Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
regulatory
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
regulatory barriers
▪ Regulatory barriers have been an obstacle to international co-operation between police forces.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
activity
▪ How is regulatory law translated into regulatory activity?
▪ In regulatory activities, the primary customers are not individuals but the community at large.
affair
▪ From that site, the company said, it will also manage worldwide drug regulatory affairs, business development and international marketing.
agency
▪ Both calls have been ruled inappropriate to the regulatory agency.
▪ Regulatory changes are matters of policy under the control of the relatively small number of Federal and State environmental regulatory agencies.
▪ Now, let us consider the options open to a regulatory agency.
▪ I hated all the regulations and the regulatory agencies that dogged my every step.
▪ In setting standards the water authorities, like other regulatory agencies, are confronted by two crucial problems.
▪ Because he works for a regulatory agency.
▪ The work of regulatory agencies was also undermined by budget cuts and a concerted unwillingness to enforce existing regulations.
▪ He has constantly tried to destroy the regulatory agencies.
approval
▪ The companies signed a contract for the venture last month, subject to regulatory approvals.
▪ The Baby Bell merger can be terminated by either company if regulatory approval is not received by March 31, 1997.
▪ The merger, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 1998, is still subject to regulatory approval.
▪ The companies said the venture is expected to be operational later this year, pending regulatory approvals.
▪ The offering, which requires regulatory approval, is expected to close Feb. 7.
▪ The agreement must still receive federal regulatory approval, which has been held up by the government shutdown.
▪ The acquisitions are pending transfer of franchise agreements and other regulatory approvals.
authority
▪ Investigation progress reports were issued to councillors, regulatory authorities and emergency services and public complaints were handled on a one-to-one basis.
▪ Pfaelzer also ordered Keating to pay $ 122 million in restitution to federal regulatory authorities.
▪ Teesside Operations is co-operating fully with all local and regulatory authorities in various studies to identify the causes of poor health.
▪ It appears that the regulatory authorities are extremely slow at detecting fraud.
▪ Is it once again the respective requirements placed upon each of them by their respective regulatory authorities?
▪ The deal has yet to be approved by the regulatory authorities.
▪ Importantly, the Directive requires regulatory authority in different member states to co-operate with each other and exchange information.
body
▪ An independent regulatory body should monitor the performance of all operators.
▪ It is a characteristic of both adjudicatory and regulatory bodies that they produce a binding determination of the issue before them.
▪ A key question is whether firms should be able to decide which regulatory body to join.
▪ If these regulatory bodies succeed, it will be one of the most interesting developments of the nineties.
▪ It will provide a national regulatory system and a regulatory body to replace those of individual cantons.
▪ Rayosan, patented by Pailthorpe, is made from commercially available chemicals approved by international regulatory bodies.
▪ Anglian has a reputation for careful handling of the regulatory bodies, Ofwat in particular.
burden
▪ More can be done to cut some of the regulatory burdens our shipping industry faces.
▪ Mr. Redwood I have received a number of representations from business men about the need to cut regulatory burdens.
▪ However, we are also committed to promoting productivity and competitiveness and are working hard to minimise the regulatory burden on businesses.
▪ Does he agree that minimising the regulatory burden on business is a worthy objective for any Government?
▪ It also announced plans to ease the regulatory burden on unions, and transfer their supervision to the Financial Services Authority.
change
▪ Shorter-maturity bonds will be especially popular, thanks to two other recent regulatory changes.
▪ The need for regulatory change had been mooted for some time. 2.2.1.
▪ Still other industries, such as manufacturing, will find it more difficult to accommodate regulatory change.
▪ Equally, regulatory change transformed financial services, but had lesser impact on chemicals.
▪ But, as with most regulatory changes, greater safety comes at a price.
control
▪ The moral dimension of the ambivalence surrounding regulatory control is most clearly exposed by regulatory rule-breaking.
▪ This is an area where we do not have a great deal of regulatory control.
▪ In particular, regulatory control is characterized by an ambivalence which has both political and moral dimensions.
▪ A series of measures-such as' Competition Credit Controlwere introduced to encourage investment and reduce regulatory controls on private sector investment decisions.
▪ Is regulation really defensible, or should the practice be left unfettered from regulatory controls?
decision
▪ Current data on which regulatory decisions are based, because they are incomplete, give an imprecise estimate of risk.
▪ Last week, the commission agreed to an internal reorganization plan that critics contend will weaken consumer involvement in future regulatory decisions.
environment
▪ But it's not merely Britain's regulatory environment that discourages internet usage; it's the attitude.
