adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cautionary tale (= one that is told to warn someone about the dangers of something )
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This cautionary tale illustrates the dangers of looking for quick profits.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
note
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In view of the preceding passages, it may be of value here to add one cautionary note .
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Even so, a cautionary note must be sounded.
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I suggest this cautionary note as a result of personal experience.
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While many of the subsequent developments are to be welcomed, certain cautionary notes should be sounded.
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A cautionary note , applicable to most variegated plants is the problem of reversion.
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This kind of experiment, besides sounding a cautionary note , needs repeating, says Smith.
tale
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Thank you for your cautionary tale Richard.
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That is why she offers a cautionary tale about the parent traps facing all women.
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I suspect it was a cautionary tale .
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Tootle seems to be essentially a cautionary tale , warning the child to stay on the narrow road of virtue.
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Other revelations serve as cautionary tales about the importance of subordinating military officials to civilian authority.
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As a cautionary tale this book works very well.
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It is a cautionary tale told with sad humour on the border between innocence and togetherness.
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But Louima's case was the cautionary tale .
word
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A cautionary word should perhaps be entered here.
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But a cautionary word about divorce statistics is in order.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The director ended her speech on a cautionary note, when she said that next year would be even harder than this year.
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The group's latest album gives a cautionary account of chemical dependency.
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The rise and fall of this company is a cautionary tale for anyone investing in the property market.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cautionary word should perhaps be entered here.
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Even so, a cautionary note must be sounded.
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If anything, I felt the alcohol guideline was more cautionary than before.
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In view of the preceding passages, it may be of value here to add one cautionary note.
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Raw and powerful, black smokers look like cautionary totems of an inhospitable planet.
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There is one other cautionary lesson that can be drawn from the Huffington campaign and applied to the Forbes phenomenon.
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With this cautionary illustration behind us we can now proceed to a more complex and interesting example.