adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a high-risk strategy
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The expansion plan is a high-risk strategy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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Planning laws had been tightened to restrict building in high-risk areas .
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Earthquake and hurricane insurance would be required in high-risk areas as a contingency to receiving federal aid to rebuild after a disaster.
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If you live a high-risk area , the likelihood increases to one in 13.
group
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The third high-risk group comprises manual workers without hobbies and interests, whose entire social contact has been based on their workplace.
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Our policy is not to give beta blockers to everybody, only those in high-risk groups .
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Young adults aged 17 to 20 are also a high-risk group .
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Tests are currently confined to high-risk groups such as drug users and homosexuals.
patient
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Beta blockade should also be considered in the high-risk patients .
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Ornish has demonstrated reversal of artery clogging in high-risk patients .
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Bronchoscopy is a time-consuming, hospital-bound procedure; ideally the technique should be limited to high-risk patients .
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Of course, high-risk patients should get flu shots.
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This study shows the value of clinical follow-up of high-risk patients to detect early thin melanomas.
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Other high-risk patients are those undergoing therapy with immunosuppressive agents, anti-cancer drugs and steroids.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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high-risk occupations such as construction work
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a high-risk investment
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A polio vaccine is recommended before travelling to high-risk areas.
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Buying a restaurant is a high-risk investment.
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It was a high-risk strategy to attack with such a small number of planes, but it was brilliantly successful.
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The AIDS awareness campaign was targeted mainly at high-risk groups, especially drug users and prostitutes.
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The drug may help to reduce strokes in high-risk patients.
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We are getting the message across to drug users that sharing needles is a high-risk behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It will be a high-risk enterprise with many more ways of getting it badly wrong than even a bit right.
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Merely asking for a genetic test moved her into a high-risk insurance category.
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Of course, high-risk patients should get flu shots.
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Ornish has demonstrated reversal of artery clogging in high-risk patients.
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Should your management bet the company on a high-risk business strategy?
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So, for the right person, corporate finance is both a high-risk and high-reward career option.
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The third high-risk group comprises manual workers without hobbies and interests, whose entire social contact has been based on their workplace.
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Yeltsin, as he is inclined to do when backed into a corner, has taken a high-risk gamble.