environmental sensitivity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalandsensitivity
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Generally speaking, two sites are insucient to obtain reliable estimates ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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There is environmental air quality, a non-oppressive environment,environmentalsensitivityand of our social climate in general.
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I also support the protection ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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Information on the genetics ofenvironmentalsensitivitycan be incorporated into standard statistical methods for breeding in order to improve the efficiency of artificial selection.
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They talk aboutenvironmentalsensitivity, but they are not the least bit sensitive to the environment.
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We have long recognised it as an area of greatenvironmentalsensitivity.
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The code refers to designated areas and locations ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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That is particularly so in respect of the route'senvironmentalsensitivity.
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The problems are complex and there are many areas ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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We shall not be informed either aboutenvironmentalsensitivityas regards recycling.
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Indeed, the various commodity proposals show very little sign ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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The final design was praised for itsenvironmentalsensitivity.
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We must try to ensure that vessels that could cause problems are kept well away from areas ofenvironmentalsensitivity.
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The measures to protect areas ofenvironmentalsensitivityand to protect animals will also deserve our general support.
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Many farmers must also now bear the financial costs of the necessary drive towards increasedenvironmentalsensitivity.
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Studies of used goods are not unknown, but with growing late-twentieth-centuryenvironmentalsensitivity, the interaction of consumption processes with those of re-cycling and retention have heightened historical currency.!
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I hope that he will carry forward theenvironmentalsensitivitythat he showed today when it comes to other issues that cause him concern.
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It is my intention to interpret "to protect areas of particularenvironmentalsensitivity" in part as meaning that the green belt will remain just that.
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We must plan for the needs of the nation as a whole with economic efficiency andenvironmentalsensitivityat the top of the agenda.
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It concerns the landfill tax escalator, quarrying taxes, pesticides tax and transport measures, which will lead to majorenvironmentalsensitivityin that important area.
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Some islands are not open to the general public because of theirenvironmentalsensitivity.
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They are especially useful at sites with difficult or restricted access, or withenvironmentalsensitivity.
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They are considering also the potential for the environmental enhancement of the corridor and taking account of the need to conserve areas of historical andenvironmentalsensitivity.
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Where appropriate special conditions, which may include a requirement for an environmental impact assessment, are attached to licences which take into account theenvironmentalsensitivityof each block.
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He recommended, as we know, the identification of a number of areas around the coast where highenvironmentalsensitivitycoincided with a significant risk from shipping.
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