I. adjective
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a possible/potential candidate (= someone who you might give a job or position to )
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There were two women who were possible candidates.
a possible/potential successor
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He had been tipped as a possible successor to the president.
a potential competitor (= a person, company etc that might compete with you )
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A merger would also remove a potential competitor in the market.
a potential disaster (= one that could happen )
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Always save a backup copy of your work to avoid potential disasters.
a potential hazard
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Microwave ovens are a potential hazard if not used properly.
a potential risk
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The potential risks associated with this operation should not be ignored.
a potential rival (= one who is likely to be a rival in the future )
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Their business is a potential rival for ours.
a potential threat
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The group remains a potential threat to the regime.
a potential/prospective client (= someone who might become a client )
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Make sure potential clients know about all of your services.
a potential/prospective customer (= who might become a customer in the future )
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It’s very important to establish contact with potential customers.
full potential
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The charity helps disabled children reach their full potential .
potential benefits
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The potential benefits of the scheme must be weighed against the costs involved.
potential danger (= possible but not definite )
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Gloves should be worn because of the potential danger of infection.
potential embarrassment (= possible )
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By dropping out of the competition, he was spared the potential embarrassment of losing.
potential energy
potential harm
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People need to be more aware of the potential harm of being overweight.
realized...potential (= achieved as much as she can achieve )
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a young singer who has not yet realized her full potential
the potential/likely impact
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He’s studying the potential impact of climate change.
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■ ADVERB
as
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Anyone with a foreign accent, including refugee children, were labelled as potential saboteurs.
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Thus they spent much of their time debating the validity of various evaluation procedures as potential responses.
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They often masqueraded as potential customers in order to get information.
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The government therefore turned to multinational companies as potential suitors for Rover.
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She said Knysh and the other Soviet coaches saw their pupils' not just as potential gymnasts but future concubines'.
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They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives.
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The problem here, however, is what counts as potential , and what is it potential of?
■ NOUN
benefit
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The potential benefits must be weighed up against the costs involved and the risk of failure.
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They also should consider the potential benefits of shared use.
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The potential benefits of this will be discussed in the next chapter.
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The potential benefits of Lalzad's research are obvious.
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The ability to replicate represents both the greatest danger and the greatest potential benefit .
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The Peace Corps defenders argue this harsh analysis underplays the potential benefits to civil society from computers and the internet.
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Note also any other potential benefits for individuals and their family and friends.
buyer
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Often a seller will deal concurrently with a number of potential buyers .
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More potential buyers in general could push prices for radio stations higher.
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Ask your estate agent to send a representative with potential buyers .
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As in other auctions, potential buyers can preview the items.
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Alejandro didn't like dead mares around; it looked bad if potential buyers dropped in.
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Registration for the sale has been repeatedly postponed to accommodate potential buyers , officials said.
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A market is a group of existing and potential buyers or users of a product or service. 6.
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The Stoughton, Mass. company did not name any potential buyers for Avia.
client
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You're in a position of strength as a potential client who is checking out the service on offer.
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Naturally, Sheila thought that meant a potential client had called.
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Therefore, to some degree any public relations proposal for any potential client is out of date as soon as it is written.
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Newsletters are often issued on free trial to potential clients .
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Each one recognises sectional interests within the profession but has little or no regard to the public at large or the potential client .
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Solicitors also participate in social activities likely to get them and their firms known to potential clients .
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Most potential clients visit them at Potton and attend one of the free seminars, held three times a week.
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The agencies don't list an address, but give an 088 mobile phone number through which potential clients can reach them.
conflict
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Various strategies are developed to handle potential conflicts that can not be overcome because people keep meeting each other.
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Both failed to sell stock they owned after being warned of potential conflicts of interests.
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He recognised the potential conflict between the ideal of education as an instrument and that of education as self-development.
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Marx points out the deeper class relations and potential conflicts below the surface of society.
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The potential conflict be-tween capitalistic power and democratic power did not explode.
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He shuddered at the thought of all the potential conflict situations ahead.
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Nor is this the only area in which the former chairman has left himself open to potential conflicts of interest.
customer
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Starting in 1967, we tried hard to whip up interest in the robots among potential customers , but with little success.
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If you are doing business on the Internet, it is probably not a good idea to turn away potential customers .
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The company says that it has received inquiries from about 470 companies, of which perhaps a quarter are potential customers .
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Those are potential customers , for they are in the market for services.
