national consensus
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnationalandconsensus
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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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consensus
noun[S or U]
uk/kənˈsen.səs/us/kənˈsen.səs/
a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group ...
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(Definition ofnationalandconsensusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, this attempt to establish anationalconsensuswas not unchallenged.
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He therefore accepted the need to 'approach reform sensitively' and to build a 'nationalconsensusbehind change'.
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In her anxiety to retain personal power and establish a dynasty, she played short-sighted political games dangerously undermining thenationalconsensus.
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There is, in short, a ' large element of myth in the idea of a supple tradition being wisely adapted so as constantly to renew a fundamentalnationalconsensus' (p. 56).
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However, the only way to achieve this effectively is bynationalconsensus; anyone who goes against it puts the nation's financial stability in jeopardy.
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They have already managed to reach agreement on what we would call anationalconsensuswith regard to the very core of the state's operation.
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I attach the highest importance to the preservation of thenationalconsensuson this issue which has emerged since 1964.
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We now have a form ofnationalconsensuson free enterprise as a fundamental of our economic system.
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There are clearly some issues on which not only cross-party co-operation but also anationalconsensusis desirable or, indeed, essential.
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Perhaps only in that way shall we ultimately achieve thenationalconsensuswhich is so essential in this field.
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To give support to an attempt to destroy employment is not the way to bring about thatnationalconsensus.
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Where is the evidence that thatnationalconsensusin favour of war exists?
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Its work added substance to anationalconsensustowards establishing the youth service on a statutory basis.
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On the matter of e-commerce we have almost anationalconsensusthat we want to succeed in this area.
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That is not in the interests of arriving at anationalconsensuson how to cope with such matters.
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Thatnationalconsensuswill come back—people want investment, reform and a five-year programme of high growth.
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In 1944 there was anationalconsensusabout what was needed to be done in education.
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That will build genuinenationalconsensusaround the development plan and promote the stability necessary for its implementation.
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We have brought this transitional era to a close now and established a new constitution based onnationalconsensus.
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Anationalconsensusis developing on the need for further restructuring of the social security system.
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