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单词 approval
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approval
(əprvəl )
Word forms: approvals
1. uncountable noun [oft with poss] B2
If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.
...efforts to win congressional approval for an aid package for Moscow.
The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case.
The proposed modifications met with widespread approval.
Synonyms: consent, agreement, sanction, licence  
2. variable noun B2
Approval is a formal or official statement that something is acceptable.
The testing and approval of new drugs will be speeded up.
3. uncountable noun [usually with poss] B2
If someone or something has your approval, you like and admire them.
His son had an obsessive drive to gain his father's approval.
The president's approval rating had risen.
Synonyms: favour, liking, regard, respect  
4. seal of approval phrase [PHRASE after verb]
If a person or organization gives something their seal of approval or their stamp of approval, they officially say that they like it or think it is acceptable.
Ministers have put their seal of approval on the proposal.
Last November the commission gave its stamp of approval to the deal.
pragmatics note:   approvalIn this dictionary, the label approval indicates that you use the word or expression to show that you like or admire the person or thing you are talking about. An example of a word with this label is broad-minded.
Collocations:
approval procedure
It was struck down due to an error in the approval procedure, an objection the court has also presented towards other bills.
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The various state laws do not foresee a review of the level of the efficiency of investments and operations as part of the tariff approval procedure.
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The posters were taken down after customer complaints because agreed approval procedures had not been followed.
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Appropriate government consultation, planning and approval procedures also help to minimize environmental risks.
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The committee provides information to investors on laws, taxes and state policies as well as a one-stop service, which has simplified approval procedures and raised efficiency.
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approval rate
The average approval rate across all forces was 96 per cent, the campaign group said.
Times, Sunday Times
The current approval rate means that more turbines will be installed in the next three years than were in the previous seventeen.
Times, Sunday Times
When they were told that they might be paid thousands of dollars a year to accept it, the approval rate halved.
Times, Sunday Times
Prospective users submitted nearly 1000 proposals in the period 2008-2012, with an approval rate of 64%.
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The approval rate for his government was such high that in the next municipal elections his party won with an overwhelming majority.
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await approval
But, tellingly, he also noted that he needed to await approval from his superiors to disclose details of the outbreak.
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Officially, the go-ahead awaits approval by the new owners.
Times, Sunday Times
The settlement awaits approval by the courts and could face legal challenges from investors.
Times, Sunday Times
A congression-al plan to spend a further $2.2 billion, extending double fence fortification 800 miles eastwards, awaits approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The eagerly awaited approval lifted 888 shares 4¼p to 44½p.
Times, Sunday Times
board approval
Though he had gotten full board approval, the matter was not adequately communicated to the congregation.
Christianity Today
They claim that they alone are aware of some needs, and need the flexibility to respond quickly without waiting for board approval.
Christianity Today
The takeover has unanimous board approval from both companies.
Times, Sunday Times
This was the first time in nearly 20 years that a rival bidder had sought to gatecrash a privately negotiated deal that had received board approval.
Times, Sunday Times
His hiring will require board approval.
Houston Chronicle
committee approval
In 2006 our team received ethical committee approval to proceed with screening patients for facial transplantation.
Times, Sunday Times
It's managed pretty well without committee approval for the past two centuries.
Times, Sunday Times
He said the bidders were adamant they could fund a deal but the market uncertainty had made it difficult for them to secure credit committee approval.
Times, Sunday Times
With executive committee approval, and only with reserve status, they can still play.
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Changing an external auditor typically also requires audit committee approval.
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congressional approval
The panel proposed two pieces of unprecedented legislation that won congressional approval.
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Some argue the fact that other presidents have gone to war without congressional approval sets a precedent that now supersedes the constitution.
Times, Sunday Times
All to be achieved by administrative regulations rather than congressional approval.
Times, Sunday Times
To secure congressional approval for his tax cuts he has to demonstrate that they will be self-financing, which will not be easy.
Times, Sunday Times
The organization received congressional approval for exemption from copyright and free postal distribution of talking books.
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council approval
Under the plan, landlords would regain control of properties only if they produce a tenant that wins council approval.
The Sun
If re-elected the mayor plans to seek council approval to initiate a competition for designs, with construction work to begin two years after later.
