Red tape
red tape (noun) - official rules and procedures that cause delay and that often seem unnecessary
government red tape
cut red tape
deregulation and cutting red tape
hampered by excessive red tape
hampered by rules of procedure which became such a straitjacket
red tape and bureaucracy
bureaucratic red tape
official red tape
annoying red tape
working underground because of red tape
newer regulations with as little red tape as possible
an avalanche of red tape
a morass of red tape
funding red tape
slammed over funding red tape
enmeshed in red tape
red tape surrounding X
red tape surrounding a project
red tape surrounding the approval of Y
red tape that destroys jobs
imposes red tape
imposes unnecessary red tape
law imposes red tape
legal red tape
the red tape you got to go through
throws up a forest of red tape
take on the red tape
stripping away the red tape which hinders enterprise and good governance
red tape will hurt firms
face increased red tape
go through endless red tape to get it done
ease red tape requirements
an awful lot of red tape
red tape and paperwork
red tape to contend with
it's just more red tape
immigration red tape
Example sentences:
* "The fund offers quick payments, while the alternative is much legal red tape at a moment when speed counts."
* "They don't tell them how infrequently the trucks leave, the red tape you've got to go through."
* "Red tape will be kept to a minimum."
* "What red tape!"
* "What annoyed me most was the red tape."
* "Bureaucratic red tape may prevail, and risk- averse officials become sticklers for the rules."
* "She was engaged in tying up a large bundle of documents with red tape."
* "This new law would impose unnecessary red tape and above all it would destroy jobs."
* "The avalanche of red tape surrounding the approval of projects such as this is very discouraging."
* "Red tape and bureaucracy are the most frequently given reasons for people working underground."
* "We might imagine a project in which a coordinating team was actually hampered by rules of procedure which became such a straitjacket of red tape that, for example, otherwise admirable proposals might be unacceptable on a technicality."
* "A Japanese motoring enthusiast bought the company and determined to import the cars into Japan was more than willing to take on the red tape."
* "Deregulation and cutting red tape is easier said than done and far from politically sexy."
* "The government administration of the programme was slammed over funding red tape."
* She became unwittingly enmeshed in the red tape which surrounded the project.
* "He has thus learned what qualities are necessary to run a business both under the bureaucratic yoke of government red tape and in the cut and thrust of the world of international competition."
* "The government official believes the unravelling of red tape means the EC market for rented trailers will come to resemble the US one, where 20 per cent of trailers are rented, compared with 7 per cent in Europe."
* "You see, a project of this magnitude throws up a forest of red tape for the intrepid employee to fight through and you can spend practically a whole day being shuffled from one no man to the next, understandably concerned to protect their baby from everyone."
* "Pensioner Ivy Groves was down in the mouth yesterday because government red tape will leave her without false teeth for weeks.
* "In the construction industry, red tape, along with the endemic bribery means that foreigners get virtually no contracts."
* "In that country there is freedom to do business without being hampered by industrial relations difficulties, restrictive practices, or excessive red tape."
* "Industrialists were exasperated by the obstacles to creating joint-stock companies, the morass of red tape, bureaucratic sloth and corruption."
* "The review continues that work but we shall go back over the ground to make sure that the newer regulations we have introduced include as little red tape as possible."
* "Bureaucratism for Trotsky was more than just maladministration or red tape."
* "The underlying purpose, that of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, stripping away the red tape which hinders enterprise and good governance in this country, is something that the government is very committed to and we intend to promulgate that doctrine throughout all the areas and that of course is being taken forward in legislation.
* "He says that it's unfair to inflict rules on the way performers play or behave; it's just more red tape."
* "There has been red tape to contend with all along the way."
* "A man who's been forced to live on the other side of the world from his wife for two years because of immigration red tape has finally been told he can join her."
* "American authorities have hinted that they will ease red tape requirements for Irish firms, but those who are out of work could face difficulties."
* "So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done."
* "US red tape will hurt UK firms" (newspaper headline)
* "British firms may face increased red tape in the wake of President Clinton's new economic programme."
* "There's an awful lot of paperwork that's got to be gone through, an awful lot of people to see, an awful lot of red tape really to get through, first, I mean just to make sure that the thing's safe and complies with health and safety standards."
