regional balance

collocation in English

meaningsofregionalandbalance

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regional
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/us
/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/
relating to or coming from a particular part of ...
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balance
noun
uk
/ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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(Definition ofregionalandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As thisregionalbalanceis improved, and industrial investment grows, we must turn our attention more and more to the rate of technological advance.
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It is important that this commitment toregionalbalancebe built in.
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It will initiate new physical investment in the region and so create a betterregionalbalanceof industry and employment.
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Theregionalbalanceis characterised by one important factor.
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It is not only theregionalbalancein this area that must be preserved.
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We need the benefits thatregionalbalancehas brought.
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We have made this improvement inregionalbalancein spite of this difficulty.
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The debate has shown a fundamental difference, not only in aims but in methods of achieving aregionalbalance.
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We are told that there has to be a gender balance, aregionalbalanceand an ideological balance.
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I have no power to ensure that aregionalbalanceis maintained in the private sector.
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I turn now to the question of theregionalbalanceof the funds.
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Even if we get a roughregionalbalanceof power, however, that balance of power has to fit into the global balance of power.
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It also leads one to question whether there is anyregionalbalanceor shopping types that should be taken into consideration.
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That brings me to the other issue raised during this debate—the question ofregionalbalance.
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It is a healthy innovation, a worthwhile contribution to theregionalbalanceof payments.
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In the past, before the regulations were introduced, that acted as aregionalbalance.
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And if we get some of the big industries to have their headquarters outside the capital, there will be a betterregionalbalance.
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We are talking about quality,regionalbalanceand access for old and disabled people.
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That was the context in which it recommended a population share-out to secureregionalbalanceas well as redevelopment of the worst unemployment areas.
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