measured pace
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmeasuredandpace
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measured
adjective
uk/ˈmeʒ.əd/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚd/
careful and controlled, or ...
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pace
noun
uk/peɪs/us/peɪs/
the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens ...
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(Definition ofmeasuredandpacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The regular pattern of alternating long and short syllables, which is reversed only in the middle, accounts for themeasuredpaceof both poems.
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If we are to have procedural reform, should it not be at ameasuredpace?
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It took ameasuredpace, while other patent offices ran into serious difficulties after plunging into the bewildering world of high tech.
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Furthermore, the alliance can only enlarge at ameasuredpacewhich does not impact adversely on its effectiveness.
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We are moving towards that objective at a steady andmeasuredpace, not at a helter-skelter pace.
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I therefore believe that the agency must be created at ameasuredpace.
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It therefore may be asked whether this is the right time to proceed, even at thismeasuredpace.
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Ameasuredpacewould involve waiting until the last possible moment to announce the cancellation of the 1985 elections.
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We must proceed at ameasuredpaceand ensure that all placements are suitable.
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Themeasuredpaceof massive reviews of legislation by civil servants is not good enough for them.
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If you observe people in an art gallery, you will see that they, too, move at ameasuredpace.
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Clearly, once control had been reaffirmed, the process of returning the prison to normal has had to take place at ameasuredpace.
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When he is confronted with evidence that a criminal offence has been committed, there is neither accelerator nor handbrake but onemeasuredpace.
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Since then, it has continued to grow at ameasuredpace.
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The melody moves upward at ameasuredpacein eighth notes while the left hand accompanies with broken chords in sixteenth notes in contrary motion.
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Often working in series or meditations on one theme, hermeasuredpacesuggests that patient observation might lead to richer understanding between ourselves and the natural environment.
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The hunters will pursue at a relativelymeasuredpacea targeted quarry which in response will make short but high energy sprints to escape.
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