noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a victim of circumstance (= someone who suffers because of something they cannot control )
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She was a victim of circumstance, as she was born at a time when women had no power.
changing circumstances/conditions
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The human brain adapts quickly to changing conditions.
circumstances dictate sth
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Circumstances dictated that I had to wait nearly two years.
die in suspicious/mysterious circumstances (= used to say that someone may have been killed )
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He got involved with drug dealers and died in mysterious circumstances.
in exceptional circumstances (= when a situation is extremely unusual )
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The U.S. will only issue a visitor visa at short notice in exceptional circumstances.
in extreme circumstances
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Force is only justified in extreme circumstances .
in mysterious circumstances
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Benson later disappeared in mysterious circumstances .
in suspicious circumstances
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Her mother had died in suspicious circumstances .
in/under normal circumstances
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Under normal circumstances, you would have to pay to go into the exhibition.
pomp and circumstance (= an impressive ceremony )
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all the pomp and circumstance of a treaty signing
straitened circumstances
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the straitened circumstances of post-war Japan
suit the circumstances
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When writing emails, most people vary the style to suit the circumstances.
trying circumstances
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They do the best they can in trying circumstances .
unforeseen circumstances/events/changes etc
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Due to unforeseen circumstances , the play has been cancelled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
appropriate
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Modelling several series at the same time is more appropriate in certain circumstances .
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Indemnity periods to be appropriate to the circumstances of each such item.
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Giving priority to developmental work was appropriate in the circumstances of Nottinghamshire in the mid-eighties and still remains so in many respects.
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Quite appropriate in the circumstances , of course.
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In all these cases headteachers will need to consider what action is most appropriate in the circumstances .
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This line of reasoning is intended to provide a means for felicitous plural and singular pronominal reference under appropriate circumstances .
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In appropriate circumstances , of course, a trustee may have agency powers.
causal
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We have in a causal circumstance by itself a complete answer to the question of why an effect occurred.
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These are pairs of things in a fundamental way like causal circumstances and effects.
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We do indeed have it that a causal circumstance necessitated its effect.
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Strictly speaking, in what ontological category of things are causes and other conditions, the things which comprise causal circumstances ?
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To take a causal circumstance as having no redundancy is obviously to exclude things wholly irrelevant to the effect.
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Do all of what we take to be causal circumstances and causes precede their effects?
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More must be true of any different pair of things which in fact are causal circumstance and effect.
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We are unlikely to have in mind a causal circumstance in this case.
certain
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Similarly in certain circumstances a subsidiary may, under section 229, be omitted from the consolidation.
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The final version endorsed current Pentagon policy allowing women in combat in certain circumstances , a position endorsed by Dole.
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However, it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances .
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No legislation prohibits it, except in certain circumstances .
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The Obscene Publications Acts 1959 and 1964 might, under certain circumstances , have relevance.
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It may be that under certain circumstances one of the alternative methods of valuation is the most appropriate.
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In certain circumstances an unassisted party may be awarded costs from the legal aid fund if his opponent is legally aided.
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It may be wise and sensible advice given certain circumstances .
changing
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Such a mechanism is particularly useful if there is a need to alter the kinds of proteins present to meet changing circumstances .
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These changing circumstances , which are outside the control of governments either national or local, are often of considerable significance.
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The organisation may prove to be inflexible and unable to respond to changing circumstances . 4.
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Conflict initiated by management can also be a tactical response in changing circumstances .
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It must be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances .
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Yet historians have yet to respond to changing circumstances .
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It believes this would prevent legal challenges to its status while retaining its flexibility to interpret the code according to changing circumstances .
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It is on the subject of change and changing circumstances that they speak.
different
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Special types of graph paper can be useful in different circumstances .
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Together, they defined the poles of a debate that, under far different circumstances , continues today.
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Community participation in conservation can occur under a variety of different circumstances , but one can identify some that make it easier.
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Before his fight with Fitzmaurice took place, Burke achieved fame in entirely different circumstances .
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It was, in many ways, the magazine Student might have become under different circumstances .
