direct applicability

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandapplicability

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/
us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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applicability
noun[U]
uk
/əˌplɪk.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
us
/ˌæ.plɪk.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the fact of affecting or relating to a person ...
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(Definition ofdirectandapplicabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because this body of work is a development environment, it is not appropriate to attempt to evaluate itsdirectapplicabilityto manufacturing.
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For instance, concepts such as resources, people, machines, and plans will havedirectapplicabilitywithin a manufacturing enterprise model.
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Alas, thedirectapplicabilityof the results on acidification to carbon dioxide emissions is limited, for many reasons.
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Why is it still necessary to provide fordirectapplicability?
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But, above all, no purpose is served by suggesting thatdirectapplicabilitydoes not mean what it says.
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They havedirectapplicabilityin the domestic law of this country; not only that, they have overridingdirectapplicability.
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That is called the principle ofdirectapplicability.
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Directapplicabilityis one of the criteria, but it is not the only one.
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There are procedural rules that would enable us, if we so wished, to initiate actions that could havedirectapplicability.
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There are other means of achievingdirectapplicabilitywithout providing that it shall be done without further enactment.
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Section 2(1) provides for thedirectapplicabilityof the rights, powers, obligations and so on which derive from such treaties.
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That means dealing with such complicated, but important, issues as "directapplicability", the acquis communautaire, the court's ability to make laws and the sovereign status of those laws.
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Directapplicabilitymeans what it says.
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This confusion is perhaps explained by reference to the treaty provision governing regulations which provides that they, and only they, have "directapplicability" within the member states.
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