extraordinary situation

collocation in English

meaningsofextraordinaryandsituation

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extraordinary
adjective
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/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/us
/ɪkˈstrɔːr.dən.er.i/
very unusual, special, unexpected, ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofextraordinaryandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is anextraordinarysituationand brings us specifically to the question of what the fees are used for.
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What anextraordinarysituationit is, for whoever pays for it the land is bought by the nation.
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It seems a prettyextraordinarysituationif, after that, we should continue to send them arms.
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I should think a mostextraordinarysituationwould be created if that were so.
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We should then arrive at theextraordinarysituationthat their profits before the levy might be £136,000, whereas the levy itself would amount to £139,000.
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I do not minimize the difficulties and complications of thisextraordinarysituation.
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That is anextraordinarysituationto be occurring to-day.
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I ask for clarification, because in my view this is anextraordinarysituation.
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That really would bring about a mostextraordinarysituation, if one can visualise it.
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That seems to me to be anextraordinarysituation.
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That seems to me a ratherextraordinarysituation.
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We are in a mostextraordinarysituationabout import control.
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We come up against two more fantastic dichotomies in connection with thisextraordinarysituation.
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That is really anextraordinarysituationwhen one considers how serious the dollar situation was.
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If the opticians are pleading poverty, it is anextraordinarysituationthat they are suddenly able to repay £3 million for unintended profits.
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But when he cannot find any good reason, when he has run out of good reasons, a mostextraordinarysituationarises.
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That seems to me to raise a veryextraordinarysituation.
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This is anextraordinarysituationwhich needs careful looking at.
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That is what seems to us anextraordinarysituation.
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We are indeed faced with a mostextraordinarysituation.
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