specific suggestion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandsuggestion
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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suggestion
noun[C or U]
uk/səˈdʒes.tʃən/us/səˈdʒes.tʃən/
an idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of ...
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(Definition ofspecificandsuggestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The result is a caveat, a hint, and aspecificsuggestion.
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I should like to make aspecificsuggestionwhich would have a dramatic effect upon youth employment.
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I shall now deal with thespecificsuggestionof the creation of a fund similar to the pneumoconiosis fund.
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In that communication was thespecificsuggestionthat the co-operative movement considered that 48 hours was an adequate period in which to work.
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I shall certainly look into thatspecificsuggestion.
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That is a very clear andspecificsuggestion.
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Myspecificsuggestionis that the cost of education should be taken away from local authorities altogether.
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I have here anotherspecificsuggestionto offer.
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That would be one of the difficulties in thatspecificsuggestion.
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The response in the way ofspecificsuggestionwas disappointing.
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I have aspecificsuggestionto make, which is this.
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I should like to put forward onespecificsuggestion.
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I am not wedded to thespecificsuggestionof an industrial grants appeal tribunal.
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I am happy to look into thespecificsuggestionthat he has made today and to write to him.
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The first is thespecificsuggestionthat the gold equivalent of the bancor should be subject to modification.
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I put forward thatspecificsuggestionas a contribution to this important debate.
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I would also like to make a veryspecificsuggestion.
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We think that that level would be too low, and in our proposals we do not make anyspecificsuggestionfor a money limit.
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I make aspecificsuggestionabout this difference, this feeling of alienation.
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There is thespecificsuggestionmade that hotels and train and station catering might be taken out of the ambit of railway management.
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