conservative policy

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conservative
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us
/kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/
not usually liking or trusting change, especially ...
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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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(Definition ofconservativeandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Conservativepolicyis, in fact, to transfer lock, stock and barrel the cost of support on to the cost of food in the shops.
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Conservativepolicyon these taxes must be spelt out in more detail.
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Conservativepolicyis to freeze that in cash terms.
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Conservativepolicyon the nation's pension funds has worked.
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Conservativepolicyis therefore to insist on such reform to devolve power to national, regional and local levels.
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Conservativepolicyhas had rather a jolt as a result of the party's two years in office.
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They know perfectly well whether these concerns are following aconservativepolicy, whether they are building up reserves, and that sort of thing.
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Conservativepolicyin the past has always led us there.
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Conservativepolicyis to encourage all the main channels of savings—building societies, unit trusts, life assurance, contractual savings.
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Conservativepolicyties us again to a single distant and currently erratic friend, and to a technology which is a hostage to fortune.
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Conservativepolicyhas been based on taking from the poor and giving to the better off in substantial measure through taxation and other hidden benefits.
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Conservativepolicyis to ensure that a decent home is within the reach of every family.
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Conservativepolicyamounts to a new tax on old age, and pensioners will reject it.
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Conservativepolicyis to encourage occupational pension schemes in industry, whereas the party opposite are inclined to discourage such things.
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Conservativepolicyis to give the richest people tax relief.
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Conservativepolicyhas always been to transfer the whole cost of support on to the cost of food in the shops.
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Conservativepolicysays that there should be the widest possible diversification of ownership which we are seeming to achieve in this industry today.
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It is a narrow, selfish,conservativepolicyto say that the loss in actual money is the difference between £9 and £3.
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Supposing they do go in for aconservativepolicy, it can only be for the benefit of future consumers.
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Conservativepolicywould enable the industry to expand.
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