flexible mechanism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofflexibleandmechanism
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flexible
adjective
uk/ˈflek.sə.bəl/us/ˈflek.sə.bəl/
able to change or be changed easily according to ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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(Definition offlexibleandmechanismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This means that one can assume theflexiblemechanismto be rigid only if the link stiffness reaches a high value.
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Copying and installation of bindings is aflexiblemechanismthat can be used to provide both static and dynamic scope.
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Accessibility from the web was seen as an efficient andflexiblemechanismto capture and disseminate information and to link to other extensive databases.
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One key policy problem here is the absence of a veryflexiblemechanismfor market entry in the state sector.
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However, there are other types offlexiblemechanismwhich can be used to advantage at a global level.
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We simply believe it right to maintain aflexiblemechanismshould the opportunity be required.
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Secondly, and more substantively, the government amendments provide for a moreflexiblemechanismthan was proposed in the original amendments.
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It is a matter of extending a moreflexiblemechanismand of making plans for this mechanism to be extended until 2015.
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The regulations will provide a moreflexiblemechanismfor adjusting the relative level of support provided to these different types of households.
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Secondly, it is important that there should be aflexiblemechanismin place for disputes about the assembly's powers to be resolved promptly.
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We must maintain the mostflexiblemechanism, and above all that means maintaining the reconstructed supplementary benefit scheme.
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The purpose is to provide a moreflexiblemechanismfor regulating charging in the future.
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It includes aflexiblemechanismfor the provision of direct support to human-rights activists who face imminent danger.
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Quite simply, we need aflexiblemechanismfor carrying this out, something which this framework decision will certainly contribute to.
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Various attitudes have been adopted in the face of thisflexiblemechanism: expectant, reactive or active.
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It is aflexiblemechanism, and necessarily so given the fast-moving conditions with which regulators have to deal.
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It could be a powerful andflexiblemechanism, offering richer countries a range of options in reducing emissions.
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Consequently, theflexiblemechanismis not as flexible as it ought to be.
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We also believe it important that aflexiblemechanismshould be in place to allow the assembly's powers to be resolved promptly.
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To close, we consider that the instrument for pre-accession assistance is a rational andflexiblemechanism for optimising financial assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries.
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