national agenda

collocation in English

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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agenda
noun[C]
uk
/əˈdʒen.də/us
/əˈdʒen.də/
a list of matters to be discussed at ...
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(Definition ofnationalandagendafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Questions of natality and birthrate had been at the top of thenationalagendafrom the end of the nineteenth century.
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In both countries the initiative was lifted out of the normal sub-sector policy processes and placed on thenationalagenda.
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The extent of local autonomy over the development and delivery of services is dependent on whether an organisation serves a local, regional ornationalagenda.
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Nuclear fear was on thenationalagendabefore the creation of the emergency preparedness agencies.
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As a profession, we must ensure that their needs do not slip further down on thenationalagenda.
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Key states have effectively propelled their welfare frames onto thenationalagenda.
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We invite your thoughts on this, as well as on roles you think that you and we could play in making anationalagendaplausible and meaningful.
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That lies at the heart of ournationalagenda, and we are also determined to see it lie at the heart of our international agenda.
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Without presuming to offer definitive solutions, it places the problems firmly on thenationalagenda.
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For a long time, we have argued that it is proper for that issue to be on thenationalagenda.
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The external settlement does not even cover the cost of delivering thenationalagenda.
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It is also clear that structural change at the local level is again on thenationalagenda.
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We believe that it has a role to play in advancing ournationalagendaon the matter.
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It is worth noting that its contribution has helped to put this issue on ournationalagenda.
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The primary significance of manufacturing must be re-established and placed at the top of thenationalagenda.
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It is in those sorts of ways that all professionals involved can do their bit to have crime prevention much more on thenationalagenda.
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There are, in fact, two important proposals on thenationalagenda.
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I start by talking about tax, a highly emotive matter that has dominated thenationalagendain recent years.
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