steady course

collocation in English

meaningsofsteadyandcourse

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steady
adjective
uk
/ˈsted.i/
us
/ˈsted.i/
happening in a smooth, gradual, and regular way, not suddenly ...
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course
noun
uk
/kɔːs/
us
/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofsteadyandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They must reconsider their so-calledsteadycourseand introduce some humanitarian legislation, just for a change, based not on greed but on human need.
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We will steer asteadycoursewith the strength to make decisions for the long term.
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To continue to steer asteadycourse, we must hold firm in our demand for discipline in pay setting across the economy.
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We shall only maximize the effects of those policies if we steer asteadycourseover the whole distance.
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We have maintained asteadycoursethroughout all of our difficulties—throughout the recession and now into recovery.
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Indeed, they are steering nosteadycourseat all.
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We have to have a coherent set of policies that keep the economy on asteadycourse.
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In conclusion, we have been tested by world events and have resolved to steer asteadycourse.
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There is every indication that the economy is on asteadycourse.
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A long, continuous, andsteadycourseof action can alone repair the damages of five years of war.
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How much better would it have been if asteadycoursecould have been kept intermediately between those two extremes?
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This year's statement sets out our intention to set asteadycoursefor the future, building on the changes that we have made.
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The statutory existence of an advisory committee would be likely to hold the national authority to asteadycourse.
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They cannot get it on asteadycourseor going towards an effective increase in output, exports or earnings.
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Thatsteadycoursemust be built on a real determination to understand and rectify real grievances.
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I believe that they need a few years in which to be able to follow asteadycourse, secure in the knowledge that their funding is assured.
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Perhaps most significant of all, it presupposed that before the crash the aircraft had been under control on asteadycourseand at a steady speed.
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Finally, is he aware that many people are looking to him to keep asteadycourseagainst the powerful and unrepresentative criticism and pressure against him?
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We must pursue between those two excesses asteadycoursein which the value of our money and the employment of our people are steadily maintained.
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From these auspicious beginnings his career was on asteadycourse.
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