unbroken chain

collocation in English

meaningsofunbrokenandchain

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unbroken
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈbrəʊ.kən/us
/ʌnˈbroʊ.kən/
continuous and with ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition ofunbrokenandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunbroken chain

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Direct causation is "a single cause from which anunbrokenchainof control leads to the effect" shown by prototypical transitive events.
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Like priests, degree holders have been invested by those before them, and these by those before them, and so on, in anunbrokenchainbackward.
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The defining elements of the paradigm are that authority is derived from linkage to the origins of the tradition through anunbrokenchainof personal transmission.
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That is anunbrokenchainof absolute argument as to what must happen.
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We can see in her report anunbrokenchainof problems set out in summary form.
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If we want to improve the quality of sport, we need anunbrokenchainof sporting opportunities, if natural talent is to be given its chance to develop.
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Inspection starts with the raw material and is carried out in oneunbrokenchainuntil the complete air- craft is ready for its trial flight.
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At common law, ownership was proven via anunbrokenchainof title deeds.
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Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and action, is causally determined by anunbrokenchainof prior occurrences.
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Causal determinism proposes that there is anunbrokenchainof prior occurrences stretching back to the origin of the universe.
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With modern materials and tools and skilled application this is a permanent repair having almost the same strength and life of theunbrokenchain.
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Each shield is connected to another by two raised bands, and thus the group forms anunbrokenchainencircling the base.
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The concept of predeterminism is often argued by invoking causal determinism, implying that there is anunbrokenchainof prior occurrences stretching back to the origin of the universe.
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Together, we are part of anunbrokenchainof commitment to social justice that reaches back to our earliest years and stretches far ahead of us.
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This is the start of a "phrase" i.e. an anyunbrokenchainof recognisable offensive and defensive actions, such as lunging or parrying performed by the two fencers.
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