I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
redress the balance ( also restore the balance British English ) (= make it equal or correct again )
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What can be done to redress the balance in favour of women?
redress...imbalance (= put it right )
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The government must redress the imbalance in spending on black and white children.
redress/remedy a grievance formal (= do something to make a problem better )
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Governments which have not redressed genuine grievances often pay a heavy price later on.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
balance
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By establishing formal links with the universities, and international specialists, they hope to redress the balance .
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So when the press was biased towards the political right, television coverage would redress the balance by leaning to the left.
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If there is any point at all to democratic government it is, surely, to redress the balance in our favour.
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In other words, it was only through hostilities that the Spartans felt they could redress the balance .
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These groupings within the general community of women need special attention to redress the balance of lack of opportunity.
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They also hoped to redress the balance of the problems caused by the Conservatives.
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Helping to redress the balance is G-DHCB, seen here at Lee-on-Solent where it undertook water trials during the summer months.
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If I really had the courage of my convictions, I reasoned, I ought to redress the balance at least slightly.
imbalance
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Saving Sierra Leone is, as much as anything else, about redressing the awful imbalance in life chances the war created.
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To redress the imbalance between the photograph and the original he emphasizes the need for more original art in more public places.
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Active partnership with the private sector is being sought to redress this imbalance .
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I want as well to redress some imbalances in recent academic accounts of the period known as the sixties.
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It redresses the imbalance in the existing historical literature of the period, which is heavily weighted in favour of economic and political issues.
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On a wider note, authors need to organise themselves to redress the current imbalance of power.
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Solving the problem A pressing need in reforming medical education is to redress the imbalance between teaching, research, and administration.
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It is hoped that this work may play some small part in redressing this imbalance .
situation
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If this happens, it is then impossible to redress the situation .
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But, for a few months, de Lattre infused his troops with the conviction that they might redress the dismal situation .
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But little could be done to redress the situation since the houses were in just as bad a position as the growers.
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The long term implications have not been fully considered, a situation this project seeks to redress .
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Any attempt to redress the situation backfired.
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They wanted something to be done, quickly, to redress the situation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Congress has done little to redress these injustices.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But we should be clear that we are redressing a difference, not discovering an identity.
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But, for a few months, de Lattre infused his troops with the conviction that they might redress the dismal situation.
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If this happens, it is then impossible to redress the situation.
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In other words, it was only through hostilities that the Spartans felt they could redress the balance.
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Saving Sierra Leone is, as much as anything else, about redressing the awful imbalance in life chances the war created.
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She felt constrained creatively by the reactions of the critics, even making conscious interventions to redress their interpretations.
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So when the press was biased towards the political right, television coverage would redress the balance by leaning to the left.
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To redress the imbalance between the photograph and the original he emphasizes the need for more original art in more public places.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
legal
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Neither the trustees of the estate nor the outraged relatives have any form of legal redress .
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However, it was pointed out that legal redress isn't always obtainable, discrimination against women being an analogy.
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The danger is that your rights of legal redress in such cases will be limited or non-existent in practice.
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The workers fear it may be sold, but they've no legal redress .
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If these conditions were not met, the would-be entrepreneur could seek legal redress .
■ VERB
seek
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This leaflet is designed to outline the procedures through which you, the customer, can register your views or seek redress .
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One remains a slave for as long as one still addresses the master and seeks redress from the master.
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Several said that they would seek redress through the courts.
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If the answer is positive then the employer can seek redress .
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Employees aggrieved by the actions of their employers may seek redress through the courts or at an industrial tribunal.
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The leaders of the mainstream opposition are seeking redress in the courts, not out on the streets.
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Any member of the scheme who felt that the terms of the trust were being abused could seek redress under trust law.
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If they don't come up to scratch, we can complain to their professional body and seek redress .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The courts provide the means of redress for victims of crime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of the limited liability of shareholders, creditors had no redress .
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Equally, you may have a right of redress if you are dismissed for failure to comply with an unjust order.
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It is normal to restrict both the amounts involved and the timescale for seeking redress .
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One remains a slave for as long as one still addresses the master and seeks redress from the master.
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The families of the victims chose to pursue the action because it was the only form of redress open to them.
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Unless there is any redress to this distortion, the marginal products of labour will not be equal.
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We had no one to speak for us, we had no redress .
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We were wrong to look for redress from others when we should be taking the wrong done to our master upon ourselves.