corrective measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcorrectiveandmeasure
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corrective
adjective
uk/kəˈrek.tɪv/us/kəˈrek.tɪv/
intended to improve ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofcorrectiveandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather, it serves as itscorrectivemeasure.
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In particular, only onecorrectivemeasureis allowed per house.
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I believe that public scrutiny will be the bestcorrectivemeasure.
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I believe there is nothing more pitiable, as acorrectivemeasure, than sending anyone to prison for a very short term.
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Something pushes them to the edge of what is allowed, and often acorrectivemeasureis needed to keep them on the straight and narrow.
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But it might get out of control if this sensiblecorrectivemeasurewas not taken; and that is precisely why we have taken it.
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How many people have qualified for benefit or will qualify for benefit but for thiscorrectivemeasure?
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They must not on a whim rush in some newcorrectivemeasurethat will probably be as obscure and detailed as the measure which they have sought to correct.
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This and the political mentality it rapidly produced led to an exaggerated perception of corrective measures.
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But since memory was obviously unreliable, human understanding and knowledge would be fatally compromised without corrective measures.
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Just as we were trying to take corrective measures, the bandits hit unexpectedly.
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This mandates a meticulous search for the causes of such a high mortality and implementation of corrective measures in our hospital, although this may not be applicable to other institutions.
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Why should not the legal system do its best to prevent erroneous imputation of civil liability on a defendant or an erroneous refusal to grant corrective measures to a plaintiff?
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Most of these were readily resolved by appropriate corrective measures and as there were no further cases associated with the farm during the ensuing 4 weeks it then re-opened.
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The idea of the canon and what constitutes canonical authority is perhaps the prime target at which the ethnicity- and gender-based "revisionists" aim their corrective measures.
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Instead, realizing the potentially paradoxical nature of trust helps to better craft supportive or corrective measures in a way that is more likely to achieve their trust-related goals.
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Secondly, we must take longer-term corrective measures to create an education system that deals with the twin needs for economic prosperity and social cohesion.
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Work is in hand to ascertain the source of the solvent and any corrective measures required.
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We all knew that corrective measures were not being taken sooner.
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The authorities are looking more to helpful corrective measures than to punishment as the solution.
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