national safety

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandsafety

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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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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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(Definition ofnationalandsafetyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It can only have one justification at the present moment, and that is that it is introduced in the interests ofnationalsafety.
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Let us recall that policy andnationalsafetyrest upon power, physical and moral.
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I think the reasons are obvious, but in some parts of the world it is essential on the ground ofnationalsafety.
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They are not facing the responsibility they have to ensurenationalsafety.
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As long as possible we shall give the people of this country what food we can, always having in viewnationalsafety.
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Of course, when it is a question of public security ornationalsafety, there cannot be any doubt as to the right thing to do.
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Our policy aims for ports are to promote competitiveness, highnationalsafetystandards and best environmental practice.
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We do know that other countries without natural oil supplies are becoming increasingly interested in local production from the point of view ofnationalsafety.
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There are many things which you might tell us which would not be any violation of necessary secrets in the interests ofnationalsafety.
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Does it make a contribution to ournationalsafety?
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What is disarmament to a point consistent withnationalsafety?
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It is very difficult to avoid that situation, but it is imperatively necessary to do so, in the interests of ournationalsafety.
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There is nonationalsafetynet, but a series of local, varying provisions.
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They are detained for purposes ofnationalsafetyunder a power which for any other purpose is odious to us all.
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This proposal, like the first, would greatly diminish national expenditure without endangeringnationalsafety.
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The international machinery rarely fires on all cylinders, and considerations ofnationalsafetyare often put before questions of international security.
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It is now up to thenationalsafetyauthorities to make the approval procedures for railway vehicles less expensive and more rapid.
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Today, we have an independentnationalsafetyagency, which should verify the adoption of the appropriate safety systems.
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This question ofnationalsafetyis in the hands partly of the military and partly of the police.
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It is being forced to make a contribution of more than £17 for each of its residents to thenationalsafetynet.
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