alarming aspect

collocation in English

meaningsofalarmingandaspect

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alarming
adjective
uk
/əˈlɑː.mɪŋ/us
/əˈlɑːr.mɪŋ/
causing worry ...
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aspect
noun
uk
/ˈæs.pekt/us
/ˈæs.pekt/
one part of a situation, problem, ...
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(Definition ofalarmingandaspectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I cite what appears to me to be anotheralarmingaspect.
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To my mind, this is the most serious andalarmingaspectof the present situation.
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Thaalarmingaspectis not so much the fraud as the attitude of management towards it.
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I agree that this is the mostalarmingaspectof the brain drain.
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This is thealarmingaspect.
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The mostalarmingaspect, and one that eminent scientists are extremely concerned about, is the way in which the resistance to antibiotics of certain infections is becoming stronger and stronger.
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The fact that someone whose employer refuses to pay statutory sick pay can do nothing other than go to the ordinary courts is analarmingaspectof the scheme.
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Anotheralarmingaspectof the growing influence of advertising on the revenue of newspapers is the suspicion that it is beginning to affect the editorial policy and content of newspapers.
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The mostalarmingaspectof football hooliganism is that, apart from the havoc that is often caused locally, such rowdyism chases away decent supporters from football matches.
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The explosion in our prison population is one of the most alarming aspects of society today.
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One of the many alarming aspects of the past week's unrelenting violence was reports of attacks on the aid agencies.
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That is one of the most alarming aspects.
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But there are other equally alarming aspects of the life service families face.
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