noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a potential danger/threat/risk
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Tired drivers are a potential danger to other road users.
a warning/danger/alarm signal (= a signal showing that there is danger )
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Managers should keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals.
attendant problems/difficulties/dangers etc
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nuclear power, with all its attendant risks
be in danger of extinction
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The species are in danger of extinction in the UK.
danger money
danger zone
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Civilians were told to leave the danger zone.
face a danger
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He has the courage to face danger in spite of fear.
flirting with danger
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Climbers enjoy flirting with danger .
grave danger
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Matthew’s life is in grave danger .
immediate danger
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There is an immediate danger of war.
imminent danger/threat/death/disaster etc
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He was in imminent danger of dying.
impending danger/doom/death/disaster etc
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She had a sense of impending disaster.
in danger of collapse
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His business was in danger of collapse .
pose a threat/danger/risk
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The chemical leak poses a threat to human health.
scented danger
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We scented danger and decided to leave.
sense danger
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He stiffened, sensing danger.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aware
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None of the patients interviews said they would have taken paracetamol had they been aware of this danger .
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McCain is aware of the danger that Bush may stop his surge within the next month.
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The adverts are designed to shock abusers and make parents more aware of the dangers .
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The leader is well aware of the dangers of insincerity.
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As a regular diver I am aware of the danger .
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The campus is very aware of the dangers .
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Read in studio Shock tactics are being used to make young drivers more aware of danger on the roads.
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Soon the whale is aware of the danger and starts ahead.
fraught
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He realized that what he was about to attempt was fraught with dangers , for Bernice and for himself.
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Thompson and Geir can agree, but their own deliverance was fraught with danger .
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But I wish to alert him to a situation fraught with dangers , namely the position of black people in his country.
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Here Melville is suggesting that all life consists of constant voyages out and in and that each is fraught with certain dangers .
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From the point of view of the authorities, revitalizing the universities was a policy fraught with danger .
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For this whole business of killing, whether killing beasts or killing men, is supposed to be fraught with danger .
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But even if they are carried, the second shot becomes fraught with danger .
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But he, above all others, knows that this is a sport fraught with danger .
grave
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Mr. Flannery Is there not a grave danger of the former Soviet Union lapsing into anarchy?
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I put myself to sleep each night by imagining that I am in grave danger .
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The building now stands in grave danger from the weather, derelict and in ruins.
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Huamanga, which had rejected all political influence, had few partisans in Congress and thereby found itself in grave danger .
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Lynda La Plante is in grave danger of burning herself out and it's no laughing matter.
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They are susceptible of restriction only to prevent grave and immediate danger to interests which the state may lawfully protect.
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There is also a grave danger that the essence of education will be forgotten.
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I have placed you in the gravest danger .
great
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The greater danger is that there may be an even wider cultural gap growing between the two philosophies of rugby.
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The greatest danger , therefore, was in eating too much.
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However, the more subtle the judgement, the greater the dangers inherent in reliance on unaided intuition.
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They concluded that she would be exposed to great danger from a splinter of flax.
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It is an even greater danger to children, older people and cyclists.
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For example, when airplanes crash-land, one of the greatest dangers comes from fire and smoke.
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The longer the arrow remained in the wound, the greater the danger of infection.
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Are New Agers just simply home-grown nature-lovers, or are they one of the greatest dangers to confront Christendom?
immediate
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To Dorcas's amazement, now that the immediate danger was over, she seemed to be quite enjoying it.
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Its main action is to prepare us for short-term, immediate danger .
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It was clear, even from the heavily edited pictures, that the lives of the police were not in immediate danger .
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The judge said there was no evidence that the brothers were in immediate danger .
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But the most chilling deduction from the fact of Bill Sweet's murder was the immediate danger to Jacqui.
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Women not in immediate physical danger were considered privileged enough and therefore not entitled to aspire to or expect equality.
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It is sufficient to know that the immediate danger from the rear has been cancelled out.
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They are probably the No. 1 immediate danger .
imminent
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He was held not liable as there was a real and imminent danger and he had done what was reasonably necessary.
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Never was Stanford in imminent danger , though.
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Experts say this whole section of the ancient Abbey was in imminent danger of collapse.
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Fully comprehending the imminent danger , Warren sent to General Meade for a division.
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So intense is the chameleon's concentration that it is quite unaware of imminent danger .
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The tree, thought to be more than 2,000 years old, was in imminent danger of collapse.
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Interventions exclusively directed towards families whose children are in imminent danger of admission to care. 2.
mortal
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Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger .
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As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger .
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Even mortal danger was not entirely unpleasant.
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Railroad traffic is a mortal danger .
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I am hardly in mortal danger from her, but she has drawn blood on numerous occasions.
possible
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I've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger .
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He has asked that the probes determine whether implant manufacturers withheld from federal regulators key studies on possible dangers of implants.
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In this latter case the possible danger is compounded by considerations of the last chapter.
