sudden switch
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuddenandswitch
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sudden
adjective
uk/ˈsʌd.ən/us/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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switch
noun
uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/
a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandswitchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As suggested throughout this analysis, these changes do not represent asuddenswitchfrom civil to political society.
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These curves show a unique andsuddenswitch, and are independent (in the interval of a considered n) parasite efforts with orientations going to facilitate the switching of the frame.
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We saw the difficulties produced by the gap-year enterprise; thesuddenswitchin the number of applications and students deciding to take up their places.
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Thissuddenswitchof policy had a smack of panic about it.
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The violent change could be likened to asuddenswitchfrom pony and trap to the streamlined modern motor car without any interval for practice.
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Asuddenswitchof that in itself would take time to achieve.
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Nuclear power has not been thought of suddenly, and there has been nosuddenswitchto it because of the increased price of oil.
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It is particularly damaging to have thissuddenswitchin housing policy.
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Yet in paragraph 17 of the same statement there is asuddenswitchto what he calls "a real level of spending".
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He clearly has no understanding of the international coal trade, which could not have sustained asuddenswitchfrom domestic to imported coal.
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One wants it even less, particularly as a less-affluent member of the community, if thesuddenswitch from one ticket to three masks no less than three hidden fare rises.
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We therefore concluded that asuddenswitchto a free market would significantly increase the chances of price instability and could adversely affect levels of production and consumption.
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It was beginning to be seen as the worst age for asuddenswitchfrom education to employment.
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Perhaps the most striking feature of the film besides its low production values is asuddenswitchin tone and plot that comes roughly forty minutes into the movie.
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We cannot have these sudden switches and changes.
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That is the effect of the sudden switches and sudden cuts in future available finance.
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