aggressive policy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaggressiveandpolicy
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aggressive
adjective
uk/əˈɡres.ɪv/us/əˈɡres.ɪv/
showing anger and a willingness to attack ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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It was anaggressivepolicy.
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It would be wrong for one local authority to have anaggressivepolicyand for a neighbouring authority with similar problems to have a different policy.
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Who started thisaggressivepolicy?
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In 1985, the company closed its catalog business after 113 years and began anaggressivepolicyof renovating its remaining stores.
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Over time, anaggressivepolicyof promoting civil servants who were highly pliable or sympathetic to monetarist views implanted the new paradigm even more firmly.
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A moreaggressivepolicyallows the central bank to stabilize inflation and the output gap around their target values more effectively and guarantees that welfare losses will be contained.
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Yet sensitive,aggressivepolicychange - and an equally sensitive and aggressive response by scientists and professionals to counter prejudice, subjugation, and superiority - are well worth the effort.
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It has been said that a moreaggressivepolicywas wanted.
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Does it mean that we have anaggressivepolicy, and, if so, against whom is aggression proposed by us?
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I think it true to say that anaggressivepolicywill not be possible until the basic facts are grasped.
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They do not want anaggressivepolicytowards their neighbours, as they have said over and over again, and it is entirely true.
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It does not take a chartered accountant to work out the savings that could be made if we had a moreaggressivepolicy.
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The media have said that the governor wanted a moreaggressivepolicyat the beginning and was overruled.
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They calculate that they have more to gain from anaggressivepolicyand less to lose.
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They should then frame a concrete,aggressivepolicyof war economy.
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Not necessarily, if anaggressivepolicywas adopted.
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Can we harness that and develop anaggressivepolicyso that we can supply if others will pay the price?
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On the contrary, since the last general election we have followed anaggressivepolicyof supporting, equipping and assisting our businesses to make a greater export effort.
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