closer integration

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandintegration

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/
us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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integration
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.tɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌɪn.t̬əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group ...
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(Definition ofcloseandintegrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Now that the latter was a fait accompli, there was still opposition tocloserintegration.
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The purpose of establishing new structures for service delivery is to bringcloserintegrationof primary care and public health.
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But iscloserintegrationnecessary or desirable?
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It certainly represents a move towardscloserintegration.
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That would seem to give ample time forcloserintegration.
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Will acloserintegrationon that level be considered?
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Closerintegrationinevitably forces us to confront different views.
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Can we not secure acloserintegrationof military policy?
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There must be muchcloserintegrationbetween these private police bodies and the police, and much closer integration between the various police forces themselves.
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The changes have resulted in increased concurrency of inter-firm activities, andcloserintegrationof design and manufacturing to achieve savings in lead-times and production costs.
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Future work aims at acloserintegrationof the ideas presented in this paper with the rich theory of graph transformation systems.
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A long-standing historical tradition for public-private collaboration has been extended by new forms involvingcloserintegrationin terms of joint development and risk taking.
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On the one hand, high income people are less isolationist, perhaps because they see themselves as beneficiaries ofcloserintegrationinto the market-driven international economy.
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Although both the music industry and its external patrons benefited fromcloserintegration, the new relations of ownership soon started to clarify who was in control.
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There has been mention of the re-orientation of hospital services and ofcloserintegration.
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We have no appetite for acloserintegrationof social and economic policies.
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He added that the only alternative tocloserintegrationwould be war on the continent.
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The second argument is that there are constant calls forcloserintegrationof forestry with agriculture.
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Closerintegrationhas failed to deliver, so let us have more integration.
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Thecloserintegrationof naval reserves with their regular service colleagues has proved a tremendous success.
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There has to be acloserintegrationof the agricultural, social and environmental sides.
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When we talk aboutcloserintegration, what we really mean is closer har-monisation.
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Thecloserintegrationof trading arrangements is bound to lead to closer economic and monetary arrangements.
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It will needcloserintegrationof our fighting services and more joint training.
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