frightening prospect

collocation in English

meaningsoffrighteningandprospect

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frightening
adjective
uk
/ˈfraɪ.tən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈfraɪ.tən.ɪŋ/
making you ...
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prospect
noun
uk
/ˈprɒs.pekt/us
/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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(Definition offrighteningandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In some instances, there is thefrighteningprospectof research being carried out on children without any legal or regulatory mechanisms for their protection in place.
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It is afrighteningprospectfor the human race.
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I myself find that afrighteningprospect, and the solution is so easy both industrially and nationally.
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That is afrighteningprospectfor something that we have taken for granted throughout our lifetimes.
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I do not find that a surrender of sovereignty or afrighteningprospect.
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To start a recession from a level of 3 million-plus unemployed is a prettyfrighteningprospect.
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That is the impression that they give, and that is why the increasing bitterness in the country is afrighteningprospect.
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That is not only afrighteningprospectfor graduates.
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The social fund will greatly increase those harrowing statistics, which is afrighteningprospect.
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In my opinion, this is a reallyfrighteningprospect.
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This would be afrighteningprospectand would affect many people and many industries.
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There is afrighteningprospectbefore us if we fail to control advertising.
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That is really afrighteningprospectfor any country to face.
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The alternative, if it fails, would, of course, be afrighteningprospect.
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For a potential small business owner, starting up is afrighteningprospect, but it can be made easier.
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It is afrighteningprospectfor people when faced with clamping late at night.
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It is afrighteningprospectthat the police should be regarded as being available only in emergency cases, rather like the fire brigade.
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Either way, they would lose, and that was afrighteningprospect.
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