ADJ
- strict, tight, tough
- increased
- government, international, official, professional, public, state
- legal, statutory
- self, voluntary
- economic, environmental, financial
- price, temperature
VERB + REGULATION
- call for, demand
- They are calling for tighter regulation of the industry
- introduce
- be subject to
- Theatre, cinema and broadcasting are all subject to regulation by local authorities
PREP
- ~ by
- regulation by local authorities
ADJ
- strict, stringent, tighter, tougher
- The Act imposes more stringent regulations on atmospheric pollution
- draft
- emergency
- statutory
- building, fire, hygiene, planning, safety, traffic, etc.
- EU, federal, government, international, official
- prison, school
VERB + REGULATION
- comply with, conform to, meet, observe, satisfy
- To comply with government hygiene regulations, there must be a separate sink for hand washing
- breach, break, contravene, flout, infringe
- adopt, bring in, impose, introduce, issue, make
- These restrictions are set out in regulations made by the minister
- liberalize, relax
- The government is under pressure to relax censorship regulations
- tighten
- enforce
- In practice, the regulations are rarely enforced
REGULATION + VERB
- be designed to
- The regulations are designed to encourage lower consumption of water
- control sth, govern sth, protect sth
- regulations governing trade and industry
- impose sth, require sth, restrict sth, specify sth, stipulate sth
- Regulations require water authorities to test sea water for bacteria
- apply (to sth)
- These regulations apply to all cows sold after June 1998
- come into force
REGULATION + NOUN
- uniform, white shirt, etc.
- She was wearing the regulation school uniform
PREP
- against (the) ~s
- It's against safety regulations to fix these doors open
- in (the) ~
- The limits are specified in the regulations
- under (the) ~
- Under the new regulations, each worker must have a rest every two hours
- ~s concerning/ regarding
- There are strict regulations concerning the adoption of children
- ~ on
- regulations on hygiene
PHRASES
- a breach of the regulations, compliance with a regulation, in accordance with (the) regulations
- The notice is in accordance with Regulation 7
- rules and regulations
