appropriate occasion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofappropriateandoccasion
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appropriate
adjective
uk/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/us/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
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occasion
noun[C]
uk/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/us/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/
a particular time, especially when something happens or ...
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(Definition ofappropriateandoccasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Though many are not active at a given time, they are probably neither hostile to membership nor unavailable for mobilization through organizations should anappropriateoccasionarise.
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It is, therefore, anappropriateoccasionto review events since then and to see where our negotiations now stand.
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This would seem to be anappropriateoccasionto have a full discussion on this important subject.
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There may be anappropriateoccasionwhen men should be enrolled.
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This is a matter which has already been noted for legislation when anappropriateoccasionarises.
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I should be glad on anappropriateoccasionto discuss the full significance of those statistics.
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That would be theappropriateoccasionon which to debate changes in the present scale of allowances.
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It is on foreign policy and morality, and it would seem to be theappropriateoccasionon which to raise questions of this kind.
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That would be anappropriateoccasionon which to raise this matter.
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I understand that this is not theappropriateoccasion.
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I do not think that this is theappropriateoccasionfor going into the details of any specific trade.
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We are prepared to debate that issue on theappropriateoccasion, but it does not arise in this case.
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That would be anappropriateoccasionfor dealing with any difficulties which might arise as between different bodies.
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That is probably theappropriateoccasionfor such points to be made and answered.
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A great deal could be said for and against either system, and, no doubt, on anappropriateoccasionit will be said.
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No doubt anappropriateoccasioncan be found for doing so.
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This is anappropriateoccasionfor the use of the word "shall"rather than"may".
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I hope there will be anappropriateoccasionwhen we can raise such matters.
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I shall be only too glad to debate these methods with him on a moreappropriateoccasion.
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