on numerous occasions
collocation in Englishmeaningsofon,numerousandoccasion
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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numerous
adjective
uk/ˈnjuː.mə.rəs/us/ˈnuː.mə.rəs/
many:
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occasion
noun[C]
uk/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/us/əˈkeɪ.ʒən/
a particular time, especially when something happens or ...
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(Definition ofon,numerousandoccasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I have said onnumerousoccasionthat we are willing to listen to what is said in these bilateral talks.
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The duo successfully defended their championship onnumerousoccasion.
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Results of each technician were validated against those of the other technician using identical slides on numerous occasions as part of our quality control system.
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On numerous occasions the king presented one of his courtiers with the money for a house or even a house itself.
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While the within-simple interval is often no more than one or two days, there are numerous occasions when it rivals or even exceeds between-sample intervals.
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In the early years of statehood, he elevated this principle to the status of official doctrine and expounded it on numerous occasions.
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The state's banking regulators explicitly acknowledged this problem on numerous occasions.
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Mother tongue education has undergone re-evaluation on numerous occasions and has been subject to both budget cuts and administrative restructuring since then.
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There will be numerous occasions where we will have no workable description or formula for (n) and (n), and where, consequently, induction simply cannot be applied.
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Though these occurred at some distance from the rice and cotton fields, on numerous occasions they strengthened the hand of the settlers in their negotiations with managers.
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Regional and local television, radio and press featured this outbreak on numerous occasions, clearly linking the outbreak to the water supply.
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The world of banking has already driven this problem home to you on numerous occasions.
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I have done so on numerous occasions in the last couple of weeks and months, both orally and in written form.
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The view of the councils on this matter has been explained on numerous occasions and there should not now be any misunderstanding about their attitude.
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It has been suggested on numerous occasions that the earnings rule ought to be abolished.
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We are, of course, always ready to do this and have done so on numerous occasions in the past.
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I have, indeed, travelled that road on numerous occasions.
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