likelihood of harm
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflikelihoodandharm
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likelihood
noun[U]
uk/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/us/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/
the chance that something ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk/hɑːm/us/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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Information available centrally relates to the number of children placed on a child protection register because of a concern about harm orlikelihoodofharm.
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Information available centrally relates to the number of children placed on a child protection register because of a concern about harm orlikelihoodofharm.
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The amendments would allow farming activities that disturbed badgers or slightly damaged setts, provided there was nolikelihoodofharmto badgers.
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In other words, thelikelihoodofharmis now a probability, and we must regulate that.
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Alternatively, the harm orlikelihoodofharmmust be attributable to the child's being beyond parental control.
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It is not meaningful to imagine that thelikelihoodofharmcan be assessed in those circumstances.
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A person who destroyed an occupied sett would find it difficult to claim that there was nolikelihoodofharmto badgers.
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By virtue of subsection (3), the regulations prescribing the method will take account both of thelikelihoodofharmoccurring and of the severity of the harm if it occurs.
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That is the foundation for the overwhelming view of medical and scientific authorities that fluoridation of water supplies is effective and that nolikelihoodofharmhas been demonstrated.
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There must be alikelihoodofharm, not a mere possibility.
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