reasonable regulation

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandregulation

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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regulation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
an official rule or the act of ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandregulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These include a lack of security and a lack of an effective right toreasonableregulationof the tenant's rent.
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We hope that the directive will bed down as areasonableregulation.
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It is the proper regulation and control of transport that we all want—reasonableregulation.
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Surely a littlereasonableregulationshould correct that sort of thing.
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What is needed is a combination of road improvement with areasonableregulationand restriction of road user imposed in the interests of amenity and the lives of the residents.
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The question is, what isreasonableregulation?
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Such activities would be subject toreasonableregulation.
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Those were perfectly proper provisions, and he believed with reasonable regulations they might be carried into effect.
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That will require at least as many inspectors as would be required to enforce more reasonable regulations.
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We can thus ensure that, once tested and inspected, the bus fleet will be as safe as reasonable regulations can secure.
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We are not defending the idea of open borders, and we are prepared to accept reasonable regulations and harmonisation.
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We ought to trust that body to make reasonable regulations.
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These are perfectly reasonable regulations, and probation and child care students are treated in almost exactly the same way as teachers in training.
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It seeks also to make reasonable regulations regarding the conditions in which animals are kept.
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It has to be regulated like alcohol with sensible, reasonable regulations for everybody.
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Viable markets and reasonable regulations are fundamental to sustaining private forests, forestry related jobs and forest stewardship.
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