constant surveillance

collocation in English

meaningsofconstantandsurveillance

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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surveillance
noun[U]
uk
/səˈveɪ.ləns/us
/sɚˈveɪ.ləns/
the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or ...
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(Definition ofconstantandsurveillancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reality show's strategy ofconstantsurveillanceassures us that cast members are no more and no less than who they appear to be.
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The first was to subject to the laws those not imminently chargeable, thereby keepingconstantsurveillanceon their possible migration.
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The similarities were easy to discern given the parallels of forced recruitment, physical brutalization,constantsurveillance, and communal living.
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His stated reasons included the need for timely information, intelligence gathering, andconstantsurveillance.
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The organism not only ceaselessly strives for its self-aggrandizement vis-a-vis others, but engages in aconstantsurveillanceto achieve inner perfection.
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Paradoxically it is because of this privilege that they are also in need ofconstantsurveillanceand protection by the men of their 'communities'; and the men of the nation.
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It shows, also, the extent to which these matters are kept underconstantsurveillance.
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Constantsurveillanceis therefore absolutely necessary, and the maintenance of emergency provisions is an arm of the law that must be continued.
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Constantsurveillance, based on good intelligence and backed by sound policing, can prove effective.
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We will keep the need for further statutory controls underconstantsurveillance.
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Members of political parties are underconstantsurveillanceby the security services.
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What seems to me to be so incredibly difficult is theconstantsurveillanceof all the details.
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Politicians in local government, especially at county hall, are subject toconstantsurveillance.
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For example, there should be adequate training for licensees and there should beconstantsurveillanceof animals undergoing operations.
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This matter is being kept under fairlyconstantsurveillance.
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Long-lived highly radioactive wastes resulting from the reprocessing of irradiated fuel are at present stored in liquid form underconstantsurveillance.
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One reason why that contamination was discovered was theconstantsurveillanceof our seashore for contaminants.
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The road is underconstantsurveillanceby the road safety unit.
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