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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
legal
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This is a legal minefield , and infringement of the regulations can lead to severe penalties, both civil and criminal.
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Too pricey-and a legal minefield according to our friends in the Police.
political
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There has long been an unspoken consensus across the party spectrum that challenging the system would be to enter a political minefield .
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But the inspection process remains a political minefield .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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House-buying can be a minefield -- you need a good lawyer.
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Mozart's music seems so danceable, but most choreographers regard it as a minefield .
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The subject of abortion is a political minefield .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 25 percent of the remaining minefields in Bosnia have been marked, leaving 45 percent still unmarked, Mazzafro said.
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Cheapening the awarding of decorations did not originate in a Bosnia minefield , however.
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Everyone said our show about homosexuality would be a minefield .
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McCready saw the rolling waves of razor-wire looming ahead of him, the end of the minefield .
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Mr Kinnock has been led through a minefield of interviews and policy statements without serious damage.
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This minefield is compounded by the moral nature of the problem; about what is and is not acceptable behaviour.
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This subject is a minefield as dangerous for feminists as for chauvinists.
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Traffic began to peter out and they found themselves in the middle of extensive minefields.