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drastic reform

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meanings of drasticand reform


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drastic
adjective
uk /ˈdræs.tɪk/ us /ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
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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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In the longer term, there is clearly a need, which we fully accept, for a drasticreform of the rating system.
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I think that it would have ground to a halt before now and that already a new and more drasticreform would have become essential.
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You cannot expect to carry through a drasticreform without treading on somebody's toes.
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To our great delight, we are also at the dawn of a drasticreform of development policy.
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I believe that there is a growing feeling in the country that nothing but this radical and drasticreform will suffice.
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One is the drasticreform of the position of land-owning and of rating and taxation.
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I agree that there is a need for drasticreform, but it is not the case that all farmers are fat cats.
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Any drasticreform of social security carries within itself one further important difficulty.
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He had not been convinced either of the need or of the demand for drasticreform in this direction.
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After all, we on this side have repeatedly urged the importance of a drasticreform and simplification of planning procedures.
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We are at a point in history at which the elaboration of the machine has become so excessive that drasticreform is essential.
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That would be a much less drasticreform.
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I do not say that the rating system does not need drasticreform.
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It is obvious to all that the common agricultural policy is in a state of crisis and in need of drasticreform.
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I would ask, however, that too drasticreform as it affects the every-day regimental life of officers and men should not be too far-reaching.
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We believe that it is a mistake not to take this opportunity to make a much more drasticreform.
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I have more than once myself contended that the time has arrived in this country when the whole basis of local taxation should undergo a drasticreform.
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The closer one goes into this, the more it seems to me that there emerges a case not so much for drasticreform as for much remedy in details.
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This is no drasticreform which we are considering tonight, but it is, perhaps, as large a measure of reform as the country itself is ready for.
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Europe needs drasticreform of its employment and welfare laws.
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