probable consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprobableandconsequence
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probable
adjective
uk/ˈprɒb.ə.bəl/us/ˈprɑː.bə.bəl/
likely to be true or likely ...
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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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To die without heirs became, therefore, theprobableconsequence.
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This patchy structure was interpreted as being aprobableconsequenceof rare long-distance dispersal of seeds during colonization, each patch resulting from a founding event beyond the colonizing front.
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They strike, perhaps, and you see what is the natural andprobableconsequenceof what they do.
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As a matter of fact, theprobableconsequenceof doing that would be that we should make our own merchants unable to buy the goods.
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The natural andprobableconsequenceof this is that he gets exemption from maintenance or responsibility for his own child.
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I said it was the natural andprobableconsequenceof the decisions then taken.
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Then and then only one really understands theprobableconsequenceof such a measure as this.
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Aprobableconsequenceof the regulation is that some of those people will go out of business, and that will affect many households.
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Cupples fails to link the 'effect a cause would have if there were no overriding factors' and 'probable consequences' adequately together.
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Instead, we would say that these modified consequences are the probable consequences.
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Accordingly, liability to third parties could arise if a defect rendered a product imminently dangerous and serious personal injury was a natural andprobableconsequenceof its use.
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The natural consequences of actions are in many cases also their probable consequences, but this depends on the amount of information available.
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What are the probable consequences if the forecasts of a down-turn in world trade in 1969 turn out to be true?
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After all, in law individuals are expected to intend the natural and probable consequences of their actions.
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I would turn for a moment to the probable consequences if a 40-hour working week were applied generally throughout our great industry.
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There is no difficulty of proof, becauseprima facieeverybody is deemed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his action.
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The first reason is the probable consequences, which have already been outlined from both sides, of making the increased charge for dentures.
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However, we must be careful to reflect not only on the motive behind the policy, but on its probable consequences.
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Some of the admitted absurdities in the probable consequences of the directive arise from this approach.
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It is a common thing in law that a person is presumed to expect the natural and probable consequences of his acts, and so forth.
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