impending change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimpendingandchange
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impending
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/us/ɪmˈpen.dɪŋ/
used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofimpendingandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The regulations provide that the amber with red signal denotes animpendingchange, but whilst it is showing movement beyond the stop line remains prohibited.
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At the same time local food offices were instructed to advise all pharmacists and retailers of theimpendingchange.
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My diocese waited for seven years under the disability ofimpendingchange.
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Would it not be better to leave the matter over for a short time, in view of theimpendingchangeof tenancy?
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But we are determined the consumers shall be fully informed about theimpendingchange.
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It remains important to the rural economy and environment, in particular at this moment ofimpendingchangeand diversification.
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Thatimpendingchangegives an extra dimension of perspective to the series.
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He is now surrounded by flowers, which he calls a sign ofimpendingchange.
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We have heard many rumours of impending changes.
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Those are important impending changes in the machinery of the state.
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In my view, the position has become urgent because of impending changes to the form of local government.
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In the case of decimal currency the impending changes have been known to local authorities and schools since 1967.
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The cotton industry long go had an eye to the possibilities, to impending changes and to the need for applying science to its investigations.
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There is a trade organisation and knowledge of these impending changes gets around.
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It does not seem right, for example, to exclude from the scope of legislation protection of matters which relate to monetary policy, including impending changes in domestic interest rates.
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The lack of understanding between town and country about those impending changes in the rural economy is common everywhere, but it is well illustrated in my constituency.
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The impending changes in the structure of energy production require an increasing demand for storage capacity.
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