minor accident
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminorandaccident
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minor
adjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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accident
noun
uk/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/us/ˈæk.sə.dənt/
something bad that happens that is not expected or intended and that often damages something or ...
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(Definition ofminorandaccidentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They runminoraccidentcentres.
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One might say that it was quite aminoraccident.
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There was aminoraccidentin 1968, and the company paid.
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I also visited theminoraccidentand emergency unit that remains.
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In all of those circumstances a relativelyminoraccidentcould be lethal.
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It is therefore not possible to disaggregate the accurate full costs of the presentminoraccidenttreatment service facility.
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What happens if there is even aminoraccidentat a nuclear station during the decommissioning process?
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That used to be called theminoraccidenttreatment centre, and the new name only confuses the public.
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This major service is supported byminoraccidentand emergency and casualty departments at other hospitals within the district.
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Varuna the meets aminoraccidentand is hospitalized.
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Aminoraccidentbrings them together, sparking an instant attraction.
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The greater part of this loss is not due to serious illness but is due to minor illness andminoraccident.
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Aminoraccidentinvolving a cabin door occurred in 1971 when, on take-off, the rear door opened into the air flow.
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Would a hospital with aminoraccidenttreatment facility be counted in the same way as a hospital with a major accident and emergency unit?
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It is quite right that the case of aminoraccident, as defined, there is no statutory obligation upon the employer to notify.
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It was that nobody was going to be bothered to report to the police for aminoraccidentof some sort.
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In that case the plaintiff suffered a veryminoraccidentindeed and concocted a vastly inflated amount of injury and damage flowing from it.
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This causes the car to get into aminoraccidentbut none of them are injured.
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One day, after aminoraccident, she meets a boy on the roof of the hospital.
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But it is not in regard to those conditions that we are concerned: it is simply on this narrow point of aminoraccidenton the ground.
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One may have a puncture or some otherminoraccidentand if one arrives outside permitted hours one has to have a meal without any alcoholic refreshment.
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The public do not realise on how many occasions men stay away from work because they have suffered aminoraccidentwhich they do not report.
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If, in that country, there is aminoraccident, say on the road, is the instinct of the simple person to send for or talk to the police?
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A relativelyminoraccidentthat disclosed a fundamental flaw in some aspect of equipment or use might have a serious effect on the whole rail system.
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We all know that the sheer volume of traffic—cars and freight—means that it takes only aminoraccident or a few cones to bring everything to a standstill.
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