unforeseen circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunforeseenandcircumstance
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unforeseen
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.fəˈsiːn/us/ˌʌn.fɚˈsiːn/
not ...
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circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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That formula is supposed to top up the finances of the local authority where it meets anunforeseencircumstanceor tragedy, such as occurred there.
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That prevents sudden changes in the case of someunforeseencircumstanceon the alternative road.
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It was impossible to respond to theunforeseencircumstance.
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If the company then finds that because of anunforeseencircumstanceit has to bear yet another burden, it is presented with practical and in some cases severe difficulties.
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Due to thisunforeseencircumstance, the video concert is going to be stopped in the middle.
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They instead tended to be accessed in school holidays, and when emergencies or unforeseen circumstances arose.
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When estimated food runs short due to unforeseen circumstances, we sell more assets, mostly livestock to buy food.
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Our results are not intended to provide precise predictions about how the elephant population may change in the future; too many unforeseen circumstances may affect that trajectory.
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Specialist research capabilities, knowledge and expertise may be needed for unforeseen circumstances.
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They can settle each indeterminacy at a time, thus making law more precise from that point on, without running the risk of unintentionally regulating unforeseen circumstances.
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In an attempt to allow for every possible eventuality, such forms became longer and more complicated, but unforeseen circumstances kept cropping up to wreck such attempts.
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Williamson (1991) has developed a contractual framework in which adaptations to unforeseen circumstances are taken into consideration.
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We are, therefore, also proposing a budgetary structure that can respond more flexibly to new and unforeseen circumstances.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
An additional asset of the budget is its greater flexibility in unforeseen circumstances.
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I would like to know from you what constitutes these unforeseen circumstances, when it is and is not permitted.
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I said precisely in my statement that they were unforeseen circumstances, which means that they cannot be foreseen.
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We must be able to respond to unforeseen circumstances that might make the postponement of the election unavoidable.
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Nor could any guarantee be given, owing to changing and unforeseen circumstances, that it might not be necessary to reduce allocations, and so on.
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Unless unforeseen circumstances arise, we shall not need to pass further legislation until 1971.
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Such unforeseen circumstances may arise in practice and there is little to be gained by specifying in statute that a pre-sentence report must be obtained.
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