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Collocations for reform - noun

ADJ.

drastic, fundamental, great, important, major, radical, significant, substantial | comprehensive, far-reaching, sweeping, wholesale, wide-ranging | minor | piecemeal | new | further | immediate | rapid | much needed, necessary, overdue
Health care reform is long overdue.
effective | practical | moral, political, social | democratic, liberal | domestic, institutional, internal | procedural, structural | administrative, governmental | constitutional, electoral, judicial, law, legal, legislative | penal, prison | curriculum, educational | welfare | budgetary, economic, financial, monetary, tax | agrarian, agricultural, environmental, land

QUANT.

package

VERB + REFORM

adopt, bring about, introduce, put in place | push through
They wanted a weak president and a strong one-chamber parliament able to push through radical reforms.
carry out/through, implement, put into practice, undertake | accelerate
efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy
delay | block
The conservative coalition could delay further reforms or block them altogether.
accept, welcome | advocate, call for, press for, propose
They have issued a statement advocating reform of the legal system.
demand | back, encourage, support
We are committed to supporting democracy and reform in the region.
require
The practice of global politics requires reform.
plan | discuss

REFORM + VERB

go through
The reforms went through in spite of opposition from teachers.
aim at sth
tax reforms aimed at encouraging land development

REFORM + NOUN

process | movement | initiative, measure, package, programme | act, bill | policy

PREP.

~ in
reforms in housing and education

PHRASES

the need for reform, the pace of reform, a programme of reform, a timetable for reform

Collocations for reform - verb

ADV.

drastically, fundamentally, radically
The health service must be radically reformed.

VERB + REFORM

attempt to, seek to, try to

PHRASES

attempts/efforts/proposals to reform sth, a need to reform sth

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