civil disturbance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcivilanddisturbance
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civil
adjective
uk/ˈsɪv.əl/us/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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(Definition ofcivilanddisturbancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was to producecivildisturbance.
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That is a recipe forcivildisturbanceoutside football grounds.
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I also think thatcivildisturbanceis highly undesirable.
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Such countries could well be faced withcivildisturbance.
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It is not a picture of widespreadcivildisturbance.
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Political instability is also a direct cause of environmental degradation:civildisturbanceall too frequently expresses itself through the destruction of physical capital.
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To mitigate the possibility forcivildisturbance, opinion leaders had to be explicit about the proper response to the changed political scenario.
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So far open-cast mining operations have not caused muchcivildisturbance.
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They have also had to patrol roads picketed by strikers in times ofcivildisturbance.
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I parted company with him, however, when he called forcivildisturbanceand upheaval.
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I have some experience both in war and peace of battle andcivildisturbance.
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They have had to operate in the most difficult circumstances ofcivildisturbanceand conflict.
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That is notcivildisturbance, that is an act of war.
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Remember that the latter was started in 1758 to deal withcivildisturbance.
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Those are areas in which there have recently been grave civil unrest andcivildisturbance.
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Thecivildisturbancein 1934 was larger.
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Therefore, we need to have conventional deterrents to stop any kind of small war or conflict starting bycivildisturbance.
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Many of its problems arise from the legacy of the former authorities and of the years ofcivildisturbance.
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The psychological effects ofcivildisturbanceon children can be divided into short-term and long-term effects.
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This is not a pettifogging piece ofcivildisturbanceto be settled by a person with prejudices.
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And the terrible result of war andcivildisturbanceis that it creates still deeper shortages of food.
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If he is referring to thecivildisturbancepurchase scheme, this is something we have been reviewing.
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Finally, the fourth argument is the strain on the police and the effect of possiblecivildisturbance.
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I believe there is fear among people whether they should invest in a situation where there is this degree ofcivildisturbance.
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Building societies have been reluctant to lend on older houses and in areas which have been badly affected bycivildisturbance.
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