substantial reform

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandreform

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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reform
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɔːm/us
/rɪˈfɔːrm/
an improvement, especially in a person's behaviour or in the structure ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In response to this problem, many royalist publicists propagated asubstantialreformof the electoral system.
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Wyndham was firmly committed to introducing asubstantialreformof the land question when he became chief secretary in 1900.
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In other words, public support forsubstantialreformin grazing policy rose with the increase in public interest in and support for environmental initiatives beginning in the 1960s.
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Extremelysubstantialreformhas been agreed in the financial services sector.
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The truth is that we have seensubstantialreformover time.
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He is right: there is a clear and absolute need forsubstantialreformof the common agricultural policy.
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It will involve thesubstantialreformof the community programme, including a major enhancement of its training content.
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In no sphere of life is there any hope ofsubstantialreformor progress so long as the same party remains in power.
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The deficiencies in the law are so important and serious that we should be demandingsubstantialreform designed to provide much more protection for consumers.
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I welcome that fact, and we shall push forsubstantialreform.
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Many member states are opposed to the scale of the proposed reductions in intervention, although most understand the need forsubstantialreform.
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In each of these areas, there is asubstantialreformprogramme.
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He talks about the public interest and concedes thatsubstantialreformis required.
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We are fully cognisant that in order to attain these objectives the current system will have to undergosubstantialreform.
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Indeed, the whole wage structure of the building industry requiressubstantialreform.
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We remain committed to providing for the introduction of commonhold and for thesubstantialreformof residential leasehold.
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I sought to achieve this by asubstantialreformof the discipline appeal system.
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The replacement of domestic rates would be a radical andsubstantialreformwhich would have to produce a system capable of lasting a long time.
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We are currently considering our response to those reports, with a view to implementing a programme ofsubstantialreformof professional social work training.
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A month ago no one suspected that we are about to launch asubstantialreformof this kind.
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