breach of agreement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbreachandagreement
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breach
noun[C]
uk/briːtʃ/us/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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agreement
noun
uk/əˈɡriː.mənt/us/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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The man on the shop floor does not incur liabilities forbreachofagreement.
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I do not think it is fair to say there has been a deliberatebreachofagreement.
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I cannot see anybreachofagreementin, as it were, tidying up that debate.
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I do not think it ought to be thrown in our faces that there has been any sort ofbreachofagreement.
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It is not possible to estimate how many working days were lost due to stoppages inbreachofagreement.
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It has not even been considered to be inbreachofagreementbecause the notice required under the terms of the agreement had been given.
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It is the unofficial, short, sharp strikes inbreachofagreementwhich have caused most of the trouble.
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I think that to call this abreachofagreement, far from making it any better, is adding insult to injury.
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One parish will hold that there is abreachofagreement, the next parish will hold that there is not abreachofagreement.
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There has been a clearbreachofagreementby the withdrawal of the safety men.
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In the case of the constable mechanics anotherbreachofagreementwas made.
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I am told that in very few cases indeed does the employer take advantage of the law to sue a union forbreachofagreement.
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In refusing to comply with the requirement the men are inbreachofagreement.
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Very rarely do strikes occur in other countries without warning or inbreachofagreement.
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Eviction forbreachofagreementcan be ordered only if a court believes it to be reasonable.
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I cannot say whether it is abreachofagreementon the part of the railwaymen.
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Without it, it would be possible for management to bring in alternative labour without causing trouble or being inbreachofagreementwith the other unions.
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This was the essential point behind what was called abreachofagreementin the course of these debates when a debate did not cease at midnight but went on.
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The argument is always put that way, though we know from experience elsewhere that employees have sued employers whom they consider to be inbreachofagreement.
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Someone, perhaps not even an employee of the firm, may induce an action forbreachofagreement, or an employee may hold an open meeting and do so.
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