considerable harm

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandharm

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk
/hɑːm/us
/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mere knowledge that an inspector has been appointed could cause a company veryconsiderableharm.
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It would have done their party veryconsiderableharmif they had gone for local option.
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It is the fact that when half statements and exaggerated accounts appearconsiderableharmis done.
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The identity of a man need not necessarily be known, as it might easily do himconsiderableharmif it were.
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I believe that this potato picking does childrenconsiderableharm.
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Certain of my constituents will be doneconsiderableharmand that harm can be removed only by generous compensation.
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To send them to prison, to let them mix with other criminals, can do no good and in many cases must doconsiderableharm.
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What is called investigative journalism is now doing government in this country quiteconsiderableharm.
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There are offences, such as those involving drug dealing, which do not sit easily within that definition but which can causeconsiderableharm.
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You cannot have a "free for all" in these matters, in so highly organised a world as this, without risking veryconsiderableharm.
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This is an allegation continually reiterated and doesconsiderableharmto immigrant-police relations.
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There is in the financial community a risk aversion and a resistance to financing high-technology firms, which does themconsiderableharm.
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I say that because unless the provision is restricted,considerableharmwill arise and there will be great anomalies and injustices.
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The words we wish to leave out make it possible for this information to be disclosed thus doing the trade of the countryconsiderableharm.
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Such action is likely to doconsiderableharmto the peace process.
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I believe that they have doneconsiderableharm.
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I believe that they doconsiderableharmand cannot work if the structure and fundamental political background of the country are wrong.
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He advocates a measure that would not work and, worse than that, would doconsiderableharmto the industry.
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Had the intention of the demonstrators been fulfilled by their walking on to the airfieldsconsiderableharmmight have been done to them, among others.
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Considerableharmwill be done, when we should be looking in every possible direction for means of tackling an appalling housing problem.
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