ordinary course

collocation in English

meaningsofordinaryandcourse

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ordinary
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri/us
/ˈɔːr.dən.er.i/
not different or special or unexpected in any ...
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course
noun
uk
/kɔːs/us
/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofordinaryandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Outside courtrooms, in theordinarycourseof our lives, we might try to avoid such decisions or, more commonly, we just make a decision and move on.
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The prosecution in question was authorised by me in theordinarycourseof my official duties.
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The answer was given in theordinarycourse.
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This means that a large part of the correspondence of approved societies and insurance committees, in fact, passes post free in theordinarycourse.
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These matters are kept under review in theordinarycourseof administration.
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In theordinarycourseyou have to take a ballot of twelve component unions which are members of the federation.
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Payment of the amount of benefit due to him will be made in theordinarycoursetoday.
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In the circumstances there appears to be no special reason for taking this case out of theordinarycourse.
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People regard those things as in theordinarycourseof events.
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If the owner of the land has good will towards the purchaser, as he probably will have, what is theordinarycourseof procedure?
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That can be arranged for in theordinarycourseof negotiations, and no number of clauses will interfere with that.
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I think theordinarycoursemust be adopted.
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It is obvious that men who win commissions from the ranks are very much older than those who get their commissions in theordinarycourse.
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Or does it arise from questions of recommendations which in theordinarycourseof events would be followed?
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I was surprised to be called upon by one of the welfare workers in theordinarycourseof her duties.
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That is theordinarycourseof events in all criminal and motoring cases.
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In theordinarycourseof events, targets would have been preferable.
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I have taken them out in theordinarycourseof my daily reading of the newspapers.
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The tie was destroyed in theordinarycourseafter the hearing of the appeal.
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Here we have a provision which will enable men to get something which they would not otherwise have in theordinarycourse.
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