considerable risk

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandrisk

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neonatal surgery for coarctation carries aconsiderableriskof recoarctation.
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In our graph even the minimum-risk portfolio hasconsiderablerisk.
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Uncertainty with respect to life expectancy and relative prices may beset both permanent income and accumulation strategies withconsiderablerisk.
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Also, impaired mobility was found to be aconsiderableriskfactor on its own, regardless of mental state.
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Moreover, bigger real examples have a lot of nested function calls, which implies aconsiderableriskof reevaluation.
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First, the sample size is small, meaning there is aconsiderableriskof type 2 (false negative) error.
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Living in polar waters places fish under aconsiderableriskof freezing, as their bodies are hyposmotic to seawater.
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That organizational form has allowed speculative development to flourish periodically during large increases in urban population, despiteconsiderablerisk.
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This is aconsiderablerisk.
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It was aconsiderablerisk.
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That could present aconsiderablerisk.
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We regard that as aconsiderablerisk.
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Imports, therefore, remain aconsiderablerisk.
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There remains aconsiderableriskof espionage.
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But there is alsoconsiderableriskin standing still.
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There isconsiderableriskin opening the containers.
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It has done so often in cases involvingconsiderablerisk.
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We have done this atconsiderableriskto ourselves.
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The proposals involveconsiderableriskand possible emotive controversy.
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It was a veryconsiderableriskto take.
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There would beconsiderableriskin forcing the pace.
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That is a veryconsiderableriskto run.
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They took aconsiderableriskin their decision.
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There is aconsiderableriskto life from traffic.
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