indirect consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindirectandconsequence
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indirect
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/us/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/
happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofindirectandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, smokers are affected by many diseases as a direct orindirectconsequenceof smoking.
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This is anindirectconsequenceof the greater freedom of expression granted to the speakers in informal conversations.
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Nevertheless, it is possible that genetic variants may be selected as anindirectconsequenceof the group selection of cultural traits.
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Anindirectconsequenceof the arms-length reimbursement by a third-party payer is support of this separation of medical and economic objectives.
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We are including this region because we fear and predict that humanitarian aid requirements will increase as a foreseeable,indirectconsequenceof the said events.
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Does he appreciate that while this drawback is not available, theindirectconsequenceof this duty is to cause considerable loss of valuable export trade?
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Therefore, it is anindirectconsequence, and it is not absolutely linked.
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Up would go wages as anindirectconsequenceof the vote having been given to them.
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It is a kind ofindirectconsequencewhich very easily becomes overlooked.
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Anotherindirectconsequencemay be that it is not enforced.
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For example, a right to non-discrimination in the provision of housing would be anindirectconsequenceof the right to free moment.
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That is theindirectconsequenceof having the trade organised as it is now.
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That is a veryindirectconsequence.
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And we will in future realise that these reinforced approaches are, as anindirectconsequence, holding us prisoner on other subjects that are vital for us, such as agriculture.
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If the licence is refused—and any such refusal might be a direct orindirectconsequenceof the third party's representations—and the applicant appeals, the third party is again safeguarded.
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Anindirectconsequenceof that pattern, which has been repeated across the country, is the fact that some 250,000 construction workers are now on the dole.
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This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or anindirectconsequenceof an event.; contre-jour: against daylight.
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Changes in the frugivorous bat community may have indirect consequences on both the demographic and the genetic structures of plant populations inside forest fragments.
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In other words, any unusual characteristics of language such as poor spatial language and pragmatic difficulties can be explained as indirect consequences of other nonlinguistic features of the disorder.
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Research into the direct and indirect consequences that these crops may have on both pest and beneficial insects is essential in order to determine their likely efficacy and ecological impact.
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