far-reaching consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffar-reachingandconsequence
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far-reaching
adjective
uk/ˌfɑːˈriː.tʃɪŋ/us/ˌfɑːrˈriː.tʃɪŋ/
Something far-reaching has a great influence on many people ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition offar-reachingandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I should not like to make a change at this moment of suchfar-reachingconsequence.
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If so, he is saying something of enormous andfar-reachingconsequence?
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The matter is offar-reachingconsequenceand may impinge upon the freedom of the citizen.
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It is afar-reachingconsequence.
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We should bear in mind, however, that these men, when they are tired and before they are replaced, are required to take great decisions offar-reachingconsequence.
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It is a decision offar-reachingconsequence.
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Far-reaching consequences have been ascribed to a policy decision that remains undocumented except for hearsay evidence in the popular conversation that surrounded the trials.
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The behavioural revolution has had far-reaching consequences for pensions research.
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It has far-reaching consequences for access to land.
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This assumption has far-reaching consequences for the whole issue of bilingualism.
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The use of performativity and cultural discourses has far-reaching consequences for understanding language, gender, and social identity categories more generally.
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In an age increasingly preoccupied by speech, even a toast could carry far-reaching consequences.
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This is a dramatic illustration of the far-reaching consequences of parasitism in one species mediated by coincidental changes in the physical features of the habitat.
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The second claim is that these pre-1815 partisan divisions had far-reaching consequences.
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Indeed, the apparent skills bias towards caring work might have far-reaching consequences.
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It is clear that some management decisions have far-reaching consequences.
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This process had far-reaching consequences for the rural population.
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Such potentially far-reaching consequences need to be taken into consideration when evaluating the relative toxicity of a pollutant to any parasite life stages.
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