prescriptive

Preposition: about

• form: We also think it is too early to be prescriptive about the precise form that National Grid services too take.
• type: Possible Activities We are not prescriptive about the type of activities that should be carried out by fellows.

Preposition: on

• issue: The Protocol does not attempt to be prescriptive on issues in relation to expert evidence.

Preposition: at

• stage: Without being too prescriptive at this stage, it is possible to outline the key elements of such a Bill.

Modifies a noun

• grammar: The people who wrote the first prescriptive grammars in the late eighteenth century.
• approach: A need for a more prescriptive approach to the structure of the tutorial sessions also became evident.
• regulation: The reports noted several shortcomings with prescriptive safety regulations.
• guideline: However, the move has angered consumer groups, as it preempts more prescriptive guidelines being drawn up by the Food Standards Agency.
• curriculum: The local curriculum The present model is one of the most prescriptive national curricula in the world.
• nature: Clay talk Some makers are wary of the prescriptive nature of words.

Modifying Another Word

• overly: Each of the four points stimulates ideas without being overly prescriptive.
• unduly: In meeting these criteria good regulation should not be unduly prescriptive.
• neither: Outline of project proposal The following provides a broad outline and is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive.
• too: There was concern not to be too prescriptive with an adverse effect on trade.
• highly: Action research is, in effect, a highly prescriptive extension of practice.
• fairly: He is fairly prescriptive in his advice in situations where the " right " answer may really depend on balancing a number of factors.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Some funders are becoming more prescriptive over how targets are to be achieved.
• see: To date there has been a marked refusal to be seen as prescriptive.

Preposition: in

• term: The criterion do not aim to be prescriptive in terms of what kind of community network you might wish to set up.
• way: Its content is not designed to be prescriptive in any way.