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This provided them with a highly qualified list of potential customers matching their target demographic groups.
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For starters, there are simply more potential customers online these days.
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A money-back guarantee could be attractive to potential customers-but are you willing to pay the price?
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A big, potential customer called with a major assignment.
danger
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You should also remember that you too have safety needs and you should learn about potential dangers to yourself and other staff.
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What of the illiterate who uses a forbidden pesticide in total ignorance of its potential dangers ?
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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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He spoke powerfully about the insecurity of football and the potential dangers behind every challenge.
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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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Parliament Street in the town remains closed because of the potential danger .
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With boundary-to-boundary skiing, says Carey, comes a new emphasis on educating skiers about the potential dangers .
difference
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Under resting conditions the cell membrane will not allow ions to diffuse passively across it, so the potential difference remains.
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While the potential difference across the resistance R is just, that across the capacitance C is.
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The potential differences between B, C and D are again very small, arising only from small losses in the transformer.
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Thus, for example, and respectively represent the collector current and potential difference between the collector and emitter.
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Cholera toxin caused no change in potential difference in any of the groups.
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Note that the saturation potential differences are close to the supply e.m.f.s biasing the operational amplifier.
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The r.m.s. current,, may be found by measuring the r.m.s. potential difference with a suitable voltmeter from which.
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This change of potential difference is termed the action potential.
energy
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The third property of a polymer which affects its mechanical behaviour is the between-chain potential energy .
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This would lead into a study of kinetic and potential energy .
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Systems tend to a minimum in potential energy .
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There is also gravitational potential energy .
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It loses potential energy until it reaches a minimum at the bottom of the hill.
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These are kinetic energy and potential energy.
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Cellulose represents an important potential energy source for herbivores but the breakdown of cell fibre presents herbivores with difficulties.
impact
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So much has been written about this single epic without any clear view of the potential impact emerging.
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They understand all too well the potential impact of huge cuts in health care programs.
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Probably the area of maximum potential impact is in taxonomic computing.
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Making this decision requires an analysis of the potential impact of credit policy terms on sales and profits.
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The second limiting factor was less immediate, but of greater potential impact .
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Finally, there is an assessment of potential impacts , on the political world, of the revolution in communication technologies.
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The restrictions on trading are designed to limit the potential impact of the options market on the stock market.
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This gives an indication of the potential impact of this type of instructional material.
investor
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The House of Lords found that there was no duty of care either to existing shareholders or to potential investors .
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Paine Webber brokers often used scripts when they spoke to potential investors .
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Roll and Ross argue that these portfolios may have desirable qualities for the potential investor .
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That document, Matthews said, will be sent out to a few dozen potential investors by the end of the year.
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He cultivated members of the aristocracy and sprinkled them among his company boards to impress potential investors .
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But its financial difficulties have deterred potential investors .
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This has put off many potential investors fearful of being entangled in the courts for years.
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The suit also poisoned potential investors against Addamax which needed more money to exploit its technology, he said.
market
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It's a potential market few have bothered to target.
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He described the potential market as huge.
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The overall size of the potential market is even less clear.
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Overall, the potential market for music software is enormous.
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A potential market of 300 million awaits.
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According to industry estimates this is between 5% and 10% of the potential market .
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As we have indicated in the previous chapter, there looks like being a very large potential market for consumer multimedia.
problem
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Such insider selling is closely watched by some investors for signs of potential problems within companies.
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You know the potential problems with my wave-riding interpretation of Quantum Theoryor for that matter with any other I have yet heard?
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When surgery is planned there is time to correct existing problems and reduce the risk of potential problems.
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Similarly, the aircraft tires pose a potential problem for in-air explosion.
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The potential problems can be aggravated by separation from relatives and friends.
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The Committee believes that these adequately address any potential problem which might arise with respect to this area.
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The nurse might also recognise some potential problems - not all possible potential problems but those which are relevant.
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But the new-look Lakers offer plenty of potential problems .
purchaser
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We are also talking to potential purchasers .
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A slide index of artists' work is available to help the potential purchaser .
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Advertisements are placed in the press, and potential purchasers are invited to telephone or fill in a coupon for further details.
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This will enable a potential purchaser to come forward up until 1 July with the recommended £2 million or above.
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We will arrange and chair meetings between potential purchasers and the directors as appropriate.
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An investment overview should therefore quickly impart the essential basic information which will interest the potential purchaser .
