Below you will find example sentences with "red tape". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Red Tape in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: tape
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.5 words

Words in this phrase

red tape

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • red can mean: The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–... Common word
  • tape can mean: Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

about cutting red tape supplying a 1× annual turning red tape into red 1× because of red tape and brexit 1× bureaucracy and red tape and would 1× by reducing red tape and extensive 1× city s red tape 1× corruption reduce red tape and help 1× cut the red tape on work 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

alberta labour minister 1× analysts and industry 1× angela bishop executive 1× because the extreme 1× bussin said to 1× but pete reveals 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 095 people 1× a few setbacks 1× alberta government video 1× and brexit politics 1× and extensive reviews 1× and red tape 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

government 5× process 3× alberta 2× minister 2× reduction 2× carpet 2× cut 2× work 2× housing 2× says 2× cost 2× long 2×

Related phrases

red cross boston red red meat paper tape red crescent red sea red carpet red flag red wings red bull

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around tape:

paper tape 16× duct tape 12× tape recorder 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

red springs red sox red sea red raiders red meat red hat

Just after it in the phrase index:

red wine red wing red wings red zone redmi note redox reactions

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

red cross red meat red crescent red sea red carpet red flag

Same ending:

paper tape duct tape

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "red tape" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about cutting red tape supplying a, annual turning red tape into red, government, process and alberta stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with red cross, boston red, red meat, paper tape, duct tape and tape recorder, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with red tape

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

If red tape is ok, why not Red Bull? (9 words)

DG De Lima coined the no red tape, but only red-carpet treatment. (13 words)

All that’s needed is for Biden to cut the red tape on work authorizations. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Alberta Labour Minister Jason Copping addresses yesterday’s “embargoed news conference” about the UCP’s plan to heap red tape on unions as “Red Tape Reduction Minister” Grant Hunter looks on approvingly (Photo: Screenshot of Alberta Government video). (38 words)

Because the extreme high cost of electricity and other utilities farmers cannot afford to grow their vegetables indoors, and importing from the EU is also a huge problem, probably because of red tape and Brexit politics. (36 words)

Morobe says generally any reduction in red tape goes a long way to ease the administrative burden involved with conducting business and give small businesses some breathing room to focus on other needs and objectives. (35 words)

Question examples

If red tape is ok, why not Red Bull? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

Alberta Labour Minister Jason Copping addresses yesterday’s “embargoed news conference” about the UCP’s plan to heap red tape on unions as “Red Tape Reduction Minister” Grant Hunter looks on approvingly (Photo: Screenshot of Alberta Government video).

DG De Lima coined the no red tape, but only red-carpet treatment.

If red tape is ok, why not Red Bull?

The Inland Empire Economic Partnership has announced the winners of its annual Turning Red Tape Into Red Carpet competition.

All that’s needed is for Biden to cut the red tape on work authorizations.

Analysts and industry insiders say the problems are above the ground rather than in the geology below, which has significant unexplored capacity, and include repeated changes to government, political infighting and red tape.

Angela Bishop, executive director of the Housing Trust of Nova Scotia, says if there was less red tape, the modular homes could be installed sooner.

Because the extreme high cost of electricity and other utilities farmers cannot afford to grow their vegetables indoors, and importing from the EU is also a huge problem, probably because of red tape and Brexit politics.

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Bussin said to restore investor confidence in South Africa the government must take steps to eliminate corruption, reduce red tape and help manage government’s debt.

But Pete reveals getting to the stage of opening a dedicated swim school was a long and sometimes gruelling process comprising lots of hard work, red tape and more than a few setbacks.

Capt. Parker Bode, who’s assigned to the department’s Human Resources Division, said having greater HPD oversight of its own hiring process eliminates some of the city’s red tape.

Enterprises have previously criticized the new obligation, saying it adds €100,000 worth of unnecessary red tape annually.

He loathed bureaucracy and red tape and would regularly express his thoughts in ‘Letters to the Editor’ in and on local radio.

However, more should be done about cutting red tape, supplying a skilled workforce, cutting down on the cost of raw materials, and lowering taxes, Nest pointed out.

In the end, however, the red tape proved too much, with the ship treating only 182 patients, and Javits only 1,095 people.

Lamentillo unveiled the country’s “digital agenda” that seeks to promote a government ecosystem that assures better governance, no red tape, and higher quality of service.

Marcos and Brende agreed that possible stumbling blocks to this goal are the country’s infrastructure, research and development (R&D), bureaucratic red tape and the quality of education.

Mayor Karen Bass hopes it will make the housing approval process move faster by reducing red tape and extensive reviews.

Morobe says generally any reduction in red tape goes a long way to ease the administrative burden involved with conducting business and give small businesses some breathing room to focus on other needs and objectives.

Much has been said about his zeal for wanting to cut through red tape – a trait that served him well as he navigated the city through recovering from the Northridge earthquake.

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