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This was devised in a rising market, in very different circumstances from today.
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Other people, in widely different cultures and circumstances , have had a very similar experience.
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Ought this to be enforced in different circumstances against John's innocent son and heir?
difficult
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They are doing a good job under difficult circumstances .
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Like millions of other Cairenes, he has made the best of difficult circumstances .
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These tasks are meant to be stressful and to show how well the student can use the languages in difficult circumstances .
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He said he'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances .
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The Inland Revenue does a difficult job in difficult circumstances extremely well.
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He emerges as a man with a big heart and a clever mind who did the best he could in difficult circumstances .
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Some parents, such as one-parent families or those in difficult circumstances may have considerable need of support services.
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Hence the optimists believe that it is difficult to visualise circumstances better suited to a successful devaluation than the ones currently offered.
economic
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The council was responding as much to this as to real economic circumstance .
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An aggressive policy may also be dictated by economic circumstances .
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Do they operate independently of the economic and material circumstances in which individuals are placed?
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Such ferocious outbursts stemmed from 50-cial and economic circumstances which the Mahatma rarely discussed and usually underestimated.
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But there is no way of knowing the true numbers - women come and go, depending on their economic circumstances .
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It would be very tragic if her economic circumstances ever pulled her down.
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First, the economic circumstances of poor families have worsened relative to the rest of the population in recent decades.
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Is the development of such trade feasible under the new political and economic circumstances ?
exceptional
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Employees who are not at present house-owners may be entitled to a mortgage allowance in certain exceptional circumstances .
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They are moved only in exceptional circumstances .
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Only in exceptional circumstances will struck-off doctors be able to apply for reinstatement, and then only after five years.
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Options may also be granted at any other time when the Committee considers exceptional circumstances exist which justify the grant of options.
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The exceptional circumstances in which execution may be refused are very narrowly defined.
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Stays imposed on the grounds of delay or for any other reason should only be employed in exceptional circumstances .
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But in exceptional circumstances it may do so.
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Practically any archaeological in exceptional circumstances . inorganic materials survive far ones.
extreme
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A careful record, with corroboration, is always desirable in such extreme circumstances .
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Only once had he said he loved her, and that had been in extreme circumstances .
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This could include the imposition of sanctions or in extreme circumstances suspension of the client from that establishment.
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In extreme circumstances the customer or supplier may seek to use its strong position and extract personal benefits in return for giving its consent.
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An officer who spent his career patrolling a middle-class suburb would only in extreme circumstances be involved in a physical encounter.
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President Bush was a staunch opponent of abortion under all but the most extreme of circumstances .
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In extreme circumstances borrowers might be allowed to pay interest only for a while.
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The wearing of a plaster cast was only allowed in extreme circumstances and brown suede shoes were definitely out.
financial
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Most identified turning points in terms of crises in family relationships, often connected with a change in financial circumstances .
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Very kindly, they asked Daisy about her financial circumstances .
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Uncertainties about her financial circumstances and legal position. 4.
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To us you're always an individual, with your own particular financial circumstances and needs.
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Is the amount at stake, though small, significant in relation to the financial circumstances of the applicant?
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The particular strategy appropriate to the organisation will depend to a large extent on the political and financial circumstances of the organisation.
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But that had been more than a dozen years ago, when Robbie's family had been in better financial circumstances .
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You must report any change in your financial circumstances .
given
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Expectations are what we consider to be reasonable behaviour, performance or decisions under a given set of circumstances .
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Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious given the present circumstances .
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If anything, the psychological condition of the black sportsman should be tension-packed given the social circumstances surrounding his involvement.
local
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An emphasis on deciding development strategies at local level, in the light of local circumstances .
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In countries around the Catholic world, Church officials have capitalized on local circumstances to Slow the spread of artificial contraception.
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It is plain that the translation of these policies into practice will vary according to local circumstances .
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Why not let local circumstances and relative departmental strengths be determinate?
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The grid consists of links some 200-300m apart, with a great variety of facilities depending upon local circumstances .
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Schools must design their own local units to take account of local circumstances and special interests.
