elaborate precaution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelaborateandprecaution
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elaborate
adjective
uk/iˈlæb.ər.ət/us/iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/
containing a lot of careful detail or many ...
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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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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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Elaborate precautions are taken to ensure the safe disposal of infected carcases and material.
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The result is that there have now to take place the most elaborate precautions to try to protect jurors.
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They say that there is painstaking care, that elaborate precautions are taken and that careful tests are made.
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They looked upon them as something terrible and dangerous against which the most elaborate precautions had to be taken.
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In every instance there were elaborate precautions against fundamental changes taking place without the real will of the people being known.
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The whole of the ground floor and first floor is supplied with filtered air, and elaborate precautions exist to prevent the escape of harmful material.
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The elaborate precautions taken resulted in complete surprise.
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There are elaborate precautions for dealing with people who escape, and those who give protection to those who escape—all undesirable provisions.
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There is no need of the elaborate precautions which he suggested.
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In modern oilfield practice, escapes are uncommon, and elaborate precautions are taken against them.
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If it were all plain sailing, if it were all to the good, why these elaborate precautions, and so on?
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It is then that the most elaborate precautions have to be taken.
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You give with one hand, but you provide elaborate precautions for the prevention of the free enjoyment and exercise of the powers and dignities which you confer.
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The result is that our early railway legislation contains most elaborate precautions which other countries that developed their railways later did not find it necessary to include.
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In modern oilfield practice, escapes of oil are uncommon and elaborate precautions are taken against them, involving, among other things, the use of what are known as blow-out preventers.
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