Times, Sunday Times
Another 220 projects on greenfield sites are waiting for council approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The legal camp, which was set up with council approval by 40 families in the 1970s, consists of gleaming chalets and immaculate yards with iron gates.
The Sun
Companies would still need council approval to extract.
Times, Sunday Times
court approval
R3 has recommended a 21-day moratorium, extendable to 42 days only with court approval and insolvency practitioner oversight.
Times, Sunday Times
Final court approval could be granted for the deal as early as today.
Times, Sunday Times
But any change needs court approval.
The Sun
The accord needs court approval.
Houston Chronicle
The sale, pending court approval, could close as early as next week.
Houston Chronicle
crave approval
She may not be able to learn simple rules or observe people's physical boundaries, and she may crave approval and attention to the point of mania.
Times, Sunday Times
You can tell he's desperate to be loved and craves approval in away that's unnatural even among politicians.
Times,Sunday Times
She knows that she can trade on her big blue eyes and high cheekbones, but craves approval as a sportswoman.
Times, Sunday Times
delay approval
The decision to delay approval represents the second blow in less than a month.
Times, Sunday Times
The architects have urged city hall to delay approval until a comprehensive plan has been submitted.
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All of these changes delayed approval of the detailed design until 1951.
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They succeeded only in delaying approval, however.
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ethical approval
I'm currently trying to gain ethical approval for a microchip to be inserted into my head and that of one of my colleagues.
Times, Sunday Times
After seven years of consultation and inquiry that have revealed broad public, scientific and ethical approval, the government has proposed regulations that would allow these families to benefit.
Times, Sunday Times
A subsequent review of the ethical approval process for the project found no evidence of harm, discomfort, ridicule or exploitation to the participants.
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explicit approval
The explicit approval or encouragement of his friends gave him the courage to be ever bolder in his attire, he claimed.
The Times Literary Supplement
Let's be clear: we do not show even a single full page of a copyrighted work unless we have the explicit approval of the copyright holder.
Times, Sunday Times
It required explicit approval for virtually everything; it didn't even allow companies to market products to existing customers without their consent.
Globe and Mail
The cap limits payouts to 100 per cent of salary or 200 per cent with explicit approval from shareholders.
Times, Sunday Times
Each and every use would require the explicit approval.
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express approval
And not that they don't express approval for those who still engage people in persuasive conversations.
Christianity Today
He said in his letter that he had the express approval of the two judges involved.
Globe and Mail
The drafted wrestlers generally expressed approval of the draft and described what they hoped their experiences would be with their new brand.
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Members of the district council expressed approval of the development plan.
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Ultimately the sisters decide to answer together, both expressing approval.
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federal approval
The agreement still requires state and federal approval.
Houston Chronicle
The bill would have required each transaction involving pseudoephedrine to be reported to the government, and federal approval of all imports and exports.
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Federal approval has been given for both segments.
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Only a lack of a key federal approval thwarted the bridge project.
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There are other programs also in review for federal approval.
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final approval
Then the park district held public hearings, received only positive feedback, and they too gave final approval.
Christianity Today
Because of this, we operated in limbo, and didn't have much time to ready it for final approval.
Christianity Today
I also participate in hundreds of decisions for which people come to me for final approval.
Christianity Today
The transport secretary must give the final approval.
Times,Sunday Times
Final approval of sites would be subject to a 'test of public support', yet to be decided.
Times, Sunday Times
formal approval
It gave the first phase formal approval in 2017.
Times,Sunday Times
Formal approval of the aforementioned leukaemia treatment could lead to a reappraisal of what some analysts reckon could be a $1bn blockbuster.
Times, Sunday Times
The government refers to the vote as a survey rather than a referendum because the latter would have required formal approval by parliament.
Times, Sunday Times
Only 28 countries have given formal approval so far.
Times, Sunday Times
Following formal approval by the university's governing boards, her appointment was made official three days later.
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full approval
The two airlines are expected to continue to operate separately for about a year until the deal receives full approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Emergency-use authorisation allows use under particular circumstances before full approval.
Times,Sunday Times
To make us feel comfortable while we chat, your eyes need to beam full approval.
Times, Sunday Times
A decision on whether to grant full approval to continue was due today.
