noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
potential
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Composition can also present many potential pitfalls .
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Clinton faces many potential pitfalls before Election Day.
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Before embarking upon data-gathering exercises some of the potential pitfalls must be recognised so that as many as possible can be avoided.
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Although Riordan, 67, enjoys a commanding lead in the polls, the campaign has potential pitfalls for him.
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None of the plaintiffs' attorneys would comment in detail about the potential pitfalls in the collection effort.
■ VERB
avoid
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I hope this will help you to avoid or alleviate the pitfalls of cold and winter skin.
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You will also know how to avoid the special pitfalls and dangers implicit in being a hospital patient.
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His reviews avoided the pitfalls of exotica and newness, drawing attention instead to the varied formal qualities of the writing.
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In short, the start-up company receives not only funding, but valuable advice to help it avoid pitfalls .
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But only if you know the market well enough to avoid the pitfalls .
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By adopting this methodical approach you should avoid the pitfalls and successfully answer any questions set on this subject.
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Precise verbal statements and descriptions avoid this pitfall .
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Most TableCurve users will already have acquired the necessary good sense to avoid such pitfalls .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fall into a trap/pitfall
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Now he had fallen into a trap which the greenest copper would have avoided.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the pitfalls of fame
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Magic can count on more pitfalls before his team is back to prominence again.
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His reviews avoided the pitfalls of exotica and newness, drawing attention instead to the varied formal qualities of the writing.
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It would be wise to note at this point that there can be pitfalls.
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Sometimes the pitfalls in not looking at it from all these angles become painfully clear.
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The 1992 winners overcame most, if not all, of these pitfalls.
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This is a well-known pitfall in real life as well as in case studies.
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Those pitfalls emerged in the private deliberations of the 14-member Kemp Commission even though it was tilted heavily to flat-tax advocates.
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When will they learn that being conservative in Texas has its pitfalls?