precarious nature

collocation in English

meaningsofprecariousandnature

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precarious
adjective
uk
/prɪˈkeə.ri.əs/us
/prɪˈker.i.əs/
in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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Tensions also resulted from the sometimesprecariousnatureof their social location.
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Indeed, the demand may even have been greater, given theprecariousnatureof state services prior to the nineteenth century in most cultures.
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Most importantly, however, these policy measures cannot by themselves change theprecariousnatureof the labour market with which lowincome families must engage.
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We sense that the mediation between, on the one hand, external discipline and respectability, and inner frivolity on the other, is of aprecariousnature.
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He advances hypotheses with measured circumspection, due obviously to the sometimesprecariousnatureof corroborating evidence.
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Despite the relatively small number of these cases, the detailed affidavits shed new light on theprecariousnatureof the legal position held by women within marriage.
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Remarking upon the trulyprecariousnatureof the ducal finances, he attributed indebtedness to his enthusiastic involvement in politics, adding that a more ' vigorous ' estate policy was the only solution.
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All this highlights theprecariousnatureof women's class privilege and kinship support systems, even in rich households, and the importance of women having independent control over economic resources.
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Theprecariousnatureof the basic infrastructure in the countryside means that entrepreneurs show less interest in developing farms and production units in these areas.
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Theprecariousnatureof their work and the scantiness, sometimes, of their wages must be borne in mind.
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Momentarily every one was jolted into awareness of theprecariousnatureof the island's communications with the mainland.
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It has become of a veryprecariousnature.
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We have talked about theprecariousnatureof the life that would face any islanders who returned to the outer islands.
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I could spend far more time than is available to me outlining theprecariousnatureof much of the manufacturing base in my constituency.
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The reason for the distinction in the rate is that earned income is of a moreprecariousnaturethan unearned.
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At present, the nations, aware as they are of theprecariousnatureof world peace, seem to be reconciled to making hand-to-mouth provision in.
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The common position offers an acceptable compromise but its rather delicate andprecariousnaturesomewhat restricts the opportunities for improvement, and puts the whole directive at risk.
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Theprecariousnatureof their employment sounds very serious when it is stated that they may wander away at the end of a week, and divulge confidential information.
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Owing to theprecariousnatureof house building and the number of people participating, there has always been a high ratio of bankruptcy in that industry.
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It has been dependent too much upon wells and surface supplies, subject to contamination, while theprecariousnatureof its continuance has been due to little reserves behind it.
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