belt-and-braces

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belt-and-braces

adj

providing double security, in case one security measure should fail a belt-and-braces policy

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No references found			Cdr Scott Altman, who is due to blast off with his crew from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral this evening, said: "It's a belt-and-braces kind of approach - but when your braces fail you're glad to have the belt. HUBBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE; Two shuttles for risk mission by The Mirror (London, England) While the economy undergoes what is euphemistically called 'readjustment', a good spanking to you and I, Kia fares more robustly, keeping its pants up with a belt-and-braces seven years' warranty and value that makes more sense than badge vanity. Worth weight by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Dilyn Pob Cam is pleasant enough; but with its belt-and-braces approach to choice of musical styles - all the songs are very studiously harmonious, yet too different from one another to provide coherence - it lacks the definite sense of personality that makes the great records of songwriters like Jack Johnson so memorable. gog SOUND by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			below-the-line publications belowground Belowt Belsen Belshazzar Belsire Belswagger belt belt along belt ammunition belt bag belt buckle belt down belt drive belt highway Belt lacing belt loop belt maker belt man belt on belt out Belt punch belt rack belt sander belt up belt-and-braces belt-fed belt-like belt-shaped belt-tightening Beltane beltcourse belted belted ammunition Belted cattle belted kingfisher belted sandfish Beltein belter belting beltless beltlike Beltway beluga beluga caviar Belukha Belute belvedere Belvoir Castle Belyi Belzebuth			belt on belt out belt out belt out belt out belt out Belt Positioning Booster belt printer Belt punch belt rack Belt Railway Company of Chicago belt restraint belt sander belt sander belt sander Belt Sander Racing Association belt sanders belt sanders Belt Series belt shifter Belt skirt Belt skirt belt slip belt the grape belt tightener belt up belt up Belt Up School Kids Belt Weather Kit Belt, Great, and Little Belt belt-and-braces belt-driven machine Belt-fed belt-like belt-loop gastropexy belt-loop gastropexy Belt-Positioning Booster Seat belt-shaped belt-tightening BELTA Beltain Beltain Beltaine Beltaine Beltane Beltane beltcourse belted belted belted belted belted belted ammunition Belted cattle Belted Galloway Belted Galloway Belted Galloway belted galloways belted galloways belted galloways belted kingfisher

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