radical reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofradicalandreform
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radical
adjective
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfɔːm/us/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofradicalandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Aradicalreformwas implemented in 1994.
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Their social position encouraged their distrust ofradicalreform.
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His priority was a truce leading toradicalreform.
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It calls for aradicalreformof the state and profound changes in styles of government.
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Is this interest nostalgia for welfare's 'golden age' or a rational commitment toradicalreform?
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The system needsradicalreform.
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It urgently needsradicalreform.
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Local government needsradicalreform.
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That will requireradicalreform.
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Theradicalreformof 1973, compounded by these factors, created a fast-growing vested interest in the welfare sector.
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In particular, developed countries, appear to be pursuing aradicalreformof the system and not simply trade liberalization.
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Even within the existing budget, the political costs ofradicalreformwere too great relative to the immediate benefits.
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Established programs generate sunk costs and networks of political interests that diminish the prospects forradicalreform.
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This fact should inform scholarly discourse about campaign finance, and increases the urgency of significant and evenradicalreform.
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In other words, it requires aradicalreformof the state and of the modes of governance.
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Even within the existing budget,radicalreformwould have meant large losses for some claimants and large gains for others.
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This is the time forradicalreform.
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Proportional representation is aradicalreform.
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There is great need forradicalreform.
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Ultimately, local government finance needsradicalreform.
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We have to have thatradicalreform.
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We need urgent andradicalreform.
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Far moreradicalreformis required.
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Some of those programmes requiredradicalreform.
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There will be opposition against any attempt atradicalreform.
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