noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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economic
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The economic rationale , in terms of economic efficiency, was agreed in terms of increasing competitiveness, rather than the change of ownership.
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There was nothing new about this economic rationale for federal involvement in urban programs.
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It then explores the economic rationale for the voluntary sector.
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Sometimes the tie was purely economic in rationale .
■ VERB
explain
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It took up most of my time talking and explaining my rationale to people.
offer
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Finally, it offers a rationale for a further round of world trade negotiations.
provide
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These arguments suggest that it may be possible to provide a rationale for an industrial policy to subsidize sunrise industries.
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Television scarcity, compared to print, no longer provides a rationale to regulate electronic media while letting newspapers and magazines alone.
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In the chapters of this part of the book I have sought to provide a rationale for such an approach.
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Nor does it provide a rationale for people with questionable motives to vent their hostilities or express their idiosyncrasies.
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Beveridge provided a rationale based on concepts of national efficiency, rationality and the rights of citizenship.
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They were a necessary nuisance that provided the rationale for what Bureau men really loved to do: build majestic dams.
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This provides a rationale for recognising flat-lying thrust slices and mapping them in the subsurface.
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This background provides the rationale of naturopathy, or nature cure, and other sensible, healthy dietary regimes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you do not understand the rationale behind any action you are asked to take, be sure to find out.
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In the document he explains the rationale for his plan to build a car for the African market.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It provides the leaders of an organization with a convenient rationale for their hidebound maintenance-oriented policies.
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Paul also rejected the rationale of both the offender and the offended.
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The rationale for engagement is different in each case.
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The political rationale is not clear.
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The recommendations of Project 2000 should be read in full in order to appreciate the rationale behind them.
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These arguments suggest that it may be possible to provide a rationale for an industrial policy to subsidize sunrise industries.
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To adopt an approach akin to that used in the United States would be fundamentally to alter the rationale for judicial review.
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While the number of levels has endured, the rationale turned out to be unsustainable.