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The sources of information for identifying acquisition targets set out in Section 0604 may be used for identifying potential purchasers .
risk
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The county council says the waste was not a potential risk to the public.
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Rightly or wrongly, I judged the potential risks in so doing were greater than any possible benefit that I could imagine.
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The significance of such questions can only be assessed in the light of present knowledge and potential benefits weighed against potential risks .
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Initially stimuli are compared in terms of the total numbers of descriptions and potential risks in the protocols.
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Faculty supporters counter that the faculty would still be within the Institute and that the benefits would far outweigh the potential risk .
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The significant main effect of junction type for both descriptions and potential risks is difficult to accommodate within this framework.
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The market has a mechanism for ensuring even that the potential risk of damage to the environment can be costed.
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Addictive disease, as opposed to physiological addiction, it is not a significant potential risk for all human beings.
source
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It is clear that the full range of potential sources of variation which produce the archaeological record should be considered.
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These potential sources of emerging infections are diverse and cross the lines of various scientific disciplines and government agency responsibilities.
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Finding the potential source of recruits for the future is not an easy task.
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Daley removed the power because it was a potential source of embarrassment and trouble.
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They are also as much a potential source of recommendations as the client.
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What are the potential sources of R.F.I. and how do you overcome them?
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The bookkeeping for this inter-fund transfer is a potential source of difficulty because strictly the transaction generates two double-entries.
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As long as this element of political discretion remains there is a potential source of dispute.
threat
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The raven was determined to fend off any potential threat and maintain its fiefdom of Edge Wood.
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They regarded it either as virtually impossible to implement, or as a potential threat to themselves at the elections.
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But he did okay in our program, handling its challenges and its many potential threats .
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Recent newspaper reports have highlighted the potential threat to Britain when the Channel Tunnel links us with the Continent.
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Many see computers as a potential threat to their livelihood.
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The samurai response to the potential threat posed by the merchants was a reassertion of their lowly political and social position.
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And because they have yet to be found, their organizers appear to remain a potential threat to the regime.
user
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Such problems would inconvenience existing passengers and may deter potential users .
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Microsoft is estimated to be targeting the 50 million or so potential users of the Windows operating system.
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We could assume that everyone in the population is a user or a potential user of the accounts of public sector organizations.
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Software systems exist which can make the life of potential users a lot easier.
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Has there been any investigation as to what the potential users want from the system? 4.
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What is still missing is your ability as a potential user to use this terminal.
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But clearly very many more potential users think that bank loans would be difficult.
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Styled is probably just too quirky for some potential users .
value
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Only collect information if its actual or potential value exceeds the cost of collecting it.
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Jackson estimated the total potential value of these business opportunities at $ 200 million.
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Rainforests are the source of a multitude of raw materials with immense potential value to medical science.
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He declined to discuss the potential value of a contract.
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They are not questioning the potential value of, in this context, high-quality environmental information perse.
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After 1714, with their potential value exponentially raised, such schemes proliferated.
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Botanical stations were established throughout the empire to study native plants and identify those o potential value .
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Virtually everyone who works for an enterprise from time to time will acquire information from the environment of potential value to its operations.
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fulfil your potential/promise
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All girls and boys, from every background, must be able to discover their talents and fulfil their potential.
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But there is grave doubt among environmentalists as to whether the Government will fulfil its promises according to schedule.
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Draft history is full of players who never fulfilled their promise.
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For 15 years, Lindbergh more than fulfilled its promise.
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I was wrong: it has not yet fulfilled its promise.
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Lewis has begun to fulfil his promise.
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Many teachers express concern that even their more able pupils do not fulfil their potential in the subject.
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We only fulfil our potential as individuals in working with and for others, as well as for ourselves.
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a way of making the college more attractive to potential students
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By denying these people a decent education, you're losing out on potential captains of industry and political leaders.
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For the first time she realized the potential danger of her situation.
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It's wrong to regard all soccer fans as potential trouble-makers -- it's only a small minority who are responsible for the violence.
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It is important for manufacturers to identify potential problems at the design stage.
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Police believe they may have found a potential witness.
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The potential side effects of the drug are unknown.
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The 60 potential jurors filled the front of the courtroom.
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Applications and potential applications are popping up like wildflowers after a spring rain.
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Behind every bend lurks a potential patrol, road-block or hidden camera.
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Probably the area of maximum potential impact is in taxonomic computing.
