disturbing thought

collocation in English

meaningsofdisturbingandthought

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disturbing
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɜː.bɪŋ/us
/dɪˈstɝː.bɪŋ/
making you feel worried ...
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thought
noun[C or U]
uk
/θɔːt/us
/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
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(Definition ofdisturbingandthoughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is adisturbingthoughtthat of the 1 million-strong care workforce, only 20 per cent have any recognised training qualification at all.
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Onedisturbingthoughtis that in those circumstances we are in certain places losing out actual ownership and control of foreign naval bases.
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It is thisdisturbingthoughtthat is one of the greatest dreads and aversions.
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It was adisturbingthoughtthat there are those still in the prime of life who have been made redundant twice.
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There is no doubt that this does involve adisturbingthought.
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The people in the country do not want to admit it because it is adisturbingthought.
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That is also a somewhatdisturbingthought.
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Surely that is adisturbingthought.
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That is adisturbingthought, which is made all the more disturbing by the wall of judicial complacency which was totally unshakeable until it collapsed under the facts.
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It is adisturbingthought.
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That gives rise to disturbing thoughts.
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