in the circumstances

1. see under the circumstances.

Example Sentences

He said it would have been "the last approach any parent would have wanted in the circumstances", but by chance the couple were away.

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Reviews could be held into cases where public authorities or voluntary organisations were, or could have been, involved in the circumstances leading up to the death.

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A serious incident report found that this was "good practice" in the circumstances.

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Sir Keir warned that laws must be "applied in the circumstances as they are now" before adding that countries were experiencing "mass migration in a way that we have not seen in previous years".

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"Relying on advice is not a complete defence - it must be reasonable to do so in the circumstances and that advice cannot be 'obviously wrong'," he said.

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