serious disturbance

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddisturbance

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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disturbance
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈstɜː.bəns/us
/dɪˈstɝː.bəns/
something that interrupts someone or makes someone ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddisturbancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was mostseriousdisturbance.
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There has been a period unmarked by anyseriousdisturbance.
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After all, as is true of most singular risk factors, the majority of individuals showing early anxious attachment do not showseriousdisturbancelater.
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The freeze was brought in to cope with precisely such aseriousdisturbancein the economy.
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He said that he would nevertheless look seriously at the question of permanent andseriousdisturbance.
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We should regret very much indeed anyseriousdisturbanceof them or our being without them.
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Most of these gave rise to noseriousdisturbanceat all.
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And he also stated, further, that there was noseriousdisturbanceup to this time.
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This disease has caused veryseriousdisturbanceon both sides of the shipbuilding industry.
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They cannot, in present circumstances, be altered without causingseriousdisturbanceto traders.
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There will beseriousdisturbanceof civilian life and drastic restrictions of all kinds.
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It seems to me that that is the only chance of avoidingseriousdisturbance.
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Whatever their intention in crossing the bridge, when they got inside the dock undoubtedly there was aseriousdisturbance.
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Are the words "seriousdisturbance" words which a draftsman would like to adopt in such circumstances as these?
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Does he further accept that the report identifies that there has beenseriousdisturbancein primary schools in recent years?
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Between six and seven in the morning there had been a mostseriousdisturbanceat the same dock.
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But it would be quite impossible to end that system overnight without veryseriousdisturbanceto both consumers and producers.
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The trouble is that if you have unrestricted access to the deer forests it will causeseriousdisturbanceto stalking.
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There can be no doubt that the closing of the gate preventedseriousdisturbancein the street.
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If there is likely to beseriousdisturbance, it cannot be a disadvantage to have the police inside.
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Again, you may haveseriousdisturbancearising out of interference with or obstruction of rights of sale and purchase.
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If exchange rates changed abruptly or without warning, there could be adverse reactions by other members andseriousdisturbancein the markets.
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In this case we are dealing with pollution which—in this instance in a very exaggerated form—createsseriousdisturbanceand nuisance along the foreshore as well.
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I made the suggestion that in the winter, ifseriousdisturbancewere caused to the swans, the targets could be put out at sea.
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He is required to look into the events leading up to theseriousdisturbanceand the action taken to bring it to a conclusion.
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