The Sun
He expanded on her work - not always with her full approval - causing an increase in public disquiet.
Times, Sunday Times
gain approval
Should the initial offer gain approval from the main shareholders, a formal offer will follow.
Times, Sunday Times
However, they must first gain approval their makeover, which includes plans for solar panels and a 'two-storey void'.
Times, Sunday Times
Acting to gain approval fromothers leads only to further neediness.
Times, Sunday Times
Fertility experts cautioned that the long-term effects are not yet clear and that, even if shown to be safe, it would be several years before the technique could gain approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The company plans to file its application in mid-2003 and hopes to gain approval in 2004.
Globe and Mail
give approval
A vet would have to give approval and the birds would need to be kept under surveillance, away from other poultry.
Times, Sunday Times
For the security services, a minister must give approval; for the police, a chief constable.
Times, Sunday Times
The attorney-general would have to give approval for prosecutions and decide if the case was in the public interest.
Times, Sunday Times
The last remaining capital control requires authorities to give approval for businesses sending large amounts overseas and individual travellers taking more than €10,000 (7,400) out of the country.
Times, Sunday Times
She said she knew the head would not give approval, but explained she was willing to pay the 60 penalty fine the school's absence policy stated would be incurred.
Times, Sunday Times
government approval
They make up 29 per cent of those with government approval.
canada.com
Experts say it will take five years to develop and get government approval.
The Sun
Long gilts outperformed after news that policymakers want government approval to start buying gilts.
Times, Sunday Times
Sources said he had requested government approval for an additional 75,000.
Times, Sunday Times
Any matches behind closed doors would require government approval and safety would not be compromised.
Times,Sunday Times
grant approval
They want to make a vaccine available a year later if the project succeeds and regulators grant approval.
Times,Sunday Times
More than 10,000 people signed an online petition calling on the council not to grant approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Many governments have been reluctant in recent times to grant approval for tidal barrages.
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They also promulgate and enforce playing rules and equipment specifications, conduct world championships, oversee zone championships and grant approval for other international tournaments.
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Cabinet ministers have been granting approval to pay increases for their political advisers of up to 36 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
initial approval
Just 16 free schools were given initial approval this week and invited to submit business plans to open next year.
Times, Sunday Times
After the senate gave its initial approval to the nominee, he was then formally elected by the people, and then received the senate's final approval.
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Groundbreaking and construction finally began in 1997, twenty years after the initial approval.
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Festival coordinators explained that their rule was to exclude groups marching to represent controversial or political issues, and that the initial approval was an error.
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Once the interrex found a suitable nominee for the kingship, he presented this nominee to the senate for an initial approval.
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judicial approval
The police would not have access to the content of internet searches and social media messaging without judicial approval.
Times, Sunday Times
More likely to win judicial approval are the paper's plans for less involvement by ministers in appointments.
Times, Sunday Times
He believed the police should not be able to see a journalist's phone calls without 'prior judicial approval'.
Times, Sunday Times
New guidelines introduced as a stop-gap earlier this year encourage the police to seek judicial approval before seizing phone data, but these guidelines do not have the force of law.
Times, Sunday Times
Subject to judicial approval, they could offer frightened witnesses complete anonymity.
Times, Sunday Times
legislative approval
By the 1820s, it required legislative approval for each act of manumission.
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This wave of municipal reformations was fomented by legislation that allowed a borough to be created by a referendum with no further legislative approval required.
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In 1882, he obtained legislative approval of changes in the department which gave him immense power.
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On the fast side of communications, it would provide legislative approval for a new peacetime instrument of foreign policy.
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However, presidential systems often need legislative approval of executive nominations to the cabinet, judiciary, and various lower governmental posts.
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loan approval
As well as listening to their needs, our regional credit teams allow 95% of loan approval decisions to be made locally.
Times, Sunday Times
Each branch has loan approval rights subject to the branch managers authorized lending limits.
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The main reason for the decline in loan approvals, he said, was that banks did not want to take the risk.
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That means loan approvals are being held up.
Times,Sunday Times
However, the numbers are still well below the level of loan approvals in 2011.