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Not all practices will want to contract for an expanded range of services and local circumstances will also affect contracting decisions.
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This is an advantage which allows the teacher full freedom to respond to local circumstances .
mysterious
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The defendants stored on their land large quantities of combustible materials which ignited in mysterious circumstances .
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The latest wave of repression began after Ali Akbar SaidiSirjani died in detention under mysterious circumstances in the end of 1994.
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Some one has been murdered in mysterious circumstances: how has it come about?
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That Pheidias died in prison under mysterious circumstances , as Plutarch says, is a later and unfounded tradition.
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Tethlis dies afterwards under mysterious circumstances .
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Some had died in rather mysterious circumstances , others been sent abroad on this task or the other.
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Eight others connected directly or indirectly with the dig later died in mysterious circumstances .
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Blanche DuBois arrives at Stella's and Stanley's house under very mysterious circumstances .
normal
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Who, under normal circumstances , wouldn't have?
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It was also, under normal circumstances , free of serious risk that the quarry would fight back.
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Under normal circumstances the spacecraft would not be manoeuvring so violently that this would be a problem.
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They could both tell that in normal social circumstances they would have disliked each other.
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In normal circumstances , of course, I would not dream of doing this.
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Under normal circumstances you will be carrying an unnecessarily heavy and bulky camera.
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In normal circumstances the suggestion that a contracting party can rely on his own breach to establish consideration is distinctly unattractive.
other
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Under other circumstances I'd have had a snappy answer for her.
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But to Profumo's bad luck, other newsworthy circumstances were available to salt the story.
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But in other circumstances returns will be maximised by raising prices.
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Not all of either circumstance was required for the effect, given that the other whole circumstance existed.
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You do not do so in any other circumstance .
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Under any other circumstances , I would have heckled and walked out.
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In any other circumstances he would have warmed to her; he had found her especially disturbing.
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In any other circumstances I wouldn't have minded going shopping with Oliver.
particular
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Then you have to modify the base to suit particular circumstances .
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Infectivity describes the likelihood that a particular microbe will be transmitted under particular circumstances .
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Remember that this is aimed to protect children even if in your particular circumstance its a nuisance.
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This partnership can take a variety of forms, depending on particular circumstances and individual preferences.
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What is particular about the circumstances under which this curriculum has to be managed?
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This would be true whatever the particular circumstances which produced the feminist response.
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It was felt that councils ought to consider the practicability of the child being accompanied in the particular circumstances .
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The examples which follow are just some of those opportunities which have occurred in particular circumstances .
personal
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Due to certain personal circumstances , this yacht has never been delivered, and is actually new.
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They are generalizations assumed to be true of an entire group of people, regardless of their personal characteristics and circumstances .
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This can be augmented through the skill of matching what is being said to the known personal circumstances of the counsellee.
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But the second problem goes well beyond me and my own personal circumstances .
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Personal circumstances Employees' personal circumstances, such as their domestic commitments, health and age are often taken into account.
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Sadly, Brian Rowe's personal circumstances have now changed and he is not able to take up the post.
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Also, if I were to try to explain to him the nature of my personal circumstances , he would be embarrassed.
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The amount you will get will depend on your income and personal circumstances .
political
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The focus is upon inter-organizational relationships, and changing political and economic circumstances receive insufficient emphasis.
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Lovers, for example, are generally kept apart by wars or political circumstances rather than by simple misunderstandings.
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Is the development of such trade feasible under the new political and economic circumstances ?
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But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances .
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Again, the political and economic circumstances seemed favourable.
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The particular strategy appropriate to the organisation will depend to a large extent on the political and financial circumstances of the organisation.
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They are a means of keeping the constitution in tune with changing political circumstances without recourse to legislation.
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Others, like Nottingham and Stamford, failed - though the failure was due to entirely different political circumstances .
present
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Guide writers have a traditional obligation to honour the historical record, alongside their duty to point out present circumstances .
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More seriously, it is turning its back on actions it might take to improve its present circumstances .
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It was no wonder that Dad went back over that day so often, especially in the light of present circumstances .
