adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a preventative/precautionary measure (= something done to prevent something bad )
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Vaccination against disease is a sensible preventative measure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
demand
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It can be argued that rates of interest may also influence the precautionary demand .
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The increased use of credit cards in recent years has reduced both the transactions and precautionary demands .
measure
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Tobacco that tolerates salinity is a precautionary measure against the rising tides that a changing climate will bring.
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Center Jelani McCoy did not participate in the defensive drills as a precautionary measure .
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Short confidentiality clauses in standard conditions are really only precautionary measures to be relied upon in an emergency.
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One resident was taken to hospital with chest pains as a precautionary measure but was released after a check-up.
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Nevertheless, it is a serious condition if the eye is affected, and sensible precautionary measures should be taken.
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Nine more were taken in as a precautionary measure while firefighters ventilated the building and removed the canisters involved.
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Nevertheless, it was time to take a little precautionary measure .
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The issue probably deserved more consultation and more precautionary measures .
principle
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It is therefore easier to prevent development on the basis of the precautionary principle , rather than look for possible solutions.
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The precautionary principle was one of many sparks that ignited protests during the World Trade Organisation meetings in Seattle last year.
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NGOs are also working to implement the precautionary principle at a local level.
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Our responsibility to future generations - the benchmark of 2012 - research - acting on the precautionary principle .
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However, the commission also subsumes the precautionary principle under a broader framework of risk analysis.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday, but had a precautionary brain scan and reported fit this morning.
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But the decision to give antibiotics to Yeltsin may have been precautionary and not indicative of his condition.
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It can be argued that rates of interest may also influence the precautionary demand.
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The precautionary principle was one of many sparks that ignited protests during the World Trade Organisation meetings in Seattle last year.
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The Communist moves then, however, were largely precautionary .
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The seasoned fighter would be well aware of this and would take precautionary counter-measures.
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Unfortunately, the very live bat bit back, and Osbourne underwent a painful series of precautionary rabies injections.