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But before any work starts, Swindon Friends of the Earth wants a thorough investigation into the possible dangers .
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The coroner said it's up to travel companies to warn customers of any possible dangers .
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With damaged aircraft and a wounded crewman, Ramsay had to navigate back avoiding any possible danger spot.
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Be aware that you are being interviewed Social interviews create several possible dangers .
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The next day I thought about the possible dangers on the island.
potential
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In the light of day, it clear to see the potential dangers of the drive.
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In view of their potential danger , these fishes are not recommended for a household where small children are present.
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The move comes in the wake of the recent Echo Inquiry which exposed the potential danger in flats and bedsits.
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Another potential danger: animal attacks.
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He spoke powerfully about the insecurity of football and the potential dangers behind every challenge.
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Understanding these potential dangers will help you prepare your business plan and stick to it.
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She was a potential danger after all.
real
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There is a real danger of super-saturation of the water.
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In such an environment, information overload is a real danger .
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But there is a real danger that lucky resorts will be fully booked within hours of a good dump.
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The real danger of worries is when they become chronic stressors that surface and resurface.
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For the first time she realised that Deana Davenport's jealous bitterness wasn't the real danger .
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Their only real danger , aside from their guns blowing up, was being overrun.
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The furore among providers about current government-funding policies which challenge the latter assumption suggests that this is a real danger .
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The atmosphere that grows out of this may be one of real danger to the equanimity of a teacher or administrator.
serious
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Certain deficiencies, of vitamins or iodine, can be harmful, and there are serious dangers from mercurial or lead poisoning.
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Downsizing often cut out coordinators, the people most important to these informal networks, leaving them in serious danger of collapse.
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Cases sometimes tread uneasily between being trying to be funny and pointing to serious danger .
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Malnutrition is one of the most serious dangers .
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Erosion and rising sea levels are now posing a serious danger to the lowest-lying islands.
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And in this there is serious danger .
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We ought to take that serious danger into account.
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If heterosexuals in developed countries provide such a niche, they will be in serious danger .
■ NOUN
zone
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So I believe we could be entering a danger zone now.
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It is just a danger zone , a boundary beyond which all is lost.
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The staff at Usher were advised to leave the danger zone .
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I sent my son, Danny, far out of the danger zone .
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With the volume level edged up to the danger zone , Rattle's conception clicks into place.
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He worked inside Karelin's danger zone and frustrated him.
■ VERB
avoid
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The benefit of this feeding lifestyle is that it avoids the dangers of active killing of prey.
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The chair rotated annually and committee membership was limited to two successive years in order to avoid the dangers of elitism and institutionalisation.
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I have tried to avoid this danger by responding with words such as: That's interesting, what does anyone else think?
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To avoid danger you must start off sensibly and warm up slowly, says consumer magazine Which?
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With damaged aircraft and a wounded crewman, Ramsay had to navigate back avoiding any possible danger spot.
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They glide from high to low, to save energy and to avoid the dangers of the ground.
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So you avoid danger - and you think it is no danger on the Continent, too.
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At low doses of omeprazole doctors believe they can avoid any danger of cancer.
become
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We are, I fear, in danger of becoming extinct.
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But is this in danger of becoming shtick?
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Then, just as it seemed in danger of becoming stale and repetitive, it threw up De La Soul.
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I am not in danger of becoming too saintly, as you well know.
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Dear me, thought Franca, then perhaps I might be in danger of actually becoming as saintly as I seem!
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There is the danger that young people become permanently criminalised.
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I see that I am already in danger of becoming side-tracked.
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If this is not done then the method is in danger of becoming too abstract and distant.
face
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Some twenty two thousand have been made homeless, and they still face constant danger .
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To see clues that others have overlooked, to face danger and overcome fear.
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Indeed, ever since they had left their home warren, five days before, they had faced one danger after another.
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A literate society is only as competent to face the dangers of the future as our definition of that adjective allows.
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But what could be strong enough to drive a man from his homeland, to face terrible dangers in the skies?
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We owe debts in a democracy if we want to keep it, and sometimes payment requires facing danger .
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Why in such wretched circumstances, faced by such great dangers , did they still prosecute these petty feuds?
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Some of these women took grave risks to start their businesses and faced even more danger when they succeeded.
fall
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There were other dangers besides falling off the branch.
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There was some danger of falling in, and Janir must have sensed it, for as we crossed he stopped crying.
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He followed that by posting large signs advising tourists not to go under the cataract because of the danger of falling rocks.
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Search operations had to be suspended temporarily at one stage while the roof was demolished because of the danger of it falling in.
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As it was, the extremely small head of some dinosaurs no doubt reduced the dangers of falling from a great height.
lose
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We are however in danger of losing all touch with reality by postulating such a scenario. 3.
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His father was unemployed, and the family was in danger of losing its home at the time, he said.
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Dana didn't know Berenice was in danger of losing her child; she was careless, but not vicious.
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They are in danger of losing their spectator status.
