comprehensive regulation

collocation in English

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comprehensive
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/
us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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regulation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an official rule or the act of ...
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Industry-driven accreditation serves the interests of industry and may not ensure unbiased orcomprehensiveregulation.
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For this reason thecomprehensiveregulationproposed gives rise to a certain amount of concern.
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Comprehensiveregulationof the contacts of politicians obstructs natural and open contact between citizens and elected representatives.
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This distinction is logically incomprehensible in the context of a single,comprehensiveregulation.
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Therefore, it is right that, in this report, the directive and the national implementation have been concentrated in onecomprehensiveregulation.
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It is absolutely vital thatcomprehensiveregulationis introduced as soon as possible.
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Although fraudulent and nasty practices are perpetrated by a minority, there is a need for a measure ofcomprehensiveregulation.
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In 1997, morecomprehensiveregulationwas added to become effective in 1999.
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He also proposedcomprehensiveregulationto capture systemic risk, as well as a balanced approach towards hedge fund regulation and a more inclusive approach to the over-the-counter markets.
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They are bound by strict and comprehensive regulations.
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We need new, comprehensive regulations, within the framework of which the large-scale, often postponed review of chemicals can be carried out.
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Detailed and comprehensive regulations have little meaning if they are not complied with.
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Does he agree that there is a need for comprehensive regulations to protect those who work with such liquids from disfigurement and death?
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For those people there are comprehensive regulations and criminal penalties.
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I do not consider that comprehensive regulations for licensing small craft used privately for pleasure would be justified at present.
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Indeed, these are an example of just such comprehensive regulations drawn up specifically for the dock industry.
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Secondly, there are precise and comprehensive regulations about who unions can admit and expel.
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New and more comprehensive regulations were introduced in 1970.
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It provides for the company to operate the landing stage as a public harbour undertaking and it contains comprehensive regulations under which the public harbour authority must operate.
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They could ultimately fall into place as if they were particular trade regulations, even in some cases comprehensive regulations, and could therefore help to develop a comprehensive safety scheme.
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