risk of disruption

collocation in English

meaningsofriskanddisruption

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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/
us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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disruption
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/
us
/dɪsˈrʌp.ʃən/
the action of preventing something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or ...
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(Definition ofriskanddisruptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We received a report that there was ariskofdisruption.
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There is a seriousriskofdisruptionto business through poor morale, loss of staff, or industrial action.
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It also seeks to ensure that effective measures are taken to reduce significantly theriskofdisruptionto patients.
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The main reason for the moratorium was theriskofdisruptionbefore the start of broadcasting or immediately thereafter.
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Theriskofdisruptionto oil supplies should not be exaggerated, but it is there, and it would be foolish to ignore it.
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The transitional arrangements for fresh fruit and vegetables have been designed to give a long period of gradual adjustment and to minimise theriskofdisruptionof markets.
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It is important to all of us that there should be complete confidence in the freedom of this institution from theriskofdisruptionand intrusion.
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The proposal will increase business risk because it will put the operation on one site rather than four, so there will be moreriskofdisruption, not less.
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However, they are concerned about theriskofdisruptionto tender procedures, leading to costs and delays which would undermine the investment they have made in their tenders.
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For this to take place on a sound basis, the process needs to be a gradual one avoiding theriskofdisruptionor dislocation of services to the public.
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I stand by the basic principle that theriskofdisruptionto access along streets must be a risk which a business runs on a normal day-to-day basis.
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This orderly pattern was at constantriskofdisruption: unusually low floods resulted in famine, and high floods destroyed crops and buildings.
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