wide-ranging reform
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwide-rangingandreform
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wide-ranging
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/us/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/
covering ...
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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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We plan to extend the coverage of these funds to other countries which have clearly committed themselves towide-rangingreform.
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It is part of awide-rangingreformof labour market and benefit measures.
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It set out our key aims and ambitions for awide-rangingreformthat has access at its core: access to the land for work, for homes and for recreation.
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Over the 20th century, legislation and changes in court attitudes effected awide-rangingreformof 19th century contract law.
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Talk of the ' anglosaxon plot ' reflected, to a large extent, the traditionalists' resistance to the wide-ranging reforms.
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Wide-ranging reforms of international finance are therefore essential.
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I suggest that is bound to be the case in any wide-ranging reforms.
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Less than two years' ago the health service was subject to wide-ranging reforms.
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It is easy to write a report advocating wide-ranging reforms but which are too far in advance of public opinion.
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It proposed wide-ranging reforms, including proposals to modernise the industrial and provident society legal framework.
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The need for wide-ranging reforms remains.
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Although utilitarianism inspired wide-ranging reforms, it became primarily a justification for "laissez-faire" economics.
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Popular representatives were elected to an executive committee which proceeded to enact wide-ranging reforms.
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Despite these challenges, major achievements were achieved in the sector around the turn of the millennium when wide-ranging reforms were carried out, flanked by substantial donor support.
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Wide-ranging reforms emanated from this act.
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Bruce made wide-ranging reforms and mounted a comprehensive nation-building program in government, but his controversial handling of industrial relations led to his dramatic defeat at the polls in 1929.
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