hazardous occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofhazardousandoccupation

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hazardous
adjective
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/ˈhæz.ə.dəs/us
/ˈhæz.ɚ.dəs/
(of substances, materials, activities, or ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofhazardousandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is not war service ahazardousoccupationworthy of similar consideration?
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People employed in such ahazardousoccupationwere entitled to the best possible remuneration.
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Forecasting the future can be ahazardousoccupation, as any betting man will confirm.
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Because of the tempest and the uncertainty of the financial returns, fishing is a veryhazardousoccupation.
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Travelling at this junction is a veryhazardousoccupation.
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His third reason was that special consideration had to be given to thehazardousoccupation.
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I stress that it is ahazardousoccupation.
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However, it cannot; fishing is a dangerous andhazardousoccupation.
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That confirms the fact that fishing is, without question, the mosthazardousoccupationin the country, and has been for many years.
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Fishing is indeed ahazardousoccupationwith a high accident and death rate.
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People who live on the upper floors, especially those with young families, have a difficult andhazardousoccupation.
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Coal mining is the mosthazardousoccupationin the country.
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The new slaughterhouses that we are building take account of the need to protect the workers from any undue damage in this ratherhazardousoccupation.
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I do not know whether we always appreciate that this is really the mosthazardousoccupationin the country.
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Apart from the moral objections, diving on wrecked warships can be ahazardousoccupation.
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Should it be any surprise that the miner is now demanding a fair wage for a dirty, dangerous andhazardousoccupation?
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In following theirhazardousoccupationthey have to work long hours, seven days a week.
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But the mines have always had their problems, and mining has always been a veryhazardousoccupation.
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Fishing remains a veryhazardousoccupationand it is important that all within the industry work to improve the safety culture on board fishing vessels.
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