given circumstance

collocation in English

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given
adjective
uk
/ˈɡɪv.ən/us
/ˈɡɪv.ən/
already decided, arranged, ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofgivenandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgiven circumstance

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Being able to represent these definitions formally does not solve the problem of knowing which definition to use in agivencircumstance.
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A great deal of freedom is inherent in this construction, and other considerations can be allowed to dictate the details of the procedure to be adopted in agivencircumstance.
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The difficulty of finding the right mediator in eachgivencircumstancehas been lucidly highlighted, but it cannot be insuperable.
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There will be many questions discussed in order to settle what will happen in anygivencircumstanceat any given moment.
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Taking her to sea overloaded in agivencircumstancewhich will imperil the lives of those on board her is already an offence.
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How one interprets it and what it means in agivencircumstanceis work for lawyers.
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The pattern is not always predictable but it is predictable that a significant number will pass through anygivencircumstance.
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It seems to me that laws cannot be made as to how an insurance company shall behave in everygivencircumstance.
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This implies a possession of knowledge or the seeking thereof in order to apply it to thegivencircumstance.
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The purpose of the comic frame is to satirize agivencircumstanceand promote change by doing so.
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In either case what are being addressed are general prices, i.e. prices in the aggregate, not a specific price of a specific good or service in agivencircumstance.
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Given circumstances (predlagaemye obstoyatelsta) represent the situation in which the characters find themselves.
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This may simultaneously contribute to both the potential anticarcinogenic and carcinogenic properties of the substance in given circumstances.
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Such properties can be used to determine the best rules to use under given circumstances.
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Decision on statehood are taken in given circumstances and at the moment in time.
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The player may also possess other statues in an area under given circumstances.
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This is precisely the difference that allows modes of representation to emancipate from that which is represented, and from particular, given circumstances (pp. 45).
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Are two actions possible to a given person under given circumstances?
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Another sort of explanation is possible in terms of current factors which lead a given child in given circumstances to produce one of the variants rather than another.
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