urgent business

collocation in English

meaningsofurgentandbusiness

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urgent
adjective
uk
/ˈɜː.dʒənt/us
/ˈɝː.dʒənt/
very important and needing ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofurgentandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofurgent business

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I submit that in debating this subject we would not be displacing any otherurgentbusiness.
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He has been called back to the diocese onurgentbusiness.
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He has had to return home onurgentbusiness.
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I am afraid that this is necessary, in view of the amount ofurgentbusinessthat lies before us.
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To ensure improvement in the conditions of agriculture is one of the outstanding and mosturgentbusinesspropositions before the country to-day.
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I had unexpected andurgentbusinessto attend to.
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Unfortunately, at the last moment this appointment had to be cancelled because of pressure ofurgentbusiness.
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There is a queue ofurgentbusinesswaiting to be discussed.
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Those with veryurgentbusinessare carried by air if possible.
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He is regularly here buturgentbusinessprevents his attendance today.
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There is nourgentbusinessfor the days of the following week, and.
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Additional meetings are convened ifurgentbusinessrequires it.
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We therefore had to limit ourselves with regard to the separate votes and other aspects, and to limit theurgentbusiness.
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However, the answer is that in community affairs it is quite usual forurgentbusinessto be taken by the next council on the agenda.
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I do not wish to take up any more time, because there isurgentbusinessto follow.
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It often takes a long time to obtain permission, and if he is onurgentbusinessthe delay may wreck his programmes.
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I am very grateful to colleagues for attending to thisurgentbusiness, and apologise for the speed with which it is being done.
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I am sorry that he is not here to-day, but he explained to me that he had to be absent onurgentbusiness.
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We have been elected to dourgentbusinessat the quickest possible pace.
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In the ordinary way a deputy is one who takes another's place in time of sickness or occasionally where other and moreurgentbusinesscalls.
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