public announcement

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandannouncement

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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announcement
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈnaʊns.mənt/us
/əˈnaʊns.mənt/
something that someone says officially, giving information ...
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(Definition ofpublicandannouncementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The proposal was that a design contract costing £500,000 should be placed and that apublicannouncementto such effect should be made.
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The ten-secondpublicannouncementwas supposed to be reassuring.
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This has delayed the moment when apublicannouncementcan be made.
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For many years it has been the practice not to makepublicannouncementeither of the names of members or their proceedings.
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As soon as the arrangements are completed, apublicannouncementwill be made.
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Apublicannouncement, in the sense in which it would be appropriate to a public company, has no relevance in this case.
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If these circumstances, or these rules, are abnormal, we had better hear why it is sensible to make apublicannouncement.
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It was therefore decided that it would be wiser to sell the company by direct negotiation afterpublicannouncement.
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We are, however, apprehensive that to make apublicannouncementat such a moment as this might do more harm than good.
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Apublicannouncementwill be made when distribution is begun.
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Apublicannouncementwill then be made about procedures to be followed thereafter.
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It would be inappropriate, on security grounds, to make apublicannouncementof any such changes.
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I intend to make apublicannouncementafter considering the views of the councils and other public bodies; this should be early next year.
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Apublicannouncementabout particular projects will only be made if the circumstances warrant it.
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The chairman of the commission notified me, shortly before thepublicannouncement, of the conclusions the commission had reached about the opera house application.
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A copy of thepublicannouncementis appended.
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Peacetime arrangements for thepublicannouncementof accidents to passenger-carrying aircraft have now come into force.
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Apublicannouncementwill shortly be made giving details of the reports which are published and how they may be obtained.
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A great many committees and a good many enterprises, some of them of a peculiar character, are set up without anypublicannouncement.
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There had to be apublicannouncementfirst to enable any firm which wanted to make an application to do so.
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