safety measure

collocation in English

meaningsofsafetyandmeasure

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safety
noun[U]
uk
/ˈseɪf.ti/us
/ˈseɪf.ti/
a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or ...
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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 ofsafetyandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsafety measure

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Working at a steady pace was the biggestsafetymeasureachieved on site, and it appeared effective.
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When using moderate hypothermia and continuous perfusion, some degree of hyperglycemia is mandatory as asafetymeasureto prevent injury to the brain from hypoglycemia.
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The issue is whether to forgo a pay rise in order to spend the money thereby saved on introducing a workplacesafetymeasure: perhaps a guard against electrocution.
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Double white lines are being put down and these are likely to be a more appropriatesafetymeasure.
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As a precautionarysafetymeasure, the civil police cordoned off the inner lane of the motorway.
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I must emphasise that bumpers on cars are not really asafetymeasure.
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We are debating a roadsafetymeasurefor the first time in a number of years.
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The research is in its early stages, and it is not yet clear whether airbags will prove a practicalsafetymeasure.
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Thissafetymeasurewill be reviewed in the light of what emerges from the formal investigation.
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I agree that no more importantsafetymeasurecould be introduced than all-seater stadiums.
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To reverse this procedure would be to abandon, without any compensating advantage, a simple means of enforcing this importantsafetymeasure.
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We are told that this is a roadsafetymeasure.
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However, aeroplane passengers accept that it is a naturalsafetymeasureand that it is required of them.
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I do not know whether the period is a year, or what it is, but something of that type would be a greatsafetymeasure.
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Pedestrian crossings have shown that they have great value as asafetymeasureprovided that they are used in relatively restrained numbers.
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It would, however, be unlikely to prove asafetymeasureunless the lines conveyed a positive prohibition, which motorists could be made to observe rigidly.
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Only in the air can it be said that speed is asafetymeasure.
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There is no doubt at all in our minds that the vehicle-testing scheme is proving a very valuable roadsafetymeasure.
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The licensing system is essentially a publicsafetymeasure.
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Clause 37 is indisputably a roadsafetymeasure.
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