perilous position

collocation in English

meaningsofperilousandposition

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perilous
adjective
uk
/ˈper.əl.əs/us
/ˈper.əl.əs/
extremely ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofperilousandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Should another war occur we might find ourselves, at the beginning of it, in aperilouspositionbecause of that neglect.
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Until we deal with the question of bad markets we shall leave the smallholders in a more or lessperilousposition.
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He really ought not to have placed himself in the veryperilouspositionin which he now stands.
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We are in aperilouspositionbecause the industry is not training the skilled employees that it or the country needs.
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This was theperilouspositioninto which the trip-wire philosophy was landing us a few years ago.
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That is the veryperilouspositionin which we find ourselves today.
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That is a very dangerous and a veryperilouspositionindeed.
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I think they should be withdrawn from theirperilousposition, and that their action should be covered by legal sanction.
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That situation is very dangerous and damaging and could lead us into aperilousposition.
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If that is true, it is aperilouspositionto place ourselves in.
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An isolationist policy would lead us once more to the lonely andperilouspositionin which we found ourselves in 1940.
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This country is in aperilouspositionto-day.
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For a long time we have been in a veryperilousposition.
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The prosecution papers will show whether a person has put himself in aperilousposition.
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I think this de-rating is a substantial advantage to an industry which is in a veryperilousposition.
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They came from some active andperilousposition, on active service.
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We have to be careful because the industry is in aperilousposition.
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Can we not awaken the country to a realization of the dangerous andperilouspositioninto which we are drifting?
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Unfortunately, because of wars and economies, we find ourselves in thisperilouspositiontoday.
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The result is that this country is in the mostperilouspositionin which it has ever been, and no one can contemplate the future without the deepest anxiety.
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