▪ We assess the factors behind the development of the markets, highlighting the importance of the regulatory environment and investor preferences.
framework
▪ Figure 12.4 shows the links between supervisors and institutions, and emphasises the complexity of the regulatory framework.
▪ The big polluters-oil and the power industries, Enron included-were allowed to draft their own regulatory framework.
▪ Act at all times in a manner that gives full effect to your obligations under the law and the regulatory framework.
▪ Particular emphasis placed on the problems of regulating and supervising financial conglomerates within the existing national regulatory framework.
▪ The legislative and regulatory framework applied to gas exploration is also included in the study.
▪ All the new autonomous communities established parliaments and a regulatory framework within four years of the promulgation of the new constitution.
▪ That power is given in clauses 1 and 2 and the regulatory framework is outlined in the accompanying schedules.
▪ Their legal status and their regulatory framework are another.
function
▪ A major review was undertaken of the Society's regulatory functions including practising certificates, accountant's reports and investment business certificates.
▪ The stimulation of commerce is a use of the regulatory function quite as definitely as prohibitions or restrictions thereon.
▪ Similarly, they know that competition makes little sense in most regulatory functions.
hurdle
▪ Analysts estimate sales could reach $ 300 million a year once regulatory hurdles are cleared and full marketing gets under way.
▪ Companies face state and federal regulatory hurdles before they can offer such deals.
▪ The transaction also must clear certain regulatory hurdles.
▪ It faces plenty of financing and regulatory hurdles.
issue
▪ Her mastery of the massive scandal's legal, political and regulatory issues is impressive, her documentation comprehensive.
▪ There are many regulatory issues of this general character.
▪ There is also a regulatory issue.
law
▪ But realism itself never developed an adequate theorization of regulatory law; the public law dimension to its theory was largely missing.
▪ How is regulatory law translated into regulatory activity?
mechanism
▪ Invoking state regulatory mechanisms to improve the quality of the service provided is likely to be complex.
▪ Maintaining competition Competition is the basic regulatory mechanism in a capitalistic economy.
▪ The above cell volume regulatory mechanisms have usually been demonstrated by suddenly exposing cells to large changes in medium osmolality.
▪ Therefore, cell volume regulatory mechanisms might also play a major role in balancing ion fluxes across the two membranes.
▪ However, such regulatory mechanisms have always been anathema to the newspaper industry.
▪ It is essential that there is some form of public participation in the regulatory mechanism.
policy
▪ Not withstanding this, any regulatory policy should have a rational basis.
▪ The findings are likely to generate important implications in terms of competitiveness, regional and labour market impact and regulatory policy.
▪ Moreover, their viewpoint has had a considerable impact upon practical regulatory policy.
process
▪ In addition, the Institute's own regulatory processes were extended to encompass new responsibilities in audit review.
▪ At first glance, it would seem that the kidney should perform this regulatory process by altering water excretion.
reform
▪ On March 19 it passed a regulatory reform bill, which is intended to lighten the weight of government on small businesses.
▪ Wilson told reporters in a year-end interview that there may be a move for more regulatory reform this year.
▪ A significant number of regulatory reforms were subsequently introduced.
regime
▪ One was a relatively liberal regulatory regime compared with other financial centres.
▪ Yet the regulatory regime he put in place is a meddlers' charter.
▪ Make no mistake, argues the broker, the regulatory regime for utilities will get tougher under the Conservatives.
▪ The regulatory regime does too little to protect cost-conscious customers.
▪ Moreover, the analysis of this chapter suggests that efficiency is likely to differ under different regulatory regimes.
▪ Mr. Redwood Overseas undertakings investing in the United Kingdom often comment favourably on our regulatory regime.
▪ It is clear that firms are taking the regulatory regime seriously; nearly all have taken steps to comply with audit regulations.
requirement
▪ Substantial investment programmes in information technology and new effluent treatment plant to meet the latest regulatory requirements were also initiated.
▪ Home inspectors conduct inspections of newly built homes to check that they meet all regulatory requirements.
▪ Locals have the benefit of special low capital and regulatory requirements.
▪ It also means granting tax breaks, easing regulatory requirements and reducing paperwork, she said.
▪ Compliance can also form a readily understood and testable basis of contractual or regulatory requirements.
▪ The greater difficulty is that eurobond houses are active in other markets where the regulatory requirements are more severe.
▪ Complaints focus particularly on the setup costs of reporting systems and more general costs of management time in meeting regulatory requirements.
▪ Since much seafood is imported, the regulatory requirements of other countries need to be examined too.
role
▪ This result agrees with that obtained in the transfections and we conclude that the upstream region plays a negative regulatory role.
