special circumstance

collocation in English

meaningsofspecialandcircumstance

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special
adjective
uk
/ˈspeʃ.əl/us
/ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofspecialandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may be necessary to widen or define what is aspecialcircumstance.
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The fact that a borough of 30,000 or 40,000 inhabitants has sent a large number to the front is fortunately not aspecialcircumstance.
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In about 10 years each individual case will be aspecialcircumstance.
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It may be that my memory will now be jogged as to exactly what aspecialcircumstancecould be.
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I think that this is aspecialcircumstance.
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I should have thought the regulations were sufficiently elastic to allow for this to be regarded as aspecialcircumstance.
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Are we to understand that the having of daughters is going to be considered aspecialcircumstance?
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I am truly surprised to hear books described as a "specialcircumstance".
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The secondspecialcircumstancewas that there must have been something like a great disaster to the people who had enlisted from the particular town.
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This ought to be regarded as a veryspecialcircumstance.
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Would an unfounded, or a well-founded, rumour be aspecialcircumstance?
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The law assumed that what she did was under his domination and that therefore she could not be liable for it under thespecialcircumstance.
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Those are types ofspecialcircumstance, but it is necessary to have a degree of flexibility.
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It is true that that is aspecialcircumstanceaffecting the service, but it is not aspecialcircumstanceaffecting those who leave any service.
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That is thespecialcircumstancewhich would justify us in making an exception in this case.
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That is elementary justice and, unless there is somespecialcircumstance, his licence ought to be suspended.
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We thought that in tinsspecialcircumstancerelief ought to be given.
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The system has enormous potential, adjusted for thisspecialcircumstance.
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No one could possibly say that the oncoming of the winter months was aspecialcircumstance.
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Under thespecialcircumstanceheading, as the criteria are subjective and non-accountable, she might win 50 more points for exceptional merit or outstanding achievements.
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