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Phases 2 and 3 seem overly ambitious given the present circumstances .
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Under the present circumstances , it seemed somehow tactless.
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But he thinks, in present circumstances , that a straight forward test provides the best way of clearing the air.
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Let us return to the question of the possibilities for enterprise democracy under present circumstances .
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And there was nothing in his present circumstances likely to ensnare him in sensuality.
similar
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I hope that in similar circumstances in the future it would do so again.
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As in many other areas of the law, the standard applied is what the reasonable person would believe under similar circumstances .
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And we ought, in fairness, to wonder who else in similar circumstances would have proved so much bolder?
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Deng said in a November 1989 meeting that, under similar circumstances , he would not hesitate to take the same action.
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This would make you less likely to behave like this in similar circumstances in the future.
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Faced with a bolted door, Seymour did what thousands of pentecostal preachers have done in similar circumstances ever since.
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Ian and I are doing what any neighbouring colleagues would do in similar circumstances - and this helping-out is bearing fruit.
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When I heard he was missing, I did what he would have done for me in similar circumstances .
social
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They concluded that the wary response is more characteristic of the social circumstance than of the individual's level of development.
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Q., social circumstances , and economic states all seemed less important than another subtler factor.
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Nevertheless, despite considerable improvement in her social circumstances , she took a repeat overdose one year later.
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It is facile to attribute all childhood problems to poor parenting or social circumstances .
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Here a change of social circumstances would be needed if vulnerability were to be reduced.
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These local strategies are subject to change, as local political activity changes in response to different social and economic circumstances .
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If anything, the psychological condition of the black sportsman should be tension-packed given the social circumstances surrounding his involvement.
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The explanation is better sought in the specific social and material circumstances and their articulation with political and ideological structures.
special
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These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture, where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently, in special circumstances .
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In special circumstances , such as a disabled child living in the home, the state waives the recovery of the money.
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Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above, special circumstances may exist for the first two services.
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Davis also faces three other special circumstances in connection with the murder charge: kidnapping, burglary and robbery.
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Shellac records were simply too fragile to be posted; so the special circumstances of war justified the first vinyl records.
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Frequency rarely seems to be the criterion for adding special circumstances .
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Allen v. Hyatt suggests that the courts are willing to recognise special circumstances which alter the nature of the relationship.
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Markhasev is accused of killing Ennis Cosby in the course of a robbery, which qualifies as a special circumstance .
straitened
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Davison's investments failed, leaving the family in straitened circumstances when he died in 1893.
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But the neighborhood had now fallen into straitened circumstances .
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His father died in 1886, leaving the young family in straitened circumstances .
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There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves.
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I should have sent the drinks back, but instead looked upon them as a windfall in our rather straitened circumstances .
suspicious
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Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and a coroner has been informed.
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A hose pipe was connected to the exhaust. police said there were no suspicious circumstances .
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There were no suspicious circumstances and a postmortem was due to be carried out later.
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Police said cause had not been established but there were not thought to have been suspicious circumstances .
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Apart from anything else, if there were suspicious circumstances , the doctor wouldn't have signed a certificate.
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Voice over A postmortem has revealed the man died from natural causes, there are no suspicious circumstances .
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Police said there were no suspicious circumstances .
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She's deeply suspicious of the circumstances .
unforeseen
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It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseen circumstances , not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally.
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Our clients reserve the right to alter this timetable in the event of unforeseen circumstances .
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That would be excluded, they say, as force majeure-a superior power, or unforeseen circumstance .
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The player did eventually join the Peacocks, but under unusual and unforeseen circumstances .
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In the hours you allocate for work, sort out your priorities, reordering them when unforeseen circumstances arise.
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Since decisions are quicker, they are also more adaptable, and easier to change in the light of unforeseen circumstances which may arise.
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In some unforeseen circumstances like death, one parent has to be enough.
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The precautionary motive. Unforeseen circumstances can arise, such as a car breakdown.
■ VERB
change
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The focus is upon inter-organizational relationships, and changing political and economic circumstances receive insufficient emphasis.
