realistic prospect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrealisticandprospect
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realistic
adjective
uk/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
accepting things as they are in fact and not making decisions based on unlikely hopes for ...
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prospect
noun
uk/ˈprɒs.pekt/us/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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(Definition ofrealisticandprospectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is not arealisticprospect, however, as primary infection is normally asymptomatic and rarely diagnosed at the time.
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Both camps invoke various ethical theories or principles in support of their views with norealisticprospectof persuading those who subscribe to the opposing view to abandon their values.
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Without therealisticprospectof any other way of life, there was in any case little point in writing for another audience that would probably never exist.
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There is norealisticprospectof securing general agreement to it.
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There must be arealisticprospectof conviction.
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Compared with those other crises we have at last arealisticprospect.
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Arealisticprospectof conviction is an objective test.
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As the code makes clear, the "realisticprospectof conviction" test is an objective one.
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She gave an excellent exposition and spoke of therealisticprospectof reconciliation with birth families.
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I have considered the matter, but have concluded that there is norealisticprospectthat any prosecution would result in a conviction.
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Does he believe that there is arealisticprospectof finding a buyer to take over the plant as a going concern?
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But there is norealisticprospectof a genuine open market in this respect.
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These are firstly whether there is sufficient evidence to provide arealisticprospectof conviction, and secondly that of the public interest.
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A prosecution will be brought if there is sufficient evidence for arealisticprospectof conviction and it is in the public interest to prosecute.
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It should have arealisticprospectthat public policy will not stop it from doing so.
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Do any remain which still have arealisticprospectof a conviction?
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This was last amended in 1994 to clarify therealisticprospectof conviction test and the public interest factors in favour of prosecution.
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That judgment can be made only if and when the adoption of a single currency becomes arealisticprospect.
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