spontaneous demonstration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspontaneousanddemonstration
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spontaneous
adjective
uk/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/us/spɑːnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without ...
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demonstration
noun
uk/ˌdem.ənˈstreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdem.ənˈstreɪ.ʃən/
the act of showing someone how to do something, or how ...
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(Definition ofspontaneousanddemonstrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, if there is aspontaneousdemonstrationand someone walks at its head, is he conducting it?
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Aspontaneousdemonstrationwould have happened before the chief constable could be informed.
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It is important to know whether such a provision has ever inhibited aspontaneousdemonstration.
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I want to draw attention to types ofspontaneousdemonstrationthat have taken place and do take place.
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In either event thespontaneousdemonstrationmust be in breach of the law, yet there have been no prosecutions.
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It is absolutely clear that we cannot define aspontaneousdemonstration.
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Aspontaneousdemonstrationtook place recently by shipyard workers.
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The requirement to give notice might appear to infringe the opportunity for genuinespontaneousdemonstration.
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It is that sort of example of aspontaneousdemonstrationwhich takes the implication of the clause much wider than the industrial relations aspects.
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Last time the victim was a child of five or six, and there was aspontaneousdemonstrationand a march on the local police station.
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There might be aspontaneousdemonstrationabout a redundancy.
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Alternatively, if he attempts to marshal or steward such aspontaneousdemonstration, is he conducting it?
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It represents an attempt to overcome the problem of thespontaneousdemonstration.
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It might be argued after aspontaneousdemonstrationthat it was not reasonably practical to notify the police and that the demonstrators were not criminals.
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My second example is that of aspontaneousdemonstrationabout unemployment caused by a factory closure or redundancies announced by management.
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I suggest that that is aspontaneousdemonstration.
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I turn to the question of thespontaneousdemonstration.
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That was aspontaneousdemonstration.
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It was aspontaneousdemonstration.
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There is nothing to suggest that events were coordinated from any position of leadership: it was aspontaneousdemonstrationreflecting widespread public sentiment.
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