peculiar circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpeculiarandcircumstance
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peculiar
adjective
uk/pɪˈkjuː.li.ər/us/pɪˈkjuːl.jɚ/
unusual and strange, sometimes in an ...
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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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We are caught in this ratherpeculiarcircumstancein which there are good parts of the monetary framework which have been established.
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Onepeculiarcircumstancenow affecting the farming community may cause some mirth, because it is the fact that cattle have no passports.
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Thepeculiarcircumstanceis that this trade is making profits of £8,000,000 or £9,000,000 a year.
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Has he any observation to make upon thispeculiarcircumstance?
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In that situation, the teachers in that school will transfer, unless there is somepeculiarcircumstance.
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Is that a special reason, or does that phrase mean only in connection with the offence itself, and not anypeculiarcircumstancein which an offender might find himself?
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There is thispeculiarcircumstance, that for "running expenses and repair of ex-enemy and other vessels"and"outstanding liabilities in respect of requisitioned and other vessels" there is an item here.
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This led to thepeculiarcircumstanceof his serving drinks to people he had been teaching earlier in the day.
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The simple answer is that in the peculiar circumstances of the 1940s shortage economy, this was the best use of the money.
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These strategies distributed the risk differentially among producers from peculiar circumstances in the international market or adverse weather conditions.
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One way to understand the peculiar circumstances of a national research programme is to actually hold consultation visits with the scientists on the programme.
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Nevertheless, at times the author struggles to make sense of the very peculiar circumstances of the islands in class terms.
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In some circumstances-in the peculiar circumstances of the nineteenth century, at any rate-administration may be, so to speak, creative and self-generating.
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We find ourselves living through peculiar circumstances in which, unfortunately, the financial crisis is now also affecting the real economy.
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Each route is considered in the light of its own peculiar circumstances and an average speed determined accordingly.
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We all agree with that, but we also appreciate the peculiar circumstances of events the other evening.
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Each one of them has to work in relation to the peculiar circumstances of the various partner nations in the different forms of combined effort.
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Nevertheless, there are many peculiar circumstances in this case.
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Seven of the 12 are in gaol under very peculiar circumstances.
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What are the new peculiar circumstances why we should have a change of this sort?
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