great danger

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatanddanger

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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(Definition ofgreatanddangerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreat danger

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There is agreatdangerthat the attempt to develop a critical concept of agency is undermined by linking it with choice rather than change.
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Next, riskinggreatdanger, they worked together to tear off the roof of a collapsed house and rescue the family who were trapped inside.
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But this is nogreatdangerwhen it is sometimes permissible to make assumptions in the teeth of the evidence.
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We are realizing that most of the small indigenous languages of the world are ingreatdangerof disappearing over the coming century, if they have not already disappeared.
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There is agreatdangerin attempting to reverse the order of the two essential steps: determining the compositional processes and choosing the most relevant tool.
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This is thegreatdangerthat will affect the final decision on this project.
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Nonetheless, when war breaks out, women may be ingreatdanger.
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Especially now, when the levels of funding are considerable, there is agreatdangerthat its administrative management will also become more bureaucratic.
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We are ingreatdangerof over-regulating ourselves out of the market.
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If we continue down our present course, we will be ingreatdanger.
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There isgreatdanger, particularly to small children.
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The small police force is agreatdangerto the police force as a whole.
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I believe that the departure from the principle of neutralisation in this area may be agreatdangerto peace.
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There is agreatdangerthat the reorganisation of the dockyards may also be affected.
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There are many workers' organisations who seegreatdangerresulting from the acceptance of this proposal.
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If it were not accepted, at least it was accepted that there was agreatdangerof it.
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Thegreatdangerin these debates is that we all engage in platitudes.
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I regard this as pregnant with verygreatdanger.
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That was agreatdangerto our ancestors.
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