verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
regulations govern sth (= apply to something )
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There are regulations governing the safety of toys.
run/govern the country (= officially control a country )
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The government has the job of running the country.
the rules concerning/governing/relating to sth formal (= the rules about something )
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the rules governing food labeling
the ruling/governing coalition
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The March elections may weaken the ruling coalition.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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action
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Zeno believed that people could govern their actions without the need for external compulsion.
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They will not hesitate to shift their ties and change the relations that governed their actions in the past period.
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All the pantheistic religions of the world have a deity represented by the Moon or governing its actions .
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Eventually we must try to decide whether even these theories are rich enough to govern the actions of our brains and minds.
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Everyone will try to guess the state of the market and to govern his actions accordingly.
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The interests of the shareholders become an objective standard to govern the actions of the directors.
behaviour
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The ephemeral nature of fluid flow belies the rigid rules which govern its behaviour .
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Newton gave three laws governing the behaviour of material objects.
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And from this stems the origin of ethical systems governing behaviour .
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The next day, there they were, governing the behaviour of electrons and atoms.
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The alcohol is now affecting her balance and slowing the brain cells governing learned social behaviour and inhibitions.
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In this model the top level represents strategic information used to govern the long-term behaviour of the organisation.
city
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Its contents are governed primarily by the City Code.
conduct
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The rules which govern the conduct of the business of the council and its committees are called Standing Orders.
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As for the rules of the school governing student conduct and behavior, work-inhibited students do not need special exceptions.
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The principles of fair procedure which govern the conduct of disciplinary hearings also apply, by and large, to appeal hearings.
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It is not a blind law, for no blind law can govern the conduct of human beings....
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The principal legislation governing the conduct of insurance business is the Insurance Companies Act 1982.
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There is always considerable negotiation over the provisions governing the conduct of the business between signing and completion.
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Section 4 considers the auditor's role in relation to an investment business's compliance with the rules governing its conduct .
contract
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B also suggested that its own terms should govern the contract .
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The question which then arises is which set of terms govern the contract .
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The Act also governs a contract purely for services, such as a contract for a haircut.
convention
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However, this argument depends too much on the conventions governing ordinary usage.
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Its exercise depends very much on the conventions governing consular relations between the states concerned.
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Literary essays typically follow a simple set of conventions governing the presentation of quotations.
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A further illustration of this is to be found in the conventions governing spelling.
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The structuralist brief, then, is to map out the conventions and rules governing all aspects of social behaviour.
country
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The interim government is not governing that country and does not exercise administrative or any control over its territory and population.
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How do you plan to work with Congress to govern the country ?
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He wanted to contribute actively to governing the country once more and have influence in policy making.
factor
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This, it is said, is the key factor governing the doctor-patient relationship.
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The major factors governing the use of wind generators are as follows.
law
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The law governing corners had been amended earlier in the year to allow such goals.
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Just three years into his formal career as a choreographer, Alvin was discovering the law that would govern his entire career.
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For example, we already know the physical laws that govern everything that we experience in everyday life.
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The council passed the law governing liquor outlets Oct. 31, 1995.
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He also announced liberal reforms including greater press freedom and the abolition of laws governing subversion.
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The voters' elected representatives just might want a say in the proposed changes to state law governing education.
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Does it really matter what are the laws that govern the constituent elements of bodies and brains?
legislation
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One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland.
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Kopp, the author of the 1991 legislation governing the Central Freeway, contends passage of Prop.
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Plans for the May 4 poll are clouded because the House of Lords has rejected the government legislation governing election expenses.
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The beginning of the year saw the introduction of new legislation governing the manual handling of goods and materials.
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The principal legislation governing the conduct of insurance business is the Insurance Companies Act 1982.
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The Institute's main concern is that the new entities should be expressly subject to national legislation governing the activity undertaken.
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This labour legislation included laws governing female and child labour, improvements in working conditions and social security provisions.
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The units comply fully with the latest Food Hygiene legislation governing the temperature conditions for the storage and display of food.
life
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Individually we are very much the same, but the circumstances that govern our lives might be quite different.
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But nor is letting your conscience govern my life .
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Change the institutional imperatives that govern their lives and they will change.
party
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Mengistu is general secretary of the party , which is governed by an 11-member political bureau.
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Party systems are generally classified according to the number of political parties and the interactions among the parties in the governing process.
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As the figures show, Conservative supporters are keenest that their party should govern on its own.
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There are three options facing a party attempting to govern without an overall majority.
principle
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So far as the security of the state was concerned, two principles were stated to govern the granting of warrants.
