dangerous tendency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerousandtendency
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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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tendency
noun[C]
uk/ˈten.dən.si/us/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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Second, there is adangeroustendencyto think (when anyone is short of ideas) that we need more information, more definitions of roles, above all more statistics, more data.
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There is not a moredangeroustendencyin history than that of representing the past, as if it were a rational whole and dictated by clearly defined interests.
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In the general manpower situation, that is adangeroustendency.
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Most of us in that aspect of life reflect adangeroustendencyin society.
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That is liable to set up adangeroustendencyto skid under certain conditions.
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If that is a correct analysis, it is adangeroustendencywhich should be thoroughly investigated.
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I do think this is adangeroustendency.
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That is a terriblydangeroustendencywhich has developed in other countries.
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This, to me, is a verydangeroustendencyof modern government in this country.
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I believe that to be adangeroustendency.
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This is adangeroustendencywhich has to be stopped.
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I think this is getting a ratherdangeroustendency.
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Separating out various groups is the start of adangeroustendency.
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I think that that is adangeroustendency.
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That is a verydangeroustendencyindeed.
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That would be adangeroustendency.
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There is adangeroustendencyin the popular newspapers, television programmes and radio interviews to treat politicians—irrespective of party—as the accused.
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It was an open vehicle, that is, without a top, and it had a ratherdangeroustendencyto overturn.
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I believe that there is a verydangeroustendencyfor race to become the dominant factor in world politics.
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It is adangeroustendencyand any further mergers among accountancy companies should be examined most carefully.
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