dual control
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdualandcontrol
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dual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈdʒuː.əl/us/ˈduː.əl/
with two parts, or combining ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofdualandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This suggests a strong and broad selection pressure to favourdualcontrol.
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There is nothing that has a tendency to cause more bitterness than anydualcontrolover any portion of land.
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Why not put an end todualcontroland take over the industry, the lifeblood of every other industry of this country?
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Co-operation was superb, but it was clear it could not go on, because we were underdualcontrol: we served two masters.
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If you havedualcontrolit is impossible for you to get rid of a public servant however incompetent he may have become.
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I submit, further, that if you wish to achieve results it is a fatal mistake to havedualcontrol.
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The third and most important point is the settlement of the vexed question ofdualcontrol.
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For example, there was too muchdualcontroland there was duplication of the communication systems, which tended to lessen the proficiency of the service.
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One has been told something of the difficulties ofdualcontrol.
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Dualcontrolmeans a danger of ineffectiveness in a crisis.
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There is, in fact, nodualcontrolwhatsoever.
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Therefore, at this stage it is very difficult to judge how this form ofdualcontrolwill work out.
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He spoke first about the defects ofdualcontrol.
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He says there is going to be nodualcontrol.
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But when it comes to the arguments fordualcontrol, we must ask two questions.
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That is the body which is to take the place of this unsuitable and rather anomalousdualcontrolwhich has operated hitherto.
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There are armaments on our soil over which we do not have practical control; there is nodualcontrol.
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I could stand here for some minutes and describe the absurdities that have resulted fromdualcontrol.
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They embody the essential feature ofdualcontrol.
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The story might have been very different had there not been thatdualcontrolfor some two and a half years.
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