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  • verb Present participle of regularise.

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Examples

  • They claim 'regularising' the status of illegal immigrants would increase tax revenues by

    Gates of Vienna 2009

  • Gifford, a much more obscure figure who was said to be shy and awkward, polished up Austen's manuscripts, smoothing out the style, regularising the punctuation, introducing the famous exquisitely placed semicolons and eliminating her blizzards of dashes.

    Pride, prejudice and poor punctuation Maev Kennedy 2010

  • I note that, only yesterday, Golias predicted that the Pope was planning on regularising the S.S.P.X in some way, sooner rather than later.

    Motu Proprio "Ecclesiae Unitatem" - in English 2009

  • It is a matter of regularising what is already custom and practice in the socialist republics of Britain.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Further, we have had to speed up the process of regularising our land-use management system.

    The budget vote of The Presidency 2007

  • Anything you did before that was merely regularising the fluxes.

    Granted, I Haven't Made an Exhaustive Review... Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • "We feel that this will address the ambiguities and contradictions currently existing in regularising the industry," said Sweat's advocacy co-ordinator Althea MacQuene.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Act, aimed at regularising terminology in relation to persons with disabilities.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • The Act requires that the Board be established with 5 members but it does not provide guidelines as to what constitutes a quorum for the purpose of regularising meetings of the Board.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Hugh Corder - said the steps were aimed at regularising both administrative and financial accountability to Parliament.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

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