| 词汇 | example_english_curious-coincidence |
| 释义 | curious coincidencecollocation in Englishmeanings of curiousand coincidenceThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with coincidence. curious adjective uk /ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/ us /ˈkjʊr.i.əs/ interested in learning about people or things ... See more at curious coincidence noun uk /kəʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/ us /koʊˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/ an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely ... See more at coincidence Examples of curious coincidenceThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. It is a curiouscoincidence that none of the three relevant authors spell out the motivation for their decisions in any detail. To say the least of it, this is a curiouscoincidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am saying that it is a curiouscoincidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiouscoincidence that the last attempt was made in 1917 in the course of a war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiouscoincidence that it always seems to reduce the figures presented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the following year, 1924, the number of plays submitted was 618, and by a curiouscoincidence the same number, nine, were refused licences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is so, and it is a curiouscoincidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a curiouscoincidence that figure is almost the same as that of the gross capital formation of the whole of private manufacturing industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By some curiouscoincidence, my recommendations have invariably suggested that it should be extended into my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiouscoincidence that that happens to be the period of the highest level of inflation in our history. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is therefore not a curiouscoincidence that last year the pay review body's recommendations were accepted unchanged in the run-up to the general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That, by a curiouscoincidence, proved to be the one area of which he has special knowledge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a curiouscoincidence the next day he was elected and all was well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The duty that falls to me this afternoon strikes a curiouscoincidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact remains—it is a very curiouscoincidence, at any rate—that directly you cut down the subsidy you found the cost of housing rapidly decreasing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a curiouscoincidence, and it shows the danger of the thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curiouscoincidence that, in 1963–64, it was said that 99 people had an income of over £100,000, and exactly the same figure applied in 1937–38. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it would have been a very curiouscoincidence if 77 people out of 600 who met that violent death in 12 months had written to me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What was the curiouscoincidence of times? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a curiouscoincidence of figures, in 1955, there were 1,955 of what we previously thought of as cases for sheltered employment, who went out into open employment straight away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of curious Go to the definition of coincidence See other collocations with coincidence |
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