derogation

Example Sentences

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The authority said it had asked for a derogation for special school staff, but this had been declined.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

In a letter to NHS England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard, BMA Chairman Professor Philip Banfield said the refusal of hospitals to provide the necessary data “is fundamentally undermining the derogation process.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

The request from Weston General Hospital managers - known as a derogation - for doctors to leave the picket line is permitted under strike contingency plans.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

Such a derogation "would enable EU operating lessors to seek authorisation to transfer ownership of aircraft formerly leased to Russian lessees or their Russian insurers," it said.

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2022

His remark was not intended for flippancy nor even derogation.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner