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Discover Ludwig"was procedure" is a correct phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a process or set of actions that were carried out in the past. Example: "The diagnosis of the patient's illness was procedure for the doctors, but it brought a sense of anxiety and uncertainty for the patient."
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was procedure
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A particular method for performing a task.
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That was procedure, and he was a stickler for procedure.
The committee's official explanation is that it was "procedure," which is code for: "We make the decisions and you don't.
And, he said, it was procedure to ring the local force in advance of a stake-out, anyway, and inform them out of courtesy what was going on.
I asked if this was necessary after the three machine checks, and she told me it was "procedure" — which I am quite sure it is not.
The data collection technique was procedure as suggested by Stake (2003): recording interviews and reading different sources and types of documents (press papers, magazine articles, and websites).
He reported that the aircraft held a course towards Krakhellesundet, which was procedure during such weather conditions, and that the aircraft was south of Sognesjøen.
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Bell also found that the weekend effect was procedure-specific, and this may explain the variation we observe between specialties.
However, this relationship was procedure-specific: for colectomy, oesophagectomy, lung resection, pancreatectomy and prostatectomy, very high-volume hospitals had both lower PSI event rates and lower failure-to-rescue rates.
So much crime reporting today is procedure and politics.
All she does know is procedure.
"It's procedure," he says, unsmiling.
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