great risk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandrisk
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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risk
noun
uk/rɪsk/us/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofgreatandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The food quest often involves tasks that requiregreatrisk, skill, stamina, and vigor.
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Looked at another way, insects could be at surprisinglygreatriskin natural habitats that might seem highly favourable.
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They took agreatrisk.
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It is agreatrisk.
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That is agreatrisk.
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They are atgreatrisk.
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Thegreatriskis fire.
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This, coupled with the lack of staff support for the classroom, places such children atgreatriskof later conduct disorder and related academic problems.
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To see this, consider cases where persons pose agreatriskof harm but where they are unaware of this risk.
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If behavior were easily entrained by outside agents without ready detection, organisms would be atgreatriskfor being used by others.
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Many studies have shown that children born into disadvantaged environments are at relativelygreatriskfor becoming antisocial later in life.
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The deterioration in aggregate economic conditions can thus undermine the viability of some banks, especially those with a weak capital base andgreatriskexposure.
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That is why there is suchgreatriskof misunderstanding in framing modernization theory as a phenomenon originating in the 1940s or 1950s.
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It is a verygreatrisk.
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This is where thegreatriskcomes.
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Was there not agreatrisk?
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These children are atgreatrisk.
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He would be running agreatrisk.
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Remember it was agreatriskfor our enemy.
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Added to this there isgreatriskfrom fire.
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Secondly, there is agreatriskof disease.
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We take agreatriskin supporting them.
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I do not think that there is agreatrisk.
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That is agreatriskand a great danger.
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I think it is running agreatrisk.
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