desirable objective
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdesirableandobjective
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desirable
adjective
uk/dɪˈzaɪə.rə.bəl/us/dɪˈzaɪr.ə.bəl/
worth having and wanted by ...
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objective
noun[C]
uk/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
something that you plan to do ...
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Thus, there is a need for a procedure that may direct the design process by effectively navigating through the available intermediate states to reach adesirableobjective.
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Getting a higher degree of uniformity may be adesirableobjective, but it seems to me quite unrelated to depriving magistrates of this power.
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In any event, it seems an entirely capricious way of achieving adesirableobjective.
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We recognise, of course, that this is adesirableobjectivewhich in the present economic situation may not be attainable.
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The proposed arrangements for next year do not simply achieve consistency with thisdesirableobjective; they also help the less well-off self-employed.
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The vast majority of people in the sheep industry believe that scrapie eradication is a sensible anddesirableobjective.
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I am most grateful to the chief inspector for the impetus he has given to furthering thatdesirableobjective.
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I repeat that the segregation of non-railway users from high-speed trains is adesirableobjective.
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However, we have by no means secured the consensus that will lead to a common regime—although that remains a highlydesirableobjective.
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The promotion and production of raw materials is obviously a highlydesirableobjective, in which we are all engaged.
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He then said that it is adesirableobjective.
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Perhaps that is not such adesirableobjective.
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No one doubts that price stability is a highlydesirableobjective.
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In the main, the years since then have shown the difficulties in achieving thatdesirableobjective.
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We cannot turn the clock back, but it is the nearest that we can achieve to thedesirableobjectiveof putting matrons back into hospitals.
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We should have incentives other than a depression to encourage young people to stay on at school, which is adesirableobjectiveanyway.
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However, in principle, suspended sentences would seem to be an admirable anddesirableobjective.
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Transparency in the spectrum management process is adesirableobjective.
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We agree that further diversification of the rural economy is adesirableobjective.
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