continuous occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuousandoccupation

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continuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofcontinuousandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontinuous occupation

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After acontinuousoccupationof about 100 years, the area was not in use as a settlement area for about 250 years.
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The subgroups are connected to the main core by an intervening area of light butcontinuousoccupation.
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I do not call it a new bargain if a house is let by the week and the man is incontinuousoccupation.
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They represent a separate irony as they are flats that are incontinuousoccupationby foreigners—often owned by foreign investors.
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Aftercontinuousoccupationfor years, a family walked out when the council requisitioned the house.
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I find that rather startling, since to be in a controlled tenancy one must have been incontinuousoccupationof that tenancy since before 1957.
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One must contemplate that this winter the camps will be incontinuousoccupation.
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No family can be guaranteedcontinuousoccupation.
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Lengthy periods ofcontinuousoccupationnotwithstanding, many of the smaller islands were abandoned.
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Their work returned much of the castle to its former 15th century state while encompassing and retaining later additions that chronicle thecontinuousoccupationof the castle.
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The squatters moved in whilst the embassy was vacant in 1976, and in 1988 they would have gained title to the building following twelve years ofcontinuousoccupation.
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Although the downstairs bays sawcontinuousoccupationfor a variety of uses, the opera house, with its sweeping stage and near-perfect acoustics, stood idle and soon fell into disrepair.
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