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It therefore presupposes a principle which should govern its activities.
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Article Five set out a number of principles governing the two states' foreign policies.
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What pragmatic principles govern lexical acquisition?
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The Authority set out new principles governing ownership.
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Here, the scheme is to discuss the principles which govern the relationship between solicitors and their firms with their clients.
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The focus here has been on Conventionality and Contrast, two pragmatic principles that together govern the lexicon.
procedure
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The principles of fair procedure which govern the conduct of disciplinary hearings also apply, by and large, to appeal hearings.
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The regulatory procedures , which will govern oil to coal conversion, are still a matter of uncertainty.
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He stresses the importance of establishing rules and procedures that will govern unit-school relations.
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Formal committees have rules of procedure which govern the way in which the meeting operates.
process
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This electoral process provides both the president and the legislature with independent mandates to represent the citizens in the governing process.
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The youngest, the neocortex, governs our rational thinking processes .
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Party systems are generally classified according to the number of political parties and the interactions among the parties in the governing process .
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The above trends govern the technology transfer process by making certain types of technologies available to well behaved states.
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For it is the most general parameter which governs the processes of temporal change that constitute laws of nature.
regulation
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The problem lies with the interpretation of the regulations governing the safety of toys.
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Article 9 reviewed the rules and regulations that governed the operation of the leprosarium.
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They are expected to halve pollution caused by large commercial vehicles, bringing them into line with regulations governing car exhaust emissions.
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As in other aspects of police life, detailed regulations governed the minutiae of dress.
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So just what are the rules, regulations and guidelines governing the depositing of skips on the public highway?
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No regulations governed the hunt - anyone with a rifle and a boat could kill dolphins without a licence.
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It also prescribed new regulations governing tender offers.
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The regulations governing the investigation of aircraft accidents had been unchanged since 1969.
relationship
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This, it is said, is the key factor governing the doctor-patient relationship .
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This act sets rules of conduct to govern producers in their relationships with consumers.
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Here, the scheme is to discuss the principles which govern the relationship between solicitors and their firms with their clients.
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The report also notes the confused assumptions that governed the relationship between Kimmel and Short.
rule
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The ephemeral nature of fluid flow belies the rigid rules which govern its behaviour.
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These are the rules that govern all bonds.
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The sale agreement should contain a detailed set of rules governing preparation and agreement of the completion accounts.
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The rules governing the operation of military housing covered 800 pages.
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It also sets out the rules governing quota transfer and leasing together with the treatment of quota which is not used.
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Stone cut the rules governing military base construction from 400 pages down to 4, those governing housing from 800 to 40.
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Somebody called to suggest an amendment to the rules governing the sponsorship.
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This act sets rules of conduct to govern producers in their relationships with consumers.
state
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For if a sovereign ruler acknowledged no political superior, was this not also true of the state he governed ?
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Cervera claims the fight is about the rights of states to govern without federal courts intruding.
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The voters' elected representatives just might want a say in the proposed changes to state law governing education.
use
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There is nothing in a methodology which determines the values governing its use .
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At a cabinet meeting that day she announced stricter measures governing the use of cars in cities during peak pollution periods.
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He is held personally responsible for complying with the many rules and regulations that govern its use .
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The rules governing the use of seh are different from those which apply to that.
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That outcome of the long process of evolution which will enable them to govern the uses of their own physical mechanisms.
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The major factors governing the use of wind generators are as follows.
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But laws governing the sale, use and licensing of firearms remain the province of the states.
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Without ceasing to be a sign, this sign nevertheless governs our use and interpretation of all signs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
governing principle
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Freedom of speech for all is one of the governing principles in a democracy.
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But the same three macro-functions are the governing principles of stylistic choice in both literary and non-literary language.
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Complex protocol demanded that Court dress conform to a set of governing principles.
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Just as a ship needs a captain, so too does the individual need a governing principle.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Rules governing the distribution of legal drugs are likely to be changed.
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The governing party controls two-thirds of the parliament.
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The former chancellor questioned the prime minister's ability to govern .
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The PRI party has governed the country for more than seventy years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At a cabinet meeting that day she announced stricter measures governing the use of cars in cities during peak pollution periods.
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By 1922 the team of brilliant men who had governed for the past six years could not but see themselves as irreplaceable.
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Does it really matter what are the laws that govern the constituent elements of bodies and brains?
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In the civil service, the relationship between the civil servant and the politician is partly governed by the need for confidentiality.
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London also will oversee laws governing abortion, human fertilization and genetics.
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There is nothing in a methodology which determines the values governing its use.