▪ The difference between the Institute's disciplinary role and its regulatory role should become clear at this point.
▪ Most governments play either participating or regulatory roles in their economies.
▪ The increase in the regulatory role of public authorities provided further opportunity for the generalised application of the maxim.
rule
▪ Second, non-compliance with regulatory rules may be a ground upon which the court will refuse to enforce a stipulation of confidence.
▪ But the company sees state regulatory rules shaping up unfavorably for it, as a would-be competitor for residential customers.
▪ It can not, therefore, be depended on as an exclusive method for avoiding conflicts between fiduciary law and regulatory rules.
▪ Private investors are also given a new statutory action for damages for breaches of regulatory rules.
structure
▪ For example, informed discussion on proposed new regulatory structures tends to highlight crucial policy questions which require answers.
▪ Under a new regulatory structure being adopted by many states, the Bells have an incentive to reduce their costs.
▪ The regulatory structure for the banking system is almost entirely pro-cyclical.
▪ But there is little in the current regulatory structure which is designed to inspire the confidence of investors.
▪ Much of what is often praised in broadcasting is there because of a regulatory structure which encourages diversity in programming.
system
▪ Clearly, however, that does not mean that the City is riddled with fraud or that the regulatory system has failed.
▪ But our regulatory system is broken.
▪ An extreme area of concern is the extent to which the regulatory system will stifle financial innovation.
▪ It will take a lot of time and work to achieve substantive changes in the regulatory system.
▪ From this viewpoint, we have to modify our analysis of the regulatory system in certain ways.
▪ It attacks the fundamental flaws and loopholes in the campaign finance regulatory system adopted in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
▪ It is often transported for treatment and disposal across borders between countries and regions with different regulatory systems.
▪ It considers that this move is in line with the policy of simplifying the regulatory system.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Figure 12.4 shows the links between supervisors and institutions, and emphasises the complexity of the regulatory framework.
▪ Of course, these media do operate under constraints, based on regulatory guidelines for balanced and accurate content.
▪ Sometimes it has been satisfied that no further regulatory action is required.
Wiktionary
regulatory
a. Of or pertaining to regulation.
WordNet
regulatory
adj. restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" [syn: regulative]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "regulatory".
The biotech would need a lot of regulatory work, but even those were bankable if you knew they were real.
I enter loops, linked regulatory patterns more ingenious than theistic design.
Monroe himself ultimately adopted the broadest view of the spending power, from which, however, he carefully excluded any element of regulatory or police power.
Thus, the Eurodollar market has expanded largely as a means of avoiding the regulatory costs involved in dollar-denominated financial intermediation.
Commonwealth society could not have functioned without an army of Dull Intelligences to oversee routine regulatory and analytical functions.
In their normal state organisms are buffered against the effects of many internal and external changes by homeostatic regulatory devices.
FCC regulations, it makes a mockery of the antitrust laws, to say nothing of the SEC, OSHA, ICC, WARK, and a half a dozen other regulatory agencies.
The doors closed, the lift juddered upwards again and the woman's voice announced: 'Level Six, Department of Magical Transportation, incorporating the Floo Network Authority, Broom Regulatory Control, Portkey Office and Apparation Test Centre.
He had stolen billions of dollars and violated a bookful of criminal, financial, and commercial regulatory laws.
Exploiting Frank White's dependence on donations from large utility companies, Clinton had campaigned for direct popular election of the state utility regulatory board, which was then appointed by the governor.
Because British municipal governments had invested heavily in gas lighting and placed regulatory obstacles in the way of the competing electric light companies.
For the six years he'd served, he had instigated countless studies, directed frontal assaults, given a thousand anti-smoking speeches, written three books on the subject, and pushed agencies for tougher regulatory controls.
An intraoffice memo obtained from Canada’s Bureau of Veterinary Drugs states that Dr Ritter’s name was subtly suggested to the bureau’s director in an August 1997 phone call from Dr David Kowalczyk, Monsanto’s regulatory affairs honcho.
This gene encoded a different regulatory protein, which provided a sodium ion channel on the surface of heart cells.
In Bosnia, these efforts included modernizing agriculture, reviving and reforming education, restoring health care (including by rebuilding hospitals and modernizing equipment and practices), repairing infrastructure, building and repairing housing, restoring sanitation and sewage services, restructuring and reforming the police force, establishing the rule of law, training lawyers and judges, building political parties, promoting transparency and accountability in governance, restoring and modernizing the energy sector, promoting the adoption of international standards of accounting, developing a regulatory banking system, privatizing industry, creating capital markets for investment, providing loans for the start-up of new companies, and building an independent media and other political institutions.