Times, Sunday Times
majority approval
They seemed afraid that a verbal explosion was imminent, only to discover that when we finally voted, we had either unanimous or overwhelming majority approval.
Christianity Today
Opinion polls show consistent support for more grammar schools and majority approval among those who vote for all the main parties.
Times, Sunday Times
Sales taxes imposed for general governmental purposes are subject to simple majority approval.
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Each entrant with majority approval went on to a second panel.
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necessary approval
A quarter revealed they had not signed the necessary approval form because it conflicted with their moral beliefs.
The Sun
Frank discovered this once after a program he'd long dreamed of didn't gain the necessary approval and funding.
Christianity Today
Can we secure the necessary approval from our denominational headquarters to do that?
Christianity Today
As a result, every one of the seven possibilities failed to secure the necessary approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Usually employers go through agencies and agents to procure the foreign workers with the necessary approval and payment receipt.
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need approval
Universal basic income would need approval by the city council.
Times, Sunday Times
The series would need approval from both governments.
Times, Sunday Times
They still need approval for use at home.
Times,Sunday Times
It did not even need approval from its planning committee because the planning officer's say-so sufficed.
Times, Sunday Times
The plan will still need approval by some countries' parliaments.
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obtain approval
The contract requires the younger pair to obtain approval for certain large investments and their strategy must also be signed off.
Times, Sunday Times
Both companies will have had to obtain approval for staff to pursue projects at home, renegotiating contracts involving data and secrecy.
Times,Sunday Times
When an embassy or consulate needs to change its bank account, it has to obtain approval from its home government.
Times, Sunday Times
In fact, once you get the right site, you can fill in the form and obtain approval easily by answering simple questions such as your name and passport number.
Times, Sunday Times
You can change the name of your property provided you obtain approval from the local council.
Times, Sunday Times
official approval
He expects to get official approval for the plans next week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is a stamp of official approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
parental approval
While it's ideal to have parental approval for your relationship, ultimately, as adults, you must make your own choices.
The Sun
In the ancient world, in order to have a marriage you had to have parental approval.
Christianity Today
Once you're free, you must decide whether you and your stepsister's feelings are strong enough to stay the course, with or without parental approval.
The Sun
In other words, rather than being able to make your own personal life choices, you require parental approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Many more clearly have parental approval.
Times, Sunday Times
parliamentary approval
It would require any future government introducing a cap to secure parliamentary approval, locking down existing policy commitments in primary legislation for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times
Legislation in such terms would be unlikely to win parliamentary approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The second fence, getting parliamentary approval, will be tricky.
Times, Sunday Times
These were crude tactics to get parliamentary approval and some degree of grudging acceptance from a sceptical public.
Times, Sunday Times
Executive orders, which temporarily bypass the need for parliamentary approval, are used mainly in emergencies.
Times, Sunday Times
peer approval
With this comes the need and desire to take risks as well as the need to fit in and gain peer approval.
Times, Sunday Times
It's important for parents to discuss peer approval.
Times, Sunday Times
With it comes peer approval, a feeling of belonging, a chance to measure up to older friends and siblings.
Times, Sunday Times
The behavioural effects are most pronounced among young people who grew up immersed in the internet and are at an age to crave peer approval most keenly.
Times, Sunday Times
Points and peer approval are reduced when a participant chows, or fails to reach shore and sinks into the water.
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permit approval
This was a major step in the planning permit approval process.
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The overall height of the antenna system at 70 feet above ground level was an aid in securing permit approval and acceptance by nearby residents.
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He essentially worked as a bank, reported a friend, making comparatively high-risk loans to projects pending permit approval.
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Upon permit approval this will include a managed bike park in the year round plan.
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Throughout the years, various use permit approvals were granted for the expansion of the site.
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plan approval
Converting living space into a workshop or studio for homeworking, thus reducing travelling, requires planning approval and may lead to an increased council tax bill.
Times, Sunday Times
My neighbour has been granted planning approval to construct a two-storey extension to his home 20cm from the boundary.
Times, Sunday Times
Under a new zoning system for planning approvals, all land will be designated into three categories: for renewal, for growth and for protection.
Times,Sunday Times
Critics say planning approvals do not get in the way of homes being built.
Times,Sunday Times
You see planning applications up, planning approvals up, and the percentage of planning approvals up.
