dangerous occupation

collocation in English

meaningsofdangerousandoccupation

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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occupation
noun
uk
/ˌɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
a ...
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(Definition ofdangerousandoccupationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It trains men in the mostdangerousoccupationknown.
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But it is not the onlydangerousoccupation.
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Ultimately, it is the fishermen who go to sea in what will always be a relativelydangerousoccupationand who are concerned about their standards.
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I should say that maternity is the mostdangerousoccupationin the world.
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It is adangerousoccupation, not only for the pilot but for people on the ground.
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There is a need for a high level of quality and expertise because it is a fairlydangerousoccupation.
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After all, they treat the firefighters when they are injured in theirdangerousoccupation.
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These fishermen are individualists engaged in adangerousoccupation.
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He flies high speed aircraft and often it is adangerousoccupation.
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When considering package deals, will he bear in mind that mining is probably the mostdangerousoccupationin this or any country?
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The quarries, therefore, came within the category of adangerousoccupation.
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Fishing is adangerousoccupationand accidents are possible, even with the highest safety standards.
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This is a verydangerousoccupationunder the present law, and it may well be that a man is put, quite wrongly, to great expense.
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Going down a mine is adangerousoccupation.
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Coal mining is still a mostdangerousoccupation.
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The industry gives employment to a large number of men in what is at all times a strenuous anddangerousoccupation.
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I have spent the greater part of my time in adangerousoccupation.
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This is a socially healthy scheme to operate in this hazardous anddangerousoccupation.
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These pilots are engaged in adangerousoccupation, in pioneer work and in pioneer service.
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Fishing is a harsh anddangerousoccupation, and fishermen have regrettably paid the price for reaping the harvest of the sea.
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