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词汇 example_english_veil-of-secrecy
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veil of secrecy

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meanings of veiland secrecy


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veil
noun
uk /veɪl/ us /veɪl/
a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face ...
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secrecy
noun[U]
uk /ˈsiː.krə.si/ us /ˈsiː.krə.si/
the state of being secret or of keeping ...
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Examples of veil of secrecy


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The veilofsecrecy surrounding scrutiny committees adds to this fear.
A veilofsecrecy covered the sensitive conversations of the mayor and aldermen, company elites and vestrymen.
Inevitably this is an area over which a veilofsecrecy must be drawn.
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Sometimes the veilofsecrecy to preserve confidentiality hides nothing at all.
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Let him be open and cast aside the veilofsecrecy.
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Yet, a veilofsecrecy is drawn over the costs of contract cleaning.
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To suggest that this proposed committee would not be entitled to go behind the veilofsecrecy is not an argument against it.
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As the report makes clear, there is little to be gained from the veilofsecrecy surrounding the system of delegated decision-making.
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I shall not follow the bad example of the party opposite and ask them to destroy the veilofsecrecy.
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I sometimes wonder why the veilofsecrecy seems to be drawn over this particular operation.
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That work is being done behind the veilofsecrecy.
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At the present time the veilofsecrecy is thick and impenetrable.
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They could not have one, as the issue was decided under a veilofsecrecy and commercial confidentiality.
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When is the veilofsecrecy finally going to be lifted?
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People are concerned that the veilofsecrecy should be lifted after so many years.
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There is a veilofsecrecy about the rôle of the future fleet working party.
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I fear that all too often local planning authorities hide behind a veilofsecrecy.
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However, this rather coy lifting of the veilofsecrecy has much further to go.
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Will he lift the veilofsecrecy which seems to be over this system?
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