to provide statutory obligations, voluntary partnerships throughout the country have worked very successfully.
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All these problems suggest that voluntary partnerships, however good our intentions, will have difficulty delivering the goals.
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It is widely believed that voluntary partnerships will not put a stop to all illegal logging.
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