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While never forgetting that ultimate goal, he constantly shifted tactics to suit changing circumstances .
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Then see what you can do to change the circumstances of the situation.
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It preserves maximum flexibility to respond to changing circumstances .
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These and other similarly familiar issues are examined in chapter 4 in the light of changing international circumstance .
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First, they are far more flexible than centralized institutions; they can respond quickly to changing circumstances and customers' needs.
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What must be changed are the circumstances under which men and nations make war.
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Mission-driven budgets give managers the autonomy they need to respond to changing circumstances .
consider
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The complex man will respond to no single managerial strategy, but will consider its appropriateness to circumstances and his own needs.
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However, he said he has yet to consider his circumstances .
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Second, it is important to consider the circumstances of the borrower.
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For example, consider the circumstances of the writer.
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Holmes J. considered that in these circumstances the payment was made under duress.
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That is not an unreasonable thing to do when one considers the circumstances in which they might be living.
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This chapter begins by considering the circumstances that brought about the so-called imperial presidency.
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I want the House to consider the circumstances under which people seek political asylum.
depend
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Whether or not the employer should pay the excess for a more expensive substitution depends on the circumstances of the case.
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The appropriate steps will vary depending upon the clinical circumstances .
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The extent to which we commend some one for operating a complex piece of equipment depends on the circumstances .
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The answer depends on the circumstances .
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Each case must, of course, depend on its circumstances .
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Each one, depending on his circumstances at the moment, feels and names the fears that beset him.
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An older child may be; but it depends on the circumstances .
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This would depend on the circumstances .
force
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The question does not arise if the decision is forced by circumstances .
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But his lawyers say it was only an infatuation forced by circumstances .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be in reduced circumstances
by/through force of circumstance(s)
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Like all Trolls they will eat anything and through force of circumstance they tend to eat a lot of rocks.
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Some sectors, moreover, lagged behind completely, by force of circumstances or on account of reluctance to abandon traditional ways.
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Ware was a strict Palladian by upbringing but a stylistic schizoid by force of circumstances.
extenuating circumstances/factors etc
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A terrifying warning was occasionally administered in cases where extenuating circumstances existed.
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Clearly, then, extenuating factors such as the attraction of video stores and the ability to browse are sometimes overlooked.
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Goodstein suggested that this eased by talking about extenuating circumstances.
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Hunger and poverty, the main reasons for their poaching, are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.
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Paedophilia is the only major crime in which there is no possibility of extenuating circumstances.
mitigating circumstances/factors
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A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances.
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I understand that there are mitigating circumstances, programming complications, contracts, etc.
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In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances.
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In the absence of mitigating factors the virus is likely to hit a dead end wherever strict role separation is practiced.
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Juries have long stretched notions of self-defense or extended implicit clemency to recognize mitigating factors such as provocation and histories of abuse.
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Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances.
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Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.
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There were also mitigating factors, Lord Lane said.
under ... conditions/circumstances
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Under less sanguine circumstances, loans are advanced more cautiously.
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Under normal conditions, approximately 65 percent of salt and water is reabsorbed at this site.
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Under these circumstances it was hardly surprising that the police adopted a laissez-faire policy.
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Under what circumstances will this separation work?
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And yet there are those who still would not turn in a relative under any circumstances.
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Despite these difficulties, however, a number of workers have successfully demonstrated effects of homoeopathic remedies under experimental conditions.
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How, under these circumstances, could I have been disappointed?
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In goal, Peter Liles gave a solid performance under very testing conditions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Only in one particular circumstance could the court legally override the decision.
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Women of the same age and circumstance as you are less likely to live with their parents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For the first time in three years, circumstances prevented me from attending.
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However, it has been claimed that some doctors in the province will perform abortions in certain circumstances.
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It may be that under certain circumstances one of the alternative methods of valuation is the most appropriate.
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Justified because so clearly embraced by circumstances they had only the subtlest hand in bringing into being?
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Personally, I feel it was reasonable under those circumstances.
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Under these circumstances the Chinook can carry up to equipped men, and the Puma carries sixteen.