mature reflection

collocation in English

meaningsofmatureandreflection

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mature
adjective
uk
/məˈtʃʊər/us
/məˈtʊr/
Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well ...
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reflection
noun
uk
/rɪˈflek.ʃən/us
/rɪˈflek.ʃən/
the image of something in a mirror or on any ...
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(Definition ofmatureandreflectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I suspect that, onmaturereflection, he may consider that the observation about doctors reaching for their wallets should not have been made.
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Onmaturereflection, we may feel that we are suffering from a lack of completeness in our range of amendments and new clauses.
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I dare say thatmaturereflectionafter a long night has had that effect.
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I think that, onmaturereflection, he may probably regret that remark.
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But there is a particular argument for careful andmaturereflectionbefore sending someone to prison for the first time.
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I hope that onmaturereflectionhe will realise that he should not have used it.
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Those students who receive disappointing results often feel that they were fair, after a period ofmaturereflectionand discussion.
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I suggest that he should have furthermaturereflection.
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We have accepted them in the main, and we have improved upon them in detail in the light ofmaturereflection.
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Onmaturereflectionit may be that the need for consultation is covered by the various organisations that have been mentioned.
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When we come to consider the political expediency, onmaturereflectionit becomes very clear.
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The first is clearly incontrovertible and the second difficult to resist onmaturereflection.
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Those matters clearly will require morematurereflection, and guillotining debate on them will not help.
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I should not be surprised if the trade union movement itself, onmaturereflection, came to feel serious misgivings on these points.
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There is nothing shameful about learning and admitting, aftermaturereflection, that one was wrong.
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At the very least, this is a decision that should not be taken withoutmaturereflection.
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How much better it would have been to have had the opportunity formaturereflectionand careful consideration.
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What is needed is some time formaturereflection.
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They had nomaturereflectionbetween 1974 and 1979x2014;they were happy to support it.
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I hope that there might be some morematurereflectionon the matter.
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