extraordinary measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextraordinaryandmeasure
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extraordinary
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That seems to me the mostextraordinarymeasurethat anyone could conceive.
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That lies behind his prosecution and advocacy of thisextraordinarymeasure.
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Why has the case for thisextraordinarymeasurenot been put before the people in the form of a referendum?
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That is the missing thing in all these arguments which we have heard in support of thisextraordinarymeasure.
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It has been hastily adapted to meet extraordinary conditions and in its newrôleit has had anextraordinarymeasureof success.
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They have solved all these problems with anextraordinarymeasureof success.
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It is the peculiarity of thisextraordinarymeasurethat it is equally unsatisfactory to all those who are affected by it.
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It seems to me to be a reasonable demand to make that this far-reaching,extraordinarymeasureshould at least be attached to visible progress.
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I emphasise theextraordinarymeasureof damage that is likely to result from the proposals.
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Again, it is anextraordinarymeasureto deal with an extraordinary problem.
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What anextraordinarymeasureto be introducing tonight.
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On this point there is anextraordinarymeasureof agreement.
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I do not know whether there is any precedent for anextraordinarymeasureof that kind.
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Thatextraordinarymeasurewould have put out of business all the salmon smokeries that rely on mail order.
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Though this may seem small, yet it is most important in trying to elucidate thisextraordinarymeasure.
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That simple fact explains why we are debating thisextraordinarymeasuretonight.
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Within this context, it is essential to reach an agreement on the directive on asylum procedures, which in reality is the onlyextraordinarymeasurestill outstanding.
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During that period the people of our country will be called on for anextraordinarymeasureof restraint which they have never had to exercise in peacetime before.
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I wonder what thisextraordinarymeasureis that they could have introduced and that was going to lead to greater happiness and sunlight in sunless homes, and so on.
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Thisextraordinarymeasurehad little chance of success, and some suggest that the authors of the treaty were knowingly dishonest and deceitful.
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