adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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
■ NOUN
body
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This will permit appropriate fees and expenses to be paid directly to the coaches by the governing body concerned.
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Most important is discussion of curriculum planning and curriculum carrying-out by you and your governing body .
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Some governing bodies have been sensitive to this danger and have established committees and structures involving teachers other than the teacher-governors.
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It is hoped that governing bodies will be fully represented with, where possible, their Drug/Doping Liaison Officer.
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All the movement organisations are seen as falling within this area, which also covers all governing bodies of sport and recreation.
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Most successful governing bodies send their entry away for at least ten days' intensive training prior to a world event.
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Such a decision, taken through the prescribed secret ballot procedures, could ultimately be imposed by parents on a governing body .
class
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Both were ambassadors to Rome for their own cities - that is, they were very acceptable to the governing class of Rome.
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While Cato was still alive the Roman governing class made a determined effort to get to know the Celts better.
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Sometimes, particularly in his later writings, Pareto refers to the governing class or governing classes.
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The traditional governing class with deep roots in the landed aristocracy was gradually displaced as the Third Reich consolidated its position.
elite
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The absence of alternation also has consequences for the governing elite .
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For him, regulationism meant adherence to the values and ordered hierarchy of the governing elite as much as to sanitary reform.
party
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The competitive situation keeps the governing party on its toes and sensitive to the public's view of policy.
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These professional persuaders will spend an estimated two million pounds to bend the ears of the governing party .
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I understand why he chose this country, where the governing party is never rude, even when provoked, and unfailingly considerate.
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There has been a rising chorus of opposition to the governing parties from across the political spectrum.
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Fifty-four more companies - just over a third - giving to the governing party were thanked with knighthoods.
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Successive state elections have seen the governing parties pummelled by a dismayed electorate.
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The governing party doesn't really have a position in the country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the governing New Democracy Party dismissed calls for an early general election.
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Most schools reorganised their governing bodies in Autumn 1988.
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Successive state elections have seen the governing parties pummelled by a dismayed electorate.
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The governing body's decision was guided by three very important considerations: principle, existing practice, and time.
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The governing body is charged with managing the school within its delegated budget.
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The £100 will be paid directly to each governing body selected.
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The final selection will be based on local requirements and the information returned from governing bodies wishing to be considered for inclusion.
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Their recommendation to the governing body was not to establish a structure of sub-committees.