possible consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandconsequence
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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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 ofpossibleandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A recent study identified onepossibleconsequenceof multiple, sequential interactions.
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Onepossibleconsequenceof this increased power would be to report statistically significant, but clinically irrelevant, differences between the groups.
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Unacceptable dislocation is not the onlypossibleconsequenceof omitting the second pause.
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Almost every third relative considered it as apossibleconsequenceof taking the medication.
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Another interestingpossibleconsequenceof using shear to quantify bond strengths concerns the directionality of the applied force.
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More generally, high-profile cases may result in pressure to increase the sensitivity of screening at any cost, and onepossibleconsequenceof this is "defensive" reporting of minor abnormalities (22).
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Further investigations are needed to understand the reasons why some blastocysts seem more resistant to oxidative stress than others and thepossibleconsequenceon embryo survival after freezing and transfer.
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Apossibleconsequenceis that newcomers (and their descendants) are likely to be confronted with confusing and often excessive expectations on the part of members of the majority.
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Onepossibleconsequenceof this development was that preferences for remarriage changed, and as a consequence the supply of prospective unmarried partners for widows and widowers decreased.
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If we regard perceptual and awareness problems as the consequence of inadequate phonological representation, we might also look to problems with speech production as anotherpossibleconsequence.
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Onepossibleconsequenceis that it should be very difficult to recall the serial order of these events because they were not connected into a coherent scene.
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There is an inevitable temptation to trammel thepossibleconsequenceof every wrongdoing possible.
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It is quite impossible for the officer commanding a ship to exercise disciplinary punishment, or deal summarily with an offence which involves thatpossibleconsequence.
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You admit that it might impose a penalty on the constituency and on the candidate; you admit that that is apossibleconsequence.
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It seems to me to be of the greatestpossibleconsequencewhether this is intended to be for the future only or to strike backwards.
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That is a matter of the highestpossibleconsequenceto all investors.
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That seems to me to be not just apossibleconsequenceof events, but a probability if we proceed along the present lines.
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Onepossibleconsequenceof the exclusion of a named person from the home is that criminal proceedings might be taken against that person.
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Apossibleconsequenceis that, based on that knowledge, those individuals will receive different medical advice and treatment.
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I agree that that is unlikely, but it seems to me to be apossibleconsequenceof the subsection.
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