attractive target

collocation in English

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attractive
adjective
uk
/əˈtræk.tɪv/us
/əˈtræk.tɪv/
very pleasing in appearance ...
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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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(Definition ofattractiveandtargetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The authors note that this scenario presents an especiallyattractivetargetfor class action lawyers (many similarly-situated plaintiffs and large dollar losses).
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Given its known biological roles in tumour progression, galectin-1 has been postulated as anattractivetargetfor anticancer therapies.
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Tick salivary proteins have therefore become anattractivetargetto control tick-borne diseases.
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Astrocyte activation may exert both beneficial and detrimental effects on nervous system cells, therefore its modulation is anattractivetargetfor neuroprotective therapies.
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Share prices go down and such companies are anattractivetargetfor takeover bids.
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They would make the clubs a much moreattractivetargetfor criminals.
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In some ways, one might be a moreattractivetarget.
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It is also anattractivetargetfor collectors.
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The security service, with its responsibilities for countering espionage and subversion, is a particularlyattractivetarget.
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But the aircraft carrier is a large andattractivetarget.
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It will be a veryattractivetargetfor possible enemies.
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It makes a company a possible and sometimesattractivetargetfor a takeover.
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If clubs are a target, arsenals would be a much moreattractivetargetthan somewhere that had only half the item stored in it.
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That is a veryattractivetarget.
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It has a special function in bringing investment to lessattractivetargetcountries and in building management capability.
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The inspector would only have to collect one or two fines before he was walking around with £200—anattractivetargetfor a mugger.
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That auxiliary site is anotherattractivetargetfor drug development.
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E-gold's status as a controversial alternative currency system made it anattractivetarget.
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This left the company anattractivetargetfor a takeover attempt.
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This makes them anattractivetargetfor exploration.
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