tight restriction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftightandrestriction
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tight
adjective
adverb
uk/taɪt/us/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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restriction
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/us/rɪˈstrɪk.ʃən/
an official limit ...
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(Definition oftightandrestrictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is a fairlytightrestrictionon many apects of information to which trade unions would be entitled.
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There has been atightrestrictionon the markets in which it could lend its money.
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It is difficult to understand why such atightrestrictionhas been used.
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I am prepared to join in working on a compromise even if it means disregarding my personal conviction in favour oftightrestriction.
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There has been atightrestrictionon the services it could provide, and particularly on what it could do with its funds.
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I really find such atightrestrictionto be misplaced.
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The difficulty of the clause as it is drawn is that it is always possible to produce atightrestriction.
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That must make sense when there has been, rightly, atightrestrictionon what may be spent in a constituency on behalf of a candidate.
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There is a verytightrestrictionon the kinds of cheeses which are to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight.
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Increasingly now, this behaviour is unreported because a better knowledge of the syndrome has led to tight restrictions over access to food and therefore the behaviour of over-eating cannot occur.
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The scene has the potential to avoid both the tight restrictions of traditional musical subcultures and the anomie of isolated musical occurrences facilitated by large multinationals.
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We should look at this matter and see whether it is right still to continue the very tight restrictions.
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Unnecessarily tight restrictions on the use of a library, for example, by excluding private study, is at odds with the principles of lifelong learning.
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In contrast to these tight restrictions on individual candidates, the political parties are free to spend unlimited sums at national level.
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Very tight restrictions govern the invalid care allowance, and £32.25 per week is a meagre allocation.
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The whole thing would have broken down if the various people had remained under the ordinary tight restrictions.
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I shall publish later today the principles of a scheme for moving such animals, necessarily under very tight restrictions.
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Because we have placed very tight restrictions on the scope for using ionised radiation.
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