administrative measure

collocation in English

meaningsofadministrativeandmeasure

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administrative
adjective
uk
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.strə.tɪv/
us
/ədˈmɪn.ə.strə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan ...
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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 ofadministrativeandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But exactly how this will be worked must be left to the courts, as anadministrativemeasure.
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I understand that this practice, which was introduced as anadministrativemeasurein 1931, is no longer being insisted upon.
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It is anadministrativemeasurethat conveniently embraces a hallowed tradition of the past.
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I must make it absolutely clear that what we are discussing is not a question of immigration policy: it is anadministrativemeasure.
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This is largely anadministrativemeasureand will not, in itself, result in any geographical relocation or redundancies for staff.
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Calling it anadministrativemeasureis sleight of hand to preclude natural justice for the person subject to an exclusion order.
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To use anadministrativemeasurein order to ban people for 15 years from holding or running for official positions is unacceptable.
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By itself this can be only anadministrativemeasure.
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It is no longer good enough to treat referendums as an ad hocadministrativemeasure.
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Any regulation of bands under existing legislation would simply have to be seen as anadministrativemeasure, and to have a proper, court-based scheme would be better for all concerned.
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It is a perfectly simpleadministrativemeasure.
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The answer is that the complete freeze to which he refers is simply anadministrativemeasureto enable us to get a new system into being.
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Surely this is a simpleadministrativemeasure?
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Would that be merely anadministrativemeasure?
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It also made the valid point that no suchadministrativemeasurecan be effective unless the doctors concerned are alert to and report possible unexpected events and effects.
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It was anadministrativemeasure.
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As anadministrativemeasureit failed, but it had far-reaching cultural effects.
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Administrative measures also attempted to demonstrate the evidentiary rationale.
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Municipalities were pressed to manage their budgets through administrative measures, such as increased visiting of claimants.
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