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As the Goddesses become individual they stand in danger of losing their grandeur and mystery.
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Thereafter, with both players short of time and in some danger of losing by time forfeit, Kasparov counter-attacked.
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By November 21, the sugar crop was in danger of being completely lost to the cold, damp weather.
pose
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Erosion and rising sea levels are now posing a serious danger to the lowest-lying islands.
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Every detail of the plan must have posed dangers .
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Arguments that balconies and swimming pools pose dangers for children are unlikely to get very far.
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Added radiation exposure poses little danger , he wrote.
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Low growth rates pose particular dangers for centrally planned economies.
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The report, released earlier this week, showed hormone treatments posed no danger to humans.
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That poses a great danger to the House.
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Those who are directing the ballpark construction say the lift technology is tested and will pose little danger to workers.
put
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Even if we did manage to overpower them we could be putting her life in danger .
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But her disappearance hammers home that in modern Britain, even a fleeting two minutes alone can put a child in danger .
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He loved his son very much and did not want to put him in danger .
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The things that were ruled out were things that would put him in danger .
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When injured it becomes a less efficient hunting machine and puts itself in considerable danger .
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Their falsehood puts it in danger of collapse.
sense
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It was a classic face off, and Bodie sensed danger .
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Richard sensed danger before Philippa did.
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If you sense danger , act as if you can see danger itself.
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If they sense danger , they move on.
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Night is when most creatures sense danger .
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It senses the danger and almost instantaneously cuts off the power with a speed of reaction which can prevent a tragedy occurring.
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She sensed danger for Toby, but didn't know how to avoid it.
warn
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After he achieved celebrity status through Dynasty he took to visiting hospitals and rehabilitation centres warning youngsters of the dangers of drugs.
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They decide to delay warning the public of dangers from airbags until a cooperative solution can be reached. 1992&038;.
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Many hunters and men moving close to nature have commented on this sixth sense, warning them of danger .
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But nobody who regularly uses the motorway can say they haven't been warned about the dangers of driver fatigue.
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Sickle cell crises are extremely rare but affected individuals should be warned of the potential dangers of severe hypothermia or hypoxia.
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During his lessons on seamanship, Nathan had warned her about the dangers of leaving cuts untreated.
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Yet before the war began, this anti-nationalist opposition minority was warning of the dangers to come.
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He warned of the dangers of liking to walk around in flowing robes.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a whiff of danger/adventure/freedom etc
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Instead of music we offered honest talk and a whiff of freedom.
be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc
court danger/death etc
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But no evidence suggests that she courted danger for her children as she encouraged their freedom.
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They court death and we enjoy the spectacle so we reward them for it.
fraught with problems/difficulties/danger etc
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Attractive as that proposition has seemed in recent years, the form in which it has been pursued is fraught with difficulties.
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For this whole business of killing, whether killing beasts or killing men, is supposed to be fraught with danger.
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He realized that what he was about to attempt was fraught with dangers, for Bernice and for himself.
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However, it is a move fraught with problems as our writers explain How long can it be taken as read?
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She had had a husband and lovers older than herself, and each affair had been fraught with problems.
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There are a number of tortured perspectives on how to get round this problem, but they are themselves fraught with problems.
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Thompson and Geir can agree, but their own deliverance was fraught with danger.
mortal blow/danger/wound etc
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As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
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Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
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His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
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Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
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This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
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Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
smell trouble/danger etc
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Müller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.
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You seem to smell danger and taste excitement and, as television has no smell or taste, that is powerful evocation.
spell trouble/disaster/danger etc
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After all, one case of the trots hardly spells disaster.
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Delegated authority without a meaningful consultation process would spell disaster for teacher morale, motivation, commitment and hence effectiveness.
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However, other investors said a difficult Diet session could spell trouble for bonds in the medium-term.
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Staff here say that would spell disaster for hundreds of alcoholics.
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Troubling developments For the reference-service industry, these developments spell trouble.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Danger ! High Voltage.
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Danger ! Keep out.
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I stood at the side of the road and waved my arms to warn other drivers of the danger .
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Is there any danger of Mike being arrested?
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The gas leak was quickly fixed, but workers at the factory say the danger remains real.
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The organization ran a national campaign about the dangers of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
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The river has not flooded yet, but that does not mean the danger has passed.
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There's a real danger that the region's forests will disappear completely in the next 50 years.
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Wear a hat and drink plenty of fluids to reduce the danger of sunstroke.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Admittedly their intimacy could have its dangers.
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By now, Chris was asleep, covered with ice cream and evidently not in danger .
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Confusion between love and work is one danger posed by the collapse of the wall between the two.
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In others, there are dangers he miraculously survived.
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The game allowed Scott to talk for the first time about feelings of fear and danger .
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We are however in danger of losing all touch with reality by postulating such a scenario. 3.
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While leprosy is slowly contagious and probably mildly contagious, its usual horrors argue the danger of neglect.
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Yet, with the dangers came also opportunities.