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twin pillars

collocation in English

meanings of twinand pillar


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twin
noun[C]
uk /twɪn/ us /twɪn/
either of two children born to the same mother on the ...
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pillar
noun[C]
uk /ˈpɪl.ər/ us /ˈpɪl.ɚ/
a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of ...
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Examples of twin pillars


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Our policy must be based on the twin pillars of conciliation and strength.
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Willingness to meet competition and a desire for self-determination are the twin pillars upon which most successful industries are built.
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Self-help and mutual aid, the twin pillars of co-operative democracy, need practical encouragement.
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Security and the opportunity for economic growth are presumably the twin pillars of any country's foreign policy.
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We must accept that they are one of the twin pillars of our constitution.
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If our twinpillar policy is to work, we must be prepared to pay for a viable and credible defence capability, including our nuclear deterrent.
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Gambling and tourism have long been the twin pillars of the local economy.
These twin pillars of nineteenth-century health practice were mutually sustaining.
Martial law and press censorship were the twin pillars of an oppressive regime.
They wish to see a strategy based on the twin pillars of firmness and dialogue, and not one based on firmness alone.
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Our policy, therefore, rests upon the twin pillars of providing incentives and removing discouragements.
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Secondly, we believe that he has been neglecting the twin pillars, as we see them, of controlling public expenditure and boosting savings.
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The twin pillars of that alliance will provide the best support for a structure for peace.
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Now we have a real agricultural policy based upon the twin pillars of control of imports through a tariff, and organisation of output at home.
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Their functions will be focused on the twin pillars of economic development and improving the quality of life.
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Those were the twin pillars of the statement and both were very important.
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This work rests on twin pillars—detente and deterrence.
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My constituency now has twin pillars to its economy.
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It goes to one of the twin pillars of the agreement and was a central issue during the referendum campaign.
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