Collocations withprospect
These are words often used in combination withprospect.
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alarming prospect
It may be that the thought of younger users having such power was, for some respondents, an alarming prospect.
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attractive prospect
At first glance, this seems an attractive prospect, since the president is an individual actor whose constitutional position is unusually ambiguous and whose political situation is uniquely complex.
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best prospect
Since the minimax regret chooser has intransitive preferences, there is no best prospect.
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career prospect
He was managing director-elect of an office equipment company and had a bright career prospect before him.
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daunting prospect
Both its length and its subject matter will make cover-to-cover reading a daunting prospect for most readers.
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dismal prospect
I certainly was not reassured by the rather dismal prospect of regional cultural consortiums.
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distant prospect
In this situation, economic recovery seemed only a distant prospect.
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electoral prospects
The prime minister's electoral prospects depend not only on the fragmentation of her coalition, but also on its numerical strength vis-a-vis the opposition.
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exciting prospect
Although many questions will probably remain permanently unanswered, the probable expansion of this field is an exciting prospect.
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frightening prospect
In some instances, there is the frightening prospect of research being carried out on children without any legal or regulatory mechanisms for their protection in place.
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gloomy prospect
I also do not think that the only future for museums that do want to become more popular is a 'gloomy prospect of complete commodification'.
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hopeful prospect
He was quick to acknowledge a brighter, more hopeful prospect in the passage which followed.
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horrifying prospect
This is a horrifying prospect for anybody who wishes to ensure some kind of equable treatment across the whole of the area.
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long-term prospect
However, it is generally recognized that acceptance of natural attenuation as a remedial strategy is a long-term prospect due to environmental limitations.
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prospect of improvement
There is no prospect of improvement in the remaining months of this year.
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prospect of peace
At the same time, he did not rule out the prospect of peace with the republic.
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prospect of reconciliation
She gave an excellent exposition and spoke of the realistic prospect of reconciliation with birth families.
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prospect of recovery
Other factors may lead clinicians to prematurely foreclose the prospect of recovery and view care for patients with a disorder of consciousness as being futile.
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prospect of success
But religiously driven behavior is often motivated independently of its prospect of success.
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prospect of war
There was agreement that economic hardship made the prospect of war more likely.
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realistic prospect
This is not a realistic prospect, however, as primary infection is normally asymptomatic and rarely diagnosed at the time.
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terrifying prospect
The uncertainty of those awards—the fact that they can be backdated — is a terrifying prospect for the small employer who has limited capital.
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top prospect
Ring's performance suffered in the 2004 season and, for a time, he was no longer considered a top prospect.
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