serious consequence

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandconsequence

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Potentially the mostseriousconsequenceof such ownership transfers is the closure of a home and the transfer of the residents to new accommodation.
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Forests may give way to prairies, but this would happen only slowly at the forest margin and with littleseriousconsequence.
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And many physicians would see that as a violation of their fiduciary duty to their patients that could have an even moreseriousconsequence.
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A veryseriousconsequenceis a loss of selfcritical monitoring of whatever one may be doing.
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Aseriousconsequenceof the current dominance of the medical model has been its constraining effect on the conduct of research and interpretation of findings.
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As research questions become better defined, problems ofseriousconsequencebecome hazier.
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One is to appear cringing as one overdepreciates one's own worth; another moreseriousconsequenceis to risk attracting the (negative) condescension rather than the (positive) patronage of the addressee.
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Oneseriousconsequenceis the lack of exploration of the divisions and conflicts that were bound to occur in the emergence of this supremely important movement.
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This is a veryseriousconsequence.
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Theseriousconsequenceis with regard to the rateable value.
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Anotherseriousconsequenceis that the move to convertibility will check and restrain industrial expansion and involve the danger of a deepening recession.
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That is perhaps the most far-reaching andseriousconsequenceof the whole episode.
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My next point concerns an even moreseriousconsequenceof the system—the poverty trap, which is the centrepiece of this debate.
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But the national transport industry—and the railways in particular —now has to accept theseriousconsequence of what appeared to be his off-the-cuff decision.
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A further veryseriousconsequenceof removing the power would be to increase significantly the cost of installing apparatus, particularly in rural areas.
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However, they refused to do that, with theseriousconsequencethat a heavy rate burden has fallen on those least able to bear it.
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Anotherseriousconsequenceof the shortage of doctors is the closure of many casualty departments.
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From our point of view it has aseriousconsequence.
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When it is not properly treated, mental illness can have the mostseriousconsequenceof all.
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