isolated occurrence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofisolatedandoccurrence
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isolated
adjective
uk/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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occurrence
noun
uk/əˈkʌr.əns/us/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandoccurrencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofisolated occurrence
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However, this lack of anchoring is not anisolatedoccurrence: several other examples are noted in the literature.
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I am referring to what is not, unfortunately, anisolatedoccurrence.
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It was anisolatedoccurrencewhich is being dealt with by due process of law.
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The removal of the £16 is not anisolatedoccurrence.
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I do not consider that any further action on my part is called for on the strength of thisisolatedoccurrence.
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I mean by "outbreak" anisolatedoccurrenceof the disease, several cattle generally being involved.
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But it is my experience that in the main courts are not troubled with cases which have arisen as a result of anisolatedoccurrenceor by accident.
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But this is not anisolatedoccurrence.
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Operations have been cancelled as a result of the problems that we have identified, but that too is not anisolatedoccurrence.
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Thus, the number of isolated occurrences is one feature of childdirected speech that parents might make greater use of in a more difficult listening environment.
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But these illusions are isolated occurrences.
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Members and supporters of these clubs insist that illegal activities are isolated occurrences and that they, as a whole, are not criminal organizations.
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Many isolated occurrences resulted in violence, with the result that both sides were taking to arms.
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There are very isolated occurrences of sandstone outcroppings along the stream bed and banks.
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As more and more of the seafloor was mapped during the 1950s, the magnetic variations turned out not to be random or isolated occurrences, but instead revealed recognizable patterns.
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