emergency provision

collocation in English

meaningsofemergencyandprovision

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emergency
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/us
/ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
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provision
noun
uk
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/prəˈvɪʒ.ən/
the act of ...
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(Definition ofemergencyandprovisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For six months of the year, all that my constituents can get isemergencyprovision.
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I fear that we will soon be faced with a fait accompli in accident andemergencyprovisionfor the area.
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If it is closed, inevitably the acute services will be relocated to those hospitals with accident andemergencyprovision.
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I do not call it looking ahead when it is merely proposed to continue anemergencyprovision, and much more will have to be done.
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In the first instance we do not intend that more general services, such as accident andemergencyprovision, should be covered.
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Now that houses are being built in great numbers thisemergencyprovision, which was always intended to be temporary, can no longer be justified.
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Emergencyprovisionwill see them through the short time it takes to re-establish contact with their responsible authority.
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He is at a loss to know where to turn to make anyemergencyprovision.
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There is also concern that there is noemergencyprovisionfor temporary exclusion if a sheriff cannot be contacted.
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This is very much anemergencyprovisionto deal with marauding deer only and will not be appropriate for controlling deer established on land.
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It is anemergencyprovisionwhich has been put in since the war started, but which is not specified or defined.
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The question was about accident andemergencyprovisionand is still pertinent.
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It is anemergencyprovisionand it inevitably raises questions about freedom of association and about the tendency to drive organisations underground.
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Is none of this money to be available to help a local authority in making someemergencyprovisionin a case of that kind?
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There are problems with accident andemergencyprovision.
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We must also take account of rising demand in accident andemergencyprovisionand rises in the number of patients.
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Will it be when they can get onlyemergencyprovisionfor nine, 10 or 11 months of the year?
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Sometimes the non-emergency service is less glamorous than theemergencyprovision.
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Particular concern has been expressed about the problems of transport in relation to accident andemergencyprovision.
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Amendments (l) to (p) set out other time limits for theemergencyprovision, varying from 18 to 28 weeks.
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