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cornerstone

cornerstone
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • steen op een hoek van een gebouw, als bindsteen, sluitsteen of siersteen
  • a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

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cornerstone
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • datgene waarop iets berust
  • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

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cornerstone
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies

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    cornerstone
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • grondkleur
    • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

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    1. Make solidarity and equal rights the cornerstone of public policy.
    2. Cornerstone role
    3. At the same time Leipzig airport is the cornerstone of economic development in Eastern Germany.
    4. Cornerstone role For new funds likely to have a particularly strong catalytic role in the development of venture capital markets for a specific technology or in a specific region, EIF may play the role of a cornerstone investor.
    5. Bouygues Telecom points out that the unfailing and irrevocable support of the State is the cornerstone of France Télécom's recapitalisation plan, which has led to the Company's recovery.
    6. The European Council meeting in Tampere on 15 and 16 October 1999 endorsed the principle of mutual recognition, which should become the cornerstone of judicial cooperation in both civil and criminal matters within the Union.
    7. Sufficient and well-developed human resources in R&D are the cornerstone of advancement in scientific knowledge, technological progress, enhancing the quality of life, ensuring the welfare of European citizens and contributing to Europe’s competitiveness.
    8. However, in the spirit of partnership forming the cornerstone of the Cotonou Agreement, the EU expresses its readiness to engage in new formal consultations as soon as there is a reasonable prospect for a positive conclusion to such consultations.
    9. A cornerstone of the economic programme is the reduction of the fiscal deficit from 5,4 % of GDP in 2008 to 5,1 % of GDP in 2009 and to below 3 % of GDP by 2011.
    10. For new funds likely to have a particularly strong catalytic role in the development of venture capital markets for a specific technology or in a specific region, EIF may play the role of a cornerstone investor.
    11. However, in the spirit of partnership, which forms the cornerstone of the Cotonou Agreement, the EU expresses its readiness to engage in new formal consultations as soon as there is a reasonable prospect for a positive conclusion to such consultations.
    12. The European Council, meeting in Tampere on 15 and 16 October 1999, stressed that the principle of mutual recognition should become the cornerstone of judicial cooperation in both civil and criminal matters within the Union.
    13. Science, technology and innovation statistics: the EU policies on science, technology and innovation are a cornerstone of the Lisbon Strategy, as stressed in the conclusions of the Barcelona European Council on 15 and 16 March 2002 and the mid-term review in 2005.
    14. As far as possible, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities should, as the cornerstone of the reform of the Commission's internal management, be taken into account in this Regulation, for reasons of efficiency and simplification.
    15. This horizontal piece of legislation can be seen as the cornerstone of any deliberate release into the environment of GMOs in the European Union, notably since authorisations in accordance with the legislation for genetically modified food and feed (Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003) are carried out also in line with its governing principles.