Times, Sunday Times
planning approval
Each of the three sites are located next to existing nuclear reactors - which should help them to win planning approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The consultation ends next month, well ahead of the usual statutory measures that will kick in once the project has received formal planning approval.
Times, Sunday Times
By not having planning approval, my house could be demolished.
Times, Sunday Times
The 27 licences to firms in the 33billion industry will need planning approval.
The Sun
All these projects depend on years of environmental and planning approval.
Times, Sunday Times
preliminary approval
His bill won preliminary approval, 124-16.
Houston Chronicle
Developers have been given preliminary approval to build a four-storey hotel, flats and retail outlets just across the river from the palace - to the fury of its guardians.
Times, Sunday Times
The library received preliminary approval, although a few issues were raised.
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This amounts to preliminary approval of the bill in that branch.
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As a result the preliminary approval was withdrawn and the permit process was put on hold until the issue could be further investigated.
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presidential approval
In 1981, this provision was amended to eliminate the requirement for presidential approval.
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It did not take much more than this presidential approval to get many school districts across the country on board.
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The fourth step concerns presidential approval and publication.
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prior approval
There were to be no new classes without his prior approval.
Christianity Today
And in theory they are supposed to get prior approval, which could take months.
The Sun
The developer had to apply to the planning authority to determine whether prior approval was required for the proposed works.
Times, Sunday Times
Applicants do not need to apply for full planning permission, but must submit a much simpler 'prior approval' application.
Times, Sunday Times
We have obtained prior approval, but we haven't yet got a builder in place, so will not be able to achieve this deadline.
Times, Sunday Times
project approval
There were delays due to delays in the project approval process, especially in relation to the elimination of level crossings.
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Other types of studies, such as socio-economic assessments, are also necessary prior to project approval.
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Due to delays in the project approval process, some measures were implemented later, especially the elimination of level crossings.
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City workers within project approval departments should become conversant in retail, and the city can create programs in which account managers shepherd grocery store projects through the approval process.
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public approval
I discern little evidence of public approval of the war.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet they like (and, to be elected, need) public approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly we all crave virtual friends, 'likes', tweets and public approval.
The Sun
By the time he left in 2009 the city's police force had the country's highest public approval rating.
Times, Sunday Times
Part of you, though, suspects it might also be an exercise in trying to score cheap public approval points.
Times, Sunday Times
receive approval
However, ministers frequently travel to meetings and receive approval retrospectively.
Times, Sunday Times
Dubious projects continue to receive approval, however, mainly because of their contribution to local tax bases and employment.
Times, Sunday Times
This helped the group receive approval from a wider population.
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Within these acts are the regulations on how to apply and receive approval.
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No studios have received approvals for any films to be shown in the first two months of next year.
Times, Sunday Times
recommend approval
Last week, council officers said they would recommend approval of the fertiliser ingredient mine, which would sit in a national park.
Times, Sunday Times
The final report of the planners who carried out the public inquiry had recommended approval for the project.
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Although a parliamentary committee recommended approval, it went down to defeat on the third reading.
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regulatory approval
The programme is the last stop on the long road to regulatory approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The sale was agreed last year but has faced months of delays in gaining regulatory approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The company plans to apply for regulatory approval for it to be used to help diagnose diseases such as cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If it can win regulatory approval, it may pay back the cash as early as this week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The bank added that the bid was conditional on regulatory approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
require approval
According to Egyptian law, presidential approval is required for any new church to be built but mosques tend to spring up with comparative ease.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is because, at the moment, any work carried out to the exterior of the property would require the approval of the freeholder and managing agents.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Payments of more than 5,000 required approval by the board of trustees.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The proposals require the approval of 75 per cent of each of the many classes of noteholder.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
required approval
Payments of more than 5,000 required approval by the board of trustees.
Times, Sunday Times
Thousands of trained and registered heating engineers and builders will be excluded from the scheme because they have not spent up to 2,000 obtaining the required approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Under the terms of the notes, the board's proposals would have required approval by each of the 16 classes by a margin of 75 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
The vote (which required approval of the voters in both districts) was 89% in favor of consolidation.
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Even today it can only be worked by vehicles that have the required approval.
