unannounced visit

collocation in English

meaningsofunannouncedandvisit

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unannounced
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.əˈnaʊnst/
us
/ˌʌn.əˈnaʊnst/
If someone arrives unannounced, they arrive suddenly ...
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visit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɪz.ɪt/
us
/ˈvɪz.ɪt/
an occasion when you visit a place ...
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(Definition ofunannouncedandvisitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At baseline, and 1, 3, 6 and 10 weeks later, the study team approached each household in anunannouncedvisit.
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A furtherunannouncedvisitis made shortly afterwards to check that this has been carried out.
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How could he establish that without making anunannouncedvisitin the first place?
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Will she pay anunannouncedvisitwith me to the market on some occasion?
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A full report is made on everyunannouncedvisit.
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It was anunannouncedvisit, which is quite a different matter.
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Judging from thisunannouncedvisit, changes are in hand.
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I should be concerned if they were prohibited from carrying out anunannouncedvisit.
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I shall return to the point relating to anunannouncedvisit, with an aircraft flying fairly low and unreasonably close to dwelling houses or other buildings.
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Children's homes, including those providing secure accommodation, are subject to two inspections a year, one of which will be anunannouncedvisit.
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This enjoyed considerable success until the day of anunannouncedvisitfrom the headmaster's wife.
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Horst makes anunannouncedvisit, bringing presents as usual.
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Frequent and unannounced visits at milking time by the research team were used to verify milk yields and to annotate events such as calving, drying out, sales and others.
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Random, unannounced visits at milking time were made periodically by the researchers to check milk yields being recorded.
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Unannounced visits may be made, however, in response to reports of problems at a plant.
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Unannounced visits may be made in response to reports of problems.
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During a period of eight weeks, the group made 36 unannounced visits to police stations.
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It makes unannounced visits when this is felt to be justified.
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Secondly, there would be more systematic checks on such companies and more unannounced visits.
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Exceptionally, unannounced visits are made in response to reports of problems at a plant.
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