unavoidable consequence

collocation in English

meaningsofunavoidableandconsequence

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unavoidable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.əˈvɔɪ.də.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.əˈvɔɪ.də.bəl/
impossible ...
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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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This is a disadvantage of our semantics but is anunavoidableconsequenceof using a simple semantics which deals only with partial correctness.
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The managerial bias that is reflected in the sources is acknowledged as anunavoidableconsequenceof the research strategy.
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Their behavior, even if harmful or otherwise undesirable, is not seen as immoral, but merely as a regrettable,unavoidableconsequenceof their not knowing better.
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This terminology implies statutes, a politic and position that is not intended, but in this instance is anunavoidableconsequenceof language.
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This is anunavoidableconsequenceof how enzymes work.
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However, it seems to me to be an unseen butunavoidableconsequencewhich would be neither right nor fair.
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This may create an impression of delays, but in reality it is anunavoidableconsequenceof pressure on limited resources.
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That was certainly not the objective of the exemption, but it happens to be anunavoidableconsequence.
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It was anunavoidableconsequenceof this policy that the nationalised industries should play their part.
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There will inevitably be further delay, but this is anunavoidableconsequenceof giving people further consultation.
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If a company invests heavily in research and development, theunavoidableconsequenceis that its short-term profits will be cut.
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However, anunavoidableconsequenceof this investigative method was that unrecoverable arrears of duty could build up during the course of the investigation.
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That was because he could not convince the court that the presence of the caterpillar was anunavoidableconsequenceof the manufacturing process.
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Partly that is theunavoidableconsequenceof large majorities, which applies to any government.
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Withdrawal of support, and subsidence damage to private property, is a more or lessunavoidableconsequenceof modern mining.
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But most of it is anunavoidableconsequenceof our membership.
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We have all lived for far too long in this untidy andunavoidableconsequenceof building the car park.
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It is theunavoidableconsequenceof changing an archaic pay structure and replacing it with a rational one.
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Some of it is anunavoidableconsequenceof the recession.
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All this is anunavoidableconsequenceif we are to have a proper interrelated set of income-related benefits.
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