voluntary programme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandprogramme
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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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programme
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ɡræm/us/ˈproʊ.ɡræm/
a broadcast on television ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandprogrammefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thevoluntaryprogrammeto support the long-term sick and disabled who want to get back to work is to be commended, with action on skill shortages through the new deal.
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Other investments may be desirable in themselves, but for the time being we have to ask companies to co-operate in thevoluntaryprogramme.
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I turn to the question of overseas investment and thevoluntaryprogramme.
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Present arrangements under exchange control and thevoluntaryprogrammego a good deal further than the interest equalisation tax.
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It is avoluntaryprogrammewhich is not ratcheted to this country's gross domestic product or gross national income.
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Sanctions are not applied under the new deal for lone parents as it is avoluntaryprogramme.
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This is a new,voluntaryprogramme, and we have not yet made any commitment to contribute to it.
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Fifty years ago we began avoluntaryprogrammeto eradicate this disease from cattle.
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The advisory committee recommended a three-year trial of encouragement by means of avoluntaryprogramme.
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I confirm again that this is avoluntaryprogramme.
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It has been said that thisvoluntaryprogrammeis a blow at the concept of the sterling area.
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I would never for one moment advocate anything other than avoluntaryprogramme.
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Selectivity is, of course, already a feature of our exchange control and of thevoluntaryprogrammefor direct investment.
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I am glad to say that no firms have declined to co-operate in thevoluntaryprogramme.
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It had to be pointed out that thevoluntaryprogrammeof investment does not apply to the new developing countries.
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The heart of progress2work is the fact that it is avoluntaryprogramme.
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