adequate precaution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadequateandprecaution
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adequate
adjective
uk/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
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precaution
noun
uk/prɪˈkɔː.ʃən/us/prɪˈkɑː.ʃən/
an action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or ...
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This seems to be a totallyadequateprecautionto deal with that very common form of piracy.
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Secondly, we were told that everyadequateprecautionwas taken.
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I would submit that that is not anadequateprecaution.
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These tests would be carried out under expert supervision and with adequate precautions.
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Producers must take adequate precautions to ensure that heat treatment is successful and that post-pasteurization contamination does not take place.
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Even if one has exposed oneself or one's property to injury for want of observing adequate precautions, it is another person alone whose actions have resulted 22.
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Adequate precautions have been taken to prevent the introduction into this country of animals affected with hereditary or contagious diseases.
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In the meantime publicity drawing attention to the dangers of flammable clothing and the need for adequate precautions will be continued.
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I mean the question of the tubercular harm that may be done to the population by not taking adequate precautions.
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Will he ensure that adequate precautions are taken?
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Those responsible for the security of public buildings are well aware of the need for adequate precautions, and appropriate arrangements are made.
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Adequate precautions are taken to guard against repetition in these statistics.
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Adequate precautions have been taken to prevent a recurrence.
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I cannot see that adequate precautions would be taken for safeguarding the well-being and care of animals if they were used in secondary schools.
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Is he satisfied that adequate precautions are taken to prevent explosions and that proper attention is being paid to the danger of gas?
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We all know what young boys are like, and how they can get into places in spite of apparently adequate precautions.
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Yet the resolution in no way limits the right of states to take adequate precautions to defend their territory.
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Others perhaps do not mind if they have a number of children, and they do not take adequate precautions.
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It is not right to suggest that people are entitled to put poisonous substances on the market without taking adequate precautions to protect the public.
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