serious crisis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandcrisis
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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crisis
noun
uk/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofseriousandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We excluded three variables that were highly prevalent (current employment and the network stressful life events of aseriouscrisisor serious illness).
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An individual can thus believe that sovereignty is most likely to lead to an improved economy, without ruling out the possibility of aseriouscrisis.
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These changes in the commercial and intellectual landscape in the decade after 1844 created aseriouscrisisfor elite actuaries.
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Administration demands for labor to work on infrastructure projects like roads often led toseriouscrisis.
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Alberigo describes the battle over benefices and bishops' rights to fill them as 'the mostseriouscrisisof the entire council'.
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It is, nonetheless, aseriouscrisis.
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Continuing as we have done in the past will result in an even moreseriouscrisis.
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The liberalisation of the telecommunications sector has led to the mostseriouscrisisin its history.
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And that is the last thing that the world will permit in the current, veryseriouscrisis.
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There is a danger that the season will be lost, resulting in an extremelyseriouscrisisby the end of the year.
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We have to respond to this veryseriouscrisisin such a way that we do not take too long to prepare the different proposals.
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The health service faces aseriouscrisisthis winter.
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Because of the resultant lack of democratic involvement that is aseriouscrisisfor our constitution.
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There is aseriouscrisis, with a consequent loss of confidence in the industry.
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By any yardstick, the industry is in aseriouscrisis.
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I think in these circumstances that we could not possibly avoid a veryseriouscrisis.
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In the year 1921 we were up against a veryseriouscrisisin the coal industry.
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I do not think their health will stand it, and we may be faced with aseriouscrisis.
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In my constituency we have aseriouscrisisin respect of beef.
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At the very least, the country would be faced with aseriouscrisis.
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