normal channel

collocation in English

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normal
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔː.məl/
us
/ˈnɔːr.məl/
ordinary or usual; the same as would ...
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channel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
us
/ˈtʃæn.əl/
a television or radio station (= an organization that broadcasts television or ...
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(Definition ofnormalandchannelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Non-state policing in its various forms is becoming institutionalised in substantial sectors of society as thenormalchannelof criminal justice.
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With regard to the other countries mentioned in the question, contacts are maintained through thenormalchannelof service attachés.
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In that way there is a perfectlynormalchannelfor him to acquire the qualification.
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That is thenormalchannelof democracy, which is always kept in the open.
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Consultation with management is already arranged by thenormalchannelof effective joint consultation.
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Thenormalchannelfor such items is the topical and urgent debate.
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The view was then taken that thenormalchannelfor grant should be local authorities.
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We must assume that the relevant trade unions need not be specified, because this is thenormalchannel through which management indicates matters to organised workers.
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What we must also remember is that quite a proportion of this coal has inevitably been dumped at positions outside thenormalchannelof its use.
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I think it would be fair to say that thenormalchannelof complaint for a member of the nursing staff is through his or her superior officer.
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In this case the application was received by his commanding officer, which is thenormalchannelthrough which application is made on the day of the nomination.
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The effect channel produced more overdrive and thenormalchannelproduced cleaner tones.
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Unrecognised through thenormalchannelof competitions, she was championed by her now-converted father, who wrote to opera houses to arrange auditions.
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It is not known how much free skimmed milk was distributed through the normal channels in the district.
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This can also be termed as a situation when a producer or supplier bypasses thenormalchannelof distribution and sells directly to the end user.
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After three hundred years, it still reflects a turbulence in society that is difficult to tame into normal channels of rational discourse.
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His overture through the normal channels foundered.
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Coping with taperecorded messages - talking to a machine - has become a part of many people's language competence; it is now one of their normal channels of communication.
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Nobody consulted my party, and we were excluded from the normal channels, which agreed to rush it through.
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The third point about commodity agreements is that they can cut across normal channels of trade.
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