adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsory redundancies (= when workers are forced to be redundant )
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He promised there would be no compulsory redundancies.
compulsory schooling (= the time during which children have to attend school by law )
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children in their final year of compulsory schooling
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
acquisition
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This process often involved the compulsory acquisition of firms and hence their potential closure.
admission
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Referral for compulsory admission is clearly an issue of power.
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Where compulsory admission was necessary, three types of admission orders were defined.
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Although considered in need of assessment or treatment, these women did not require compulsory admission , with the attendant limits on civil liberties.
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New Mental Health Tribunals were set up in each health region to deal with any complaints arising from compulsory admission procedures.
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Third, the move towards compulsory admissions to residential care should be discouraged in favour of voluntary and planned admissions.
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However, many were referred for compulsory admission where they were subsequently not admitted, or admitted informally.
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The father, so angered by the compulsory admission , became threatening and abusive to residential staff.
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First, ASWs took responsibility for decisions diverting individuals from compulsory admission .
education
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The law which makes Work Experience possible for young people in their last year of compulsory education specifically forbids their receiving payment.
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A child who lives in a state that requires school attendance must attend some acceptable school during the years of compulsory education .
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Parents usually keep their children at home for a couple of years after they have completed their six years of compulsory education .
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The State advances two primary arguments in support of its system of compulsory education .
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The period of costly childhood dependency was further lengthened by the introduction of compulsory education from 1880.
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But there are, of course, provisions governing compulsory education .
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A special interest group for researchers in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning recently had its first meeting.
purchase
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For example: Your business or home is threatened with a compulsory purchase order.
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Public bodies may apply for a compulsory purchase order in respect of certain property.
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Any land in excess of this maximum was subject to compulsory purchase by the government.
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The agency should have powers of compulsory purchase and therefore the site of the town should be publicly owned.
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The local council also opposes the compulsory purchase order.
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One example from a multitude of possible examples is the compulsory purchase order enquiry.
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The Department of the Environment produces free booklets on planning permission, enforcement, appeals and compulsory purchase .
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A compulsory purchase order has been served on your business premises.
redundancy
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The bulk of the jobs will go next year, and the company is promising there will be no compulsory redundancies .
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Hugh was at the Milton sit-in, where the workers won a fight to stop compulsory redundancies but lost the war.
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The foremen, members of the white-collar Manufacturing Science and Finance union, were protesting over the threat of compulsory redundancies .
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They are among 1,500 staff of the bank who are facing compulsory redundancy .
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Read in studio Management say any compulsory redundancies will be announced later.
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And there would be no more compulsory redundancies .
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The ballot came as a result of threats of compulsory redundancies .
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Labour moderates win over four of the hard left by agreeing that the cuts shall involve as few compulsory redundancies as possible.
registration
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He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals.
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Therefore the withdrawal of compulsory registration altered the situation.
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Nine out of 10 directors say there should be compulsory registration of private care agencies.
sale
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He is understood to feel that compulsory sales would break up historic estates.
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Dealing with untraceable shareholders under the compulsory sale procedures is more troublesome.
school
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The order will terminate when the child ceases to be of compulsory school age or if a care order is made.
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In this respect, the law on compulsory school attendance clearly has its limitations.
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Even within the compulsory school age, inequalities have remained.
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During the compulsory school period there are usually only two centres, home and school, which coordinate services for children.
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That technical instruction should be provided during the compulsory school years.
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Work with parents Little professional work with parents is undertaken after the compulsory school period.
schooling
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The use of education services has become more equal during the years of compulsory schooling .
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This will help pupils to develop a personal love of reading which will continue after compulsory schooling .
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To compel a pupil to obey a teacher makes no sense without placing it in the context of compulsory schooling enforced legally.
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This list is carried in publicity and in information given directly to pupils in their final year of compulsory schooling .
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Historically, she has laid much greater stress than her continental neighbours on sophisticated external examinations at the end of compulsory schooling .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All young men are required to do two years of compulsory military service.
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Attendance at the meeting is compulsory .
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It is now compulsory for anyone claiming state benefit to register with a job centre.
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Maths and English are compulsory for all students.
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Smoke detectors are compulsory in all new buildings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I suspect this, like compulsory religious education, gave me a lifelong scepticism about obligatory elements in any curriculum.
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The study of Shakespeare is compulsory for major and joint programmes.
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There are many benefits of compulsory competitive tendering in London, but many local authorities resisted it.
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They pushed for state laws on compulsory sterilization of criminals and the physically defective, with some success.
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This amounts to compulsory purchase, but holds out the prospect that the shares will rise.
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Thus, for Austen's heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, marriage was not just important, it was compulsory .
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We will maintain our programme of compulsory competitive tendering of local authority services.