agricultural lobby

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandlobby

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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lobby
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɒb.i/us
/ˈlɑː.bi/
a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandlobbyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We need only look at the farmers' demonstrations on the continent to realise that they are designed to appease theagriculturallobby.
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That is like saying that the feedingstuffs industry andagriculturallobbyshould decide on the organisation of the agricultural markets.
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The consumer lobby will always be bigger than theagriculturallobbyand therefore prices to the farmers are always likely to be kept down.
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Let us compare that with theagriculturallobby.
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It is not a question of theagriculturallobbypursuing a small or minor point.
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They will bend over backwards to protect theiragriculturallobby.
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This is not about giving in to theagriculturallobbyfor the umpteenth time.
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There will be anagriculturallobby, which will be good for agriculture, and an industrial lobby, which will be good for industry.
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Theagriculturallobbyhas succeeded in doing that for farming.
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Regulation of agricultural markets, both domestically and internationally, is very deeply entrenched and the agricultural lobbies are very powerful.
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