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secure approval
They propose a new system whereby a single, web-based submission form can be used to secure approval for all research.
Times, Sunday Times
Pearl said its 'strong preference' was to secure approval for its bid.
Times, Sunday Times
It also would exempt companies from certain shareholder protections, such as the need to secure approval before embarking on big asset purchases or disposals.
Times, Sunday Times
She appears far short of the 326 parliamentary votes needed to secure approval for it.
Times, Sunday Times
In an effort to retain companies downtown, the incubator secured approval to demolish a row of vacant buildings nearby to clear space for expansion.
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seek approval
Leaders who are driven are trying to seek approval for something.
Christianity Today (2000)
In recent years, politicians seeking approval for their work ethic have often called for MPs to take shorter holidays.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
shareholder approval
More detailed shareholder approval would be reqired to ensure that the discretion was subject to appropriate checks.
Times, Sunday Times
Of the 140 companies studied, only 14 received less than 80% shareholder approval for executive remuneration packages.
Times, Sunday Times
There are suggestions that the bid would be raised to win shareholder approval.
Times, Sunday Times
The group also wants shareholder approval for the issue of share warrants totalling up to €2.7 billion (1.9 billion), should it receive an unwanted takeover bid.
Times, Sunday Times
Proceeds from the placement, which requires shareholder approval, will pay for the company's 2006-07 production development programme.
Times, Sunday Times
tacit approval
His comments seem intended to lend weight to his argument that he acted with the tacit approval of bank executives, according to lawyers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why give tacit approval to the shabby treatment meted out to savers?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Being in this film, then, is tacit approval of what the film is trying to say.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It seemed that from the top there was tacit approval of doping.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is a retreat inward and a tacit approval of injustice in society.
Christianity Today (2000)
unanimous approval
In polling terms, that's as close as you get to unanimous approval.
Times, Sunday Times
But he delivered a jive meeting with unanimous approval.
The Sun
But two of them got a reprieve in an amendment that got unanimous approval.
Houston Chronicle
The deal has received unanimous approval from both boards of directors.
Times, Sunday Times
In our corner of the sporting world, the decision did not engender unanimous approval.
Times,Sunday Times
universal approval
Although there has not been universal approval among the drivers, as a group they were in favour of its planned implementation next season.
Times, Sunday Times
But they are unlikely to meet with universal approval.
Times, Sunday Times
But this approach to teaching the subject doesn't get universal approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Its decisions are thus unlikely ever to command universal approval, even among its own members.
Times,Sunday Times
Despite yesterday's near-7 per cent jump in the share price, this view did not meet universal approval.
Times, Sunday Times
vote of approval
His speech, rewarded with a unanimous vote of approval, was delivered without rancour but with the full moral force of the blameless.
Times, Sunday Times
The market also gave its vote of approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Usually, the names of a club's prospective members are placed in a nominations book by sponsors and are subject to a vote of approval by a committee of senior members.
Times, Sunday Times
Early citizens tasked with incorporation of their small town formed a new school district and petitioned the county court for a vote of approval.
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voter approval
Voter approval, however, isn't needed for this partnership.
Houston Chronicle
But polls show that already they command some 55 per cent of voter approval.
Times, Sunday Times
It would not require voter approval.
Houston Chronicle
That would require voter approval.
Houston Chronicle
Since 1961, its board has had the right to sell bonds without voter approval.
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widespread approval
Not that my dream hols would be met with widespread approval.
Times, Sunday Times
A change to the prescribed script will meet with widespread approval, not to say relief.
Times, Sunday Times
And your single-minded style wins widespread approval.
The Sun
A viewer known on the forum for sketching the bears posted his latest work, to widespread approval.
Times, Sunday Times
It would also surely meet with widespread approval, as the least we could do in homesupport.
Times, Sunday Times
win approval
Two motions to give effect to the plans won approval of 99.9 and 92.6 per cent of shareholders that voted.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The new plans won approval after the couple agreed to build closer to the adjoining property.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Any parties interested in Entertainment Rights will have to win the approval of of number of large investors.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He also won the approval of the most respected man in the village.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Councils have applied but either withdrew their applications or failed to win approval.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 批准
Japanese: 承認
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