attractive prospect

collocation in English

meaningsofattractiveandprospect

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attractive
adjective
uk
/əˈtræk.tɪv/us
/əˈtræk.tɪv/
very pleasing in appearance ...
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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 ofattractiveandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At first glance, this seems anattractiveprospect, since the president is an individual actor whose constitutional position is unusually ambiguous and whose political situation is uniquely complex.
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This is certainly anattractiveprospect.
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I am not sure that seeking asylum is ever a particularlyattractiveprospect.
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Pumped-up subsidies and a benevolent interpretation of passenger service requirements could make bidding anattractiveprospectfor the first tranche.
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To put it as kindly as one can, that is not anattractiveprospect.
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I do not think that this is a veryattractiveprospecteither.
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They were attractive to start with, but latecomers did not receive so much and did not find it such anattractiveprospect.
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But if we look beyond the limits of this financial year, certainly no veryattractiveprospectis held out to our taxpayers and citizens.
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That would be an extremelyattractiveprospectfor tenants in areas of considerable housing shortage.
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Simplification of legislation is anattractiveprospectin itself, but the matter needs further thought, and it will need to be considered in another place.
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It could be anattractiveprospectfor advocates picking up the case on either side.
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Overnight capital gains were a much moreattractiveprospectthan the uncertain returns from manufacturing investment.
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That, in the light of the record of 1974 to 1976, is perhaps not the mostattractiveprospectfor the electors of this country.
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If higher education is to be anattractiveprospectfor students, there must be full provision for student financial support.
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Let me say in passing that this may seem anattractiveprospectfor a number of people.
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It is not anattractiveprospect, but it might be coming.
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I realise that immobilisation is not anattractiveprospectand wish that it was not necessary.
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We must face the fact that, for our parents and for others, living on that amount of money is not anattractiveprospect.
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I agree that that is a mostattractiveprospect.
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I find that anattractiveprospectand not one which is too difficult to achieve.
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