drastic reform

collocation in English

meaningsofdrasticandreform

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drastic
adjective
uk
/ˈdræs.tɪk/us
/ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɔːm/us
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the longer term, there is clearly a need, which we fully accept, for adrasticreformof the rating system.
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I think that it would have ground to a halt before now and that already a new and moredrasticreformwould have become essential.
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You cannot expect to carry through adrasticreformwithout treading on somebody's toes.
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To our great delight, we are also at the dawn of adrasticreformof development policy.
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I believe that there is a growing feeling in the country that nothing but this radical anddrasticreformwill suffice.
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One is thedrasticreformof the position of land-owning and of rating and taxation.
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I agree that there is a need fordrasticreform, but it is not the case that all farmers are fat cats.
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Anydrasticreformof social security carries within itself one further important difficulty.
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He had not been convinced either of the need or of the demand fordrasticreformin this direction.
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After all, we on this side have repeatedly urged the importance of adrasticreformand simplification of planning procedures.
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We are at a point in history at which the elaboration of the machine has become so excessive thatdrasticreformis essential.
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That would be a much lessdrasticreform.
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I do not say that the rating system does not needdrasticreform.
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It is obvious to all that the common agricultural policy is in a state of crisis and in need ofdrasticreform.
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I would ask, however, that toodrasticreformas it affects the every-day regimental life of officers and men should not be too far-reaching.
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We believe that it is a mistake not to take this opportunity to make a much moredrasticreform.
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I have more than once myself contended that the time has arrived in this country when the whole basis of local taxation should undergo adrasticreform.
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The closer one goes into this, the more it seems to me that there emerges a case not so much fordrasticreformas for much remedy in details.
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This is nodrasticreformwhich we are considering tonight, but it is, perhaps, as large a measure of reform as the country itself is ready for.
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Europe needsdrasticreformof its employment and welfare laws.
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