deal of discretion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdealanddiscretion
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deal
noun
uk/diːl/us/diːl/
an agreement or an arrangement, especially ...
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discretion
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/us/dɪˈskreʃ.ən/
the ability to behave without causing embarrassment or attracting too much attention, especially by keeping ...
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(Definition ofdealanddiscretionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In doing this, they exercise a gooddealofdiscretion, since the choice between different worthwhile projects is typically morally underdetermined.
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But the young women have a greatdealofdiscretion, and few of them go astray in that way.
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However, employers in practice exercise a greatdealofdiscretionin implementing these norms.
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However, large and unpredictable f luctuations in external revenues made the foreign-exchange budget difficult to implement, and the government ended up with a greatdealofdiscretionin implementing it.
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I suspect that, inevitably, that legislation gives a greatdealofdiscretionas to how the resources realised from hospital closure will be used.
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My experience is that we have to use a greatdealofdiscretionin that matter.
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There is a greatdealofdiscretionin that.
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The clause is worded to leave the grantor with a greatdealofdiscretion, but to safeguard against arbitrary decisions.
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The bulk of the regulations will be procedural rather than substantive and a gooddealofdiscretionwill be left to the education action zone.
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We ought to deal with this matter with a gooddealofdiscretion.
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This is a matter in which the authorities on the spot must be left a greatdealofdiscretion.
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That is for the commission to decide, as it has a greatdealofdiscretionand choice.
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But local authorities exercise a greatdealofdiscretion.
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A greatdealofdiscretionis left to a chief officer in a region as to the cheap-fare excursions he will run.
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They have given local authorities a greatdealofdiscretionover the way in which they raise rents.
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Again, the provision about undue demands on security forces allows them a greatdealofdiscretion.
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The rules allow the commission a gooddealofdiscretionin meeting what is recognised to be a difficult and challenging task.
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My point in mentioning this matter again is that the police are given a greatdealofdiscretionto make judgments.
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We must leave them with a greatdealofdiscretion.
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Individual managers have a gooddealofdiscretion, and there is therefore scope for shopping around and bargaining.
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