Antonym: accidental, compulsory, involuntary. Similar words: volunteer, revolutionary, elementary, documentary, volume, voluble, evolution, military. Meaning: ['vɑləntərɪ /'vɒləntrɪ] n. 1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service 2. composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance. adj. 1. of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled 2. controlled by individual volition.
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121. Statutory agencies can encourage the establishment of local ethnically focused voluntary organizations by targeting specific grant aid.
122. Mrs Harker accepts that some reduction in staff may be necessary but hopes voluntary tutors will help out.
123. Social responsibility is thus not merely a matter of the adoption of changed standards on a voluntary basis.
124. Certainly, it was not difficult to convince some patients of the desirability of going to Carville on a purely voluntary basis.
125. Use the expertise and facilities of your local authorities and voluntary services for practical help, advice and social activities.
126. This implies that the government is operating in a world of autonomous, spontaneously self-creating, voluntary associations.
127. The list of all the voluntary agencies concerned directly or indirectly with family welfare would be too long to provide here.
128. Courses on the latter are open to non-members who are actively involved with other voluntary conservation bodies.
129. Likewise, voluntary bodies need funding to enable them to bid for contracts.
130. The National Blood Transfusion Service is entirely dependent on voluntary blood donors.
131. Hence the audit process was entirely medically controlled, participation was voluntary, standards set locally and the results kept absolutely confidential.
132. Note that a s34 order can not be made in respect of a child accommodated by a local authority under a voluntary arrangement.
133. Many Christians accept the fact that a proportion of people are homosexual through no fault or voluntary choice of their own.
134. Lane has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and is in custody awaiting sentencing next month.
135. The Financial Statement was a voluntary arrangement, which aimed to avoid court action.
136. The Roman catholic church is financed out of voluntary contributions.
137. It will be noted that the children had already been effectively in care on a voluntary basis for the previous six months.
138. She also does two afternoons' voluntary work at the school which her children attend.
139. We have an aging population and a growing number of residential care homes in the private(sentencedict.com), voluntary and statutory sectors.
140. Several had written books and articles and others were involved in voluntary work.
141. This has now been dropped by a directive concentrating on public education and voluntary agreements with industry.
142. However, to date this exciting new technology has only adopted on a voluntary basis.
143. The threat follows frustration at the lack of success of voluntary agreements to curb abstractions from the rivers.
144. High-quality community care, available through voluntary, private and local authority services to people unable to care for themselves.
145. It is, as I said, initiated and led by a voluntary agency. Sentencedict.com
146. All voluntary agencies funded by the Department of Social Work must also now operate a complaints procedure.
147. For voluntary organisations the budget was more of a mixed blessing.
148. Consequently, the enjoyable show relied heavily on voluntary audience participation to act out the battle scenes.
149. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, wants an amendment to make program voluntary and nationwide.
150. An alcohol problems voluntary agency helps Mrs F who has become involved in a family self-help group.
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