sudden reversal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuddenandreversal
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sudden
adjective
uk/ˈsʌd.ən/us/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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reversal
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈvɜː.səl/us/rɪˈvɝː.səl/
the act of changing or making something change to ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandreversalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Visual evoked potentials tosuddenreversalof the motion of a pattern.
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What, then, are the grounds for thissuddenreversal?
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I do not suggest that it is possible to effect asuddenreversalin our trade policy.
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Bearing that in mind, what is the reason for thissuddenreversalof policy in this most important field?
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Of course, there must be no rash experiments orsuddenreversalof policy.
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Particularly do they not justify asuddenreversalof policy when, so far, there has been no adequate opportunity to test the new methods.
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By what right does he call this asuddenreversalof policy?
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Thatsuddenreversalled to an acceleration of the difficulties in industry in all countries of the world.
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It is a toosuddenreversalto say now that the emphasis is on quality and not on quantity.
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The decision to withdraw is asuddenreversalof a recent decision.
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I have no plans for asuddenreversalof the decision to change the sitting hours.
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That volume had been imperceptibly increasing, until, in 1930, there was asuddenreversalof the previous tendency of world trade.
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What caused thesuddenreversalof fortune all in a day?
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Another point in regard to this intricate question is as to how far the revenues are going to be affected by thissuddenreversalof policy.
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I think an equally strong case could be made out for the plight in which thesuddenreversalof our policy is going to leave the agricultural labourer.
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Davies asserts that revolutions are a subjective response to asuddenreversalin fortunes after a long period of economic growth.
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With a lamenting voice, they tell a story full of painful, sudden reversals of fortune, and if one didn't interrupt them, it would seem that their story would never end.
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I think it is due in part to the sudden reversals of policy and going back upon assurances.
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Then they get trapped into commitments and try to jettison and replace them with breathtakingly sudden reversals of alliances.
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The rules of movement and capture seem to be very complex allowing hidden strategies and sudden reversals of fortune.
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