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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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economic
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The main disadvantage is that political or economic instability within the country may cause problems outside the control of the parent company.
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Gold is seen by many investors as a safe haven in times of economic and political instability .
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The main consequence of the Famine, after human loss of life and suffering, was continuing economic and social instability .
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Along with social and economic instability , they are among the main sources of crisis, loss of life and human misery.
emotional
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With increasing use, it leads to emotional instability and feelings of paranoia.
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For a regrettable number, emotional instability and spiritual confusion remain long after the physical bruises have faded.
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We can not bear emotion in public, and we look at grief as pathological or a sign of emotional instability .
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Individual predisposition Psychological factors Most researchers have concluded that the premorbid personality is characterised by substantial emotional instability .
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There are signs of emotional instability in those who have been deeply affected by the literature.
financial
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But this experiment has relaunched the debate over which monetary and exchange system can best cope with international financial instability .
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Towering over East Main Street, the elegant nine-story landmark has been plagued by financial instability since it opened in 1925.
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The result: slower growth, higher inflation and financial instability .
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It became possible to believe that financial instability was not an inherent part of capitalism.
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Each of these episodes brought on periods of financial instability .
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The fault lines of financial instability are real.
inherent
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Its inherent instability of organization was evident long before it collapsed.
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Gordon's analysis calls for a longer term perspective and points to the inherent instability of world capitalism today.
mental
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A few moments of complete mental instability when you were unscrupulous enough to take advantage of me.
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If Friedman had a history of mental instability , why was he let into the army?
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There had been, the broadcast added unexpectedly, a history of mental instability .
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Alex Household had a history of mental instability and paranoia.
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Particularly impressive is Wall's subtle exploration of the relationship between creativity and mental instability .
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I think there may have been some mental instability on Grandfather's part.
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This was no longer an affront to the public conscience, where the suicide resulted from mental instability .
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Once his mental instability was recognised, he was sent to hospital, but died of a heart attack in the ambulance.
political
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The main disadvantage is that political or economic instability within the country may cause problems outside the control of the parent company.
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Gold is seen by many investors as a safe haven in times of economic and political instability .
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The research will analyse the changing structure of leadership and the conditions which give rise to political stability and instability .
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And such a world will have to get used to the social and political instability which these crises leave in their wake.
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Countdown to breakdown Sierra Leone's history is littered with instances of political instability and economic mismanagement.
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An inequitable distribution of wealth, income and employment can result in future political instability .
social
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The main consequence of the Famine, after human loss of life and suffering, was continuing economic and social instability .
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Ultimately, unless market forces are restored, high levels of unemployment and social instability in the region should be expected.
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And such a world will have to get used to the social and political instability which these crises leave in their wake.
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Along with social and economic instability , they are among the main sources of crisis, loss of life and human misery.
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Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability .
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The study shows that disasters affected local communities and peak several months after prolonged social instability .
■ VERB
cause
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For example, copper and iron can cause instability ill peroxide bleaching baths and damage to cotton during bleaching.
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It is also likely to cause instability elsewhere in the region.
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Cracks look unsightly, and may also cause instability .
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This, at times, can cause instability within an authority, although, equally, mobility can bring new ideas.
create
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This creates political instability and chronic social unrest.
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The government blamed the unrest on the activities of several small left-wing groups intent on creating general instability .
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Mass movement of the population creates instability and demoralization, even for those not directly affected.
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The existence of two rival regimes will create instability in an already very fragile legal framework.
increase
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Not wishing to risk increasing instability , Franco adopted a familiar tactic: he did nothing until the panorama became clearer.
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Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability .
lead
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With increasing use, it leads to emotional instability and feelings of paranoia.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her mental instability led her to commit these crimes.
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There are fears that political instability in the region will lead to civil war.