normal circumstance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnormalandcircumstance
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normal
adjective
uk/ˈnɔː.məl/us/ˈnɔːr.məl/
ordinary or usual; the same as would ...
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circumstance
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofnormalandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I have no doubt that, innormalcircumstance, they are able to effect the necessary and responsible scrutiny of the security services.
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But the purpose of the hearings is not, at least in thenormalcircumstance, concerned with short, sharp sanctions.
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This is anormalcircumstanceso far as trusts are concerned; when income is diverted for one purpose it is not available for another purpose.
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Under anynormalcircumstance, the most inefficient plant would have been shut down, prices would then have risen and the remaining plants could have operated economically.
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Innormalcircumstancethey serve 3 years (shorter than others) because of "preparation rank".
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The principle of heredity though applied in normal circumstances, as in the cases of the two purveyors and the modi, was not without exception.
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Under normal circumstances, however, it will not make sense to threshold a structure at much more than the expected volume.
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In normal circumstances it simply could not count as a defect to become a gardener.
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Under normal circumstances, the amphipods help to stabilise the substrate with their tube-building activity.
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For example, in normal circumstances, only haploids begin growth by germinating from a spore.
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Under normal circumstances, changes in osteoblastic activity are mirrored by changes in osteoclast markers.
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Under normal circumstances the presider would be presumed the "author" of the dissertation.
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They are thus excluded from the domestic sphere under normal circumstances and can only enter by ritual invitation.
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This is crucial for memory retrieval because, under normal circumstances, we remember things, in large part, because of connections with other memories.
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You possess a context-insensitive character trait just in case you would display its characteristic behavior across a broad range of normal circumstances.
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Under normal circumstances, such technological innovations should be reported in specialized journals, instead of a philosophical or even ideological one.
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It involves highlighting certain features of input that might go unnoticed under normal circumstances by typographically manipulating them through boldfacing, italicizing, underlining, or capitalizing.
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But under normal circumstances the wearer of bifocals takes no notice of the discontinuity.
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Thus, in normal circumstances, the architects' formgiving is conditional on arguments, not power.
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Under normal circumstances, censorship functioned on two levels.
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