effective provision

collocation in English

meaningsofeffectiveandprovision

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effective
adjective
uk
/ɪˈfek.tɪv/us
/əˈfek.tɪv/
successful or achieving the results that ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofeffectiveandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mosteffectiveprovisionto limit the growth of the pension expenditure is to increase the retirement age.
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If these professionals are to be encouraged to broach the subject of smoking cessation with older people, it is important that barriers to theeffectiveprovisionof interventions are uncovered.
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The combination of substantial public funds and of competitive voluntary association and statutory agency providers has produced more specialist and, probably, moreeffectiveprovisionfor homeless people.
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I firmly believe that all these plans, tying together as they do, will makeeffectiveprovisionfor ensuring that complaints are properly dealt with.
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We would jeopardise the safety of any deployment if we proceeded without theeffectiveprovisionof air cover.
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Unitary local authorities, replacing two layers of local government with one, would lead to moreeffectiveprovisionof services and greater accountability.
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Will he not agree that there are some dental emergencies—dental haemorrhage, for example—which need very much moreeffectiveprovisionthan we have at the moment?
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We are looking at ways in which local authorities can make better and moreeffectiveprovisionfor looked after children who are leaving care.
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If there is a trade-off between regulatory measures to reduce congestion and theeffectiveprovision of services to consumers, we must strike the right balance.
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A number of other amendments have been tabled to clarify the powers of local authorities and to ensure theeffectiveprovisionof concessions.
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Secondly, whether there iseffectiveprovisionagainst tacking.
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In addition to thinking in terms of health services, theeffectiveprovisionof information is exactly the way forward.
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The important point is that there should beeffectiveprovisionin our law to enable them to be granted political asylum.
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The aim is to bring together statutory and voluntary organisations to give the necessary impetus to implement theeffectiveprovisionof services.
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For service need we require moreeffectiveprovisionfor public health research and for operational research.
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Secondly, the provision will enable a co-owner to makeeffectiveprovisionfor the disposal of the co-owned land if he or she becomes mentally incapable.
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