new constitution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnewandconstitution
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new
adjective
uk/njuː/us/nuː/
recently created or having started to ...
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constitution
noun[C]
uk/ˌkɒn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/
the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people ...
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(Definition ofnewandconstitutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, thenewconstitution, which was drawn in 1994, allows temporary leases.
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Thenewconstitutioncontinued to ban the sale of school lands, but also limited the lease terms to 25 years.
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While thenewconstitutionenshrines a bill of rights, poverty, unemployment and illiteracy remain essential obstacles to the enjoyment of any rights.
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Operating under the rules of the military's own constitution, the legislature converted itself into a constituent assembly and drafted anewconstitution.
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Both countries were therefore facing the question of drafting anewconstitution.
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They proposed instead that thenewconstitutionshould be debated in a constitutional assembly followed by a referendum.
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In the women's ministry summary of the advantages of thenewconstitutionfor women, no mention is made of the constraints on political parties.
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The result was that the façade of legitimacy of thenewconstitutionwas a non-starter.
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A major challenge for transitioning states is to create a constituency of citizens to support and defend thenewconstitution.
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After the period of industrialization, collectivization, and cultural revolution, thenewconstitution of 1936 proclaimed that a stable socialist society had been built.
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One was surprised to see this soldier, having become king, make anewconstitutionin less than a minute.
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It is noteworthy that democratic freedoms guaranteed under thenewconstitutioninitiated changes in the public arena.
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After the military coup of 1960, he was elected to serve on the commission that drafted anewconstitution.
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Thenewconstitutiongranted almost total authority to the federal state.
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Questions about the content of thenewconstitutionwere hotly debated.
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Thenewconstitutionestablished very definite guarantees for collective and individual political self-expression.
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Under thenewconstitution, parliamentar y pressure was of little use.
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Anewconstitution, promulgated as part of the reform, has been amended to remove presidential term limits.
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In 1967 the military government promulgated anewconstitution.
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Anewconstitutionwas soon approved by national referendum.
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