wholesale reform

collocation in English

meaningsofwholesaleandreform

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wholesale
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈhəʊl.seɪl/us
/ˈhoʊl.seɪl/
of or for the selling of goods in large amounts at low prices to shops and businesses, rather than the selling of goods in shops ...
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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 ofwholesaleandreformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It now aimed for more modest changes rather than major cuts orwholesalereform.
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I am not, however, seeking to indulge inwholesalereformof the law relating to bookmakers.
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Isolated and individual cases of corruption bring forth demands for inquiries,wholesalereformand change.
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The review concluded that the current enforcement regime was working reasonably well and thatwholesalereformwas unnecessary.
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Wholesalereformmight mirror more accurately, for example, the good practice, tried and tested, which is employed at present in industry and commerce.
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This iswholesalereformto which this type of legislation is completely unsuited.
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We must not be diverted from the task ofwholesalereformof the quarantine system.
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Wholesalereformis needed, with existing controls repealed and a new, simplified scheme in their place.
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He talked of seeing no advantage in embarking on a hasty andwholesalereformof supervision of financial services.
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It is right, therefore, that many of these carbon creators should be auctioned, especially when thewholesalereformhappens.
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In 1996, we need a proper,wholesalereformof the system.
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By the time we came to the 1983 general election it had become clear that there would be nowholesalereformof the rating system.
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It will accelerate demand for awholesalereformof the pension and benefit system.
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We must work our way towards awholesalereform.
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No-one realistically expected thewholesalereformof transit to be completed within twelve months, but significant progress has been made in improving customs control measures.
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Finally, last year it was faced with financial collapse and all parties agreed to a programme ofwholesalereform.
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Consequently, the commission recommended awholesalereformof the current law.
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We cannot, therefore, proceed as if there were sufficient agreement to makewholesalereformof the law in this area a practicable proposition.
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It is time that we got a bit more settled down and stopped talking aboutwholesalereformof one kind or another.
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We must admit that huge sums of money are being churned round every week in a money-transfer system which is obsolete, unprincipled and desperately in need ofwholesalereform.
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