noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
military
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He suffered discredit by opposing, and then capitulating to, the campaign for military conscription .
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In April 1939, under pressure from Tory backbenchers, the Government announced the introduction of military conscription .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When was conscription introduced in Britain?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A continuation of wartime industrial conscription was a popular choice.
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A quota of ten men a day, and if we accept extra men we can reduce our conscription period.
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He suffered discredit by opposing, and then capitulating to, the campaign for military conscription .
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In 1916 he cited conscription and the suspension of trades union restrictions as things that coalition had done for the nation.
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Paradoxically he is the only free man in the community, as he pays no taxes and is not subject to conscription .
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There was no conscription , no feeling in my world, of necessity to volunteer.
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They had something to worry about then: conscription .
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They would have denied that the conscription law imposed a completely new duty.