rare occasion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrareandoccasion
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rare
adjective
uk/reər/us/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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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 ofrareandoccasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Even if on arareoccasionauditing was carried out, especially due to public pressure, the results were rarely made open to the public.
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It is arareoccasionthat a self-similar tiling can also be defined by the grid or projection method.
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They were pawned to pay off debts or fines incurred by older matrilineal relatives, usually mothers' brothers, but on arareoccasionby an older woman as well.
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Thirdly, on therareoccasionof a tie on this second coding rule (length of committee tenure), the member during the first session is coded on the roster.
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The latter represented arareoccasionfor ' pure ' political voting (designation of candidates to the constituent assembly) in which the issue of economic stability was not at stake.
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Thisrareoccasionalso gives me the opportunity to draw attention to neglected issues or lost causes.
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The local authority does not usually do the work itself—that would be a veryrareoccasion.
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But that is a veryrareoccasionin my experience.
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Previous speakers have indicated why it is arareoccasion.
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The patter and the repartee flow and only on arareoccasionis one left speechless on a doorstep.
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We are witnessing arareoccasionwhen we are almost indulging in an all-party love-in.
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However, on therareoccasionwhen cremation does not take place burial usually takes place in the hospital's own cemetery in a single grave.
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That was not unprecedented, but it was a veryrareoccasion, because of the circumstances.
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It is only on the veryrareoccasionwhen there is a real threat to a site that that does not happen.
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As he rightly said, this is arareoccasion.
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The debate has been a model—arareoccasion.
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It is therefore arareoccasionon which reports of this kind are taken here.
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This debate has been a somewhatrareoccasion.
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It is therareoccasion, such as we have seen in the north-west, that grabs the headlines.
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It is arareoccasion, but his contribution is worth another look.
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