sphere of action
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsphereandaction
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sphere
noun[C]
uk/sfɪər/us/sfɪr/
an object shaped like a ...
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action
noun
uk/ˈæk.ʃən/us/ˈæk.ʃən/
the process of doing something, especially when dealing with a problem ...
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(Definition ofsphereandactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All these problems were located outside thesphereofactionof the economic elite.
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Marginalization within its own professional and cultural environment is compensated for by a widenedsphereofaction.
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Within the context of positive liberty, it is more difficult to delimit asphereofactionover which an agent has the purview to determine that an outcome prevail.
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Each has itssphereofactionclearly defined, and specific instructions have been issued to all concerned.
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I reflect on possible events in my ownsphereofactionover many years.
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Thirdly, there is asphereofactionto support those primarily affected by the phenomenon of restructuring: the workers.
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He is a man without early training in these concerns, and he went into asphereofactionthat was new to him.
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Their desire also was not in any way to reflect on the trade unions in their legitimatesphereofaction.
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Each of these authorities has itssphereofactionclearly defined.
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It is crucial that universities integrate the economic and social environment into their mainsphereofactionwithin their research and innovation programmes.
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It drew up an ambitious timetable according to which thesphereofactionshould be defined by the year 2000.
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It covers thesphereofactionof those who have already, by their own efforts, provided more or less for an unemployed benefit.
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Why did he not choose to deal with something a little nearer to his own particularsphereofaction?
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They may regard complaints as not sufficiently important or as not coming properly within theirsphereofaction.
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I feel, however, that thesphereofactionof the trade unions is in the factories, where they work.
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I should like a little information about its propersphereofaction.
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It is simply a matter of taking chances and getting away with it, and thesphereofactionis being extended.
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In the meresphereofactionthere are other methods which might be adopted.
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I beg that everything may be done in hissphereofactionto reduce the continuing burdens that are put on to the taxpayer.
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