Collocations withprecaution
These are words often used in combination withprecaution.
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additional precaution
Waste paper bins in the smokers' bedrooms were not lined, as an additional precaution.
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adequate precaution
This seems to be a totally adequate precaution to deal with that very common form of piracy.
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elaborate precaution
The picketers argued that because their ancestors had taken elaborate precautions against disinterment, they would not have agreed to be autopsied.
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extra precaution
As an extra precaution, a police escort was requested and provided.
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reasonable precaution
That is a reasonable precaution.
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safety precaution
That is a safety precaution we should retain.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
security precaution
All detainees' mail is examined as a security precaution.
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sensible precaution
It was a sensible precaution.
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strict precaution
These regulations prescribe the manner in which mink must be kept and the strict precautions that must be taken to prevent their escape.
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usual precautions
As the ventricular topology was appropriate, the conduction bundle was expected to follow the normal course, and the usual precautions were taken to avoid damage to it.
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wise precaution
This was a wise precaution.
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