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box-ticking

noun

  1. derogatory.
    the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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However, she said that looking at images of the new structure, the platform seemed to be a "box-ticking exercise rather than an enhancement".

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The data gathering plans had been criticised by some Conservative MPs as well as City bosses privately as being costly and little more than a box-ticking exercise.

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Through cutting what the government describes as "box-ticking targets", ministers say GPs will be freed up to take the first steps towards ending the 08:00 scramble for an appointment.

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It referenced years of similar criticism from other reports, including a 2016 paper from the New City Agenda which said there was "a deep seated culture of box-ticking" at the FCA.

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This is where making the series about Muslim women rockers accomplishes more than representational box-ticking: It makes an old story new and nuanced.

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