horrifying prospect

collocation in English

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horrifying
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
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prospect
noun
uk
/ˈprɒs.pekt/us
/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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(Definition ofhorrifyingandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is ahorrifyingprospectfor anybody who wishes to ensure some kind of equable treatment across the whole of the area.
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As is normal, many people, as a means of psychological protection, will not accept the true nature of thehorrifyingprospect.
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The removal of thehorrifyingprospectof a further 33 structure plans is something which all of us can only view with considerable relief.
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That is ahorrifyingprospectto any of us.
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That is ahorrifyingprospectfor my constituents.
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We face thehorrifyingprospectthat very shortly more people will be on the dole than in manufacturing industry.
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Is this not ahorrifyingprospect, and will he bear it in mind in future discussions?
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That is ahorrifyingprospect, yet no-one seems to take any interest in the matter.
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It is ahorrifyingprospectthat over the past five years we have been having to think of preparing youngsters for unemployment.
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For many in the coalfield communities that is ahorrifyingprospect.
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What ahorrifyingprospectfor a country which is hoping to increase its economy by 4 per cent, per annum.
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That is ahorrifyingprospect.
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It is ahorrifyingprospect.
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We find that ahorrifyingprospect.
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I find that ahorrifyingprospect.
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