piece of legislation

collocation in English

meanings of pieceand legislation

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piece
noun[C]
uk /piːs/ us /piːs/
a part ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk /ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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Examples of piece of legislation

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Examples of such patterns are the economic justifications for the contracting out of public services or the political background behind a particular pieceoflegislation.
There is a more complicated reality underlining the process through which a pieceoflegislation is initiated.
We did a background examination of the policy underlying each pieceoflegislation to serve as a guide.
A 1972 pieceoflegislation permits those who are not civil servants to be 'attached' to the higher echelons of the public administration.
In 1959, a new, more comprehensive pieceoflegislation was enacted.
While the former power can by no means guarantee the final adoption of a proposed pieceoflegislation, the latter entails two hurdles.
Indeed, each pieceoflegislation can be seen as partaking in a strategy of de-regulation necessitated by a competitive environment.
This detailed and lengthy pieceoflegislation was intended mainly for criminal cases.
Gradually they ceased to regard their problems as resolvable once for all by some grand pieceoflegislation or by the multiplication of their own number.
The differentiated responses can be attributed to differences between constructions of gender and race, and to the nature and presumed consequences of each pieceoflegislation.
Firstly, we must not forget that one person's red tape is another person's vital pieceoflegislation.
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I am very glad that you are going to be the rapporteur for this very important pieceoflegislation.
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In any event, this really is a major pieceoflegislation, since it contains seven texts.
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We are now well into the third year of discussion on this pieceoflegislation.
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Altogether this is an ill-conceived, irrational and ultimately unnecessary pieceoflegislation.
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However, this is only one pieceoflegislation.
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It would seem neither necessary nor desirable to build a specific pieceoflegislation for derivatives as it is a horizontal issue.
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That pieceoflegislation is compatible with this communication and with our general plans on unfair trading practices.
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A test of how a certain pieceoflegislation will be received in industry.
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In the first reading of a pieceoflegislation this is definitely what we all want and what we should have.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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