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The potential ramifications of such a theme could be vast so let me start somewhere in the middle.
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The facility is currently being actively promoted both within the Bar and locally with potential professional clients.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
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And Nicholson's have not been slow to realise the commercial potential of this classic heritage.
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Frequently frustrated by rapids and sandbars, they soon surmised that the river had no commercial potential .
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The House of Andreeyev had purchased the right to exploit the commercial potential of the Manchu system.
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Eager to capitalize on the commercial potential of his designs, he launched a collection of stark, monochrome headscarves for ladies.
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Further exploration and appraisal drilling will be necessary to confirm the commercial potential for this discovery.
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Reaumur also worked extensively on ceramics, again because of the commercial potential .
considerable
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His expulsion is probably more justified in terms of his considerable long-term potential as a spy than in terms of his current status and responsibilities.
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Not surprisingly wind power is regarded as having considerable potential .
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Their relationship with the community has considerable dramatic potential .
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It is thus a field of considerable potential .
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The ion engine has considerable potential as it is capable of generating specific impulses of thousands of seconds.
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There is also considerable potential for the development of novel biological control agents by genetic engineering.
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There is considerable upside potential for both oil and gas exports.
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It offers considerable future potential for the discovery of large oil and gas reserves.
economic
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Local people will be trained to gather plants and other materials which may have economic potential .
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Learning about a community and understanding its social, cultural and economic potential is an essential pre-condition.
enormous
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It's a lively and cosmopolitan resort, which as well as being scenic, offers enormous potential to the sports enthusiast.
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The new generation of telecommunications holds enormous potential to serve the needs of democracy.
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It will be appreciated that this technique of automated teaching seemed to have enormous potential .
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It is a world unexplored by many-a new frontier in contemporary gastronomy with enormous potential .
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A client of enormous potential if he managed to hook him.
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This is largely because of its enormous potential for dating geological processes and sedimentary sequences.
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Yet a walk into any delicatessen or a continental charcuterie will prove the enormous potential of this vastly underrated animal.
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Assistant Principal, Joe Mooney sees enormous potential for the open learning format with foreign students.
full
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Your tank has certainly reached its limits now, and some of the fish have yet to reach their full potential .
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No single one of these technologies can deliver the full potential of electronic commerce, however.
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Hence its full potential is not being realized.
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Can you tell me if there are any special programs to help my gut reach its full potential ?
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The society, a national charity, aims to help people with learning difficulties reach their full potential .
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This went to show that the full potential of a client was measurable only outside the licensed dealing fraternity.
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More economic patterns of resource allocation will result as underlying comparative advantages are allowed to exert their full potential .
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Self-esteem is the need to feel good about oneself and self-actualisation is the need to reach one's full potential .
future
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It is no proof of future potential .
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Education services similarly went through a phase of detailed examination of their weaknesses and future potential during the inter war period.
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It offers considerable future potential for the discovery of large oil and gas reserves.
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Its importance and future potential should not be ignored by governments in their agricultural planning.
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The Pistols' strength lay not in their future potential but in their immediate shock value.
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But the most exciting aspect of Digivision is its future potential .
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It should emphasise the strong features of the business and its future potential .
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Most respondents had very positive expectations about the future potential of the area, sometimes bolstering their own somewhat risky decision.
good
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We give children the opportunity to develop to the best of their potential .
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This reaction is fairly typical for children who have some problems with aggression but who none the less have good potential .
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The Soviets may rob themselves of their own best potential in this way.
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Questions set on these lines have good diagnostic potential .
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We will continue to provide development opportunities to: help them perform to the best of their potential .
great
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At the same time, we are now quite possibly reaching our greatest potential for that change.
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There is great potential for distraction.
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It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated.
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There is great potential for creative work arrangements, but right now the potential for pain is greater.
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There is great potential in developing the teaching role of clinical practitioners, with benefits for both the individual and the service.
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She understood that this handsome, rather solitary young man had great potential .
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Straw burning for energy also has great potential .
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Olstad sees great potential for the program but not just for tracing half-forgotten tunes.
high
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Hypertonic Having a higher osmotic potential than a standard.
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John saw high potential in the company.
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This is particularly fortunate, because teeth have a high fossilization potential , exceeding that of other parts of the skeleton.
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Recruiting those with a higher potential for appropriate customer service behaviour.
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Chemicals, therefore, need to have a high energy potential i.e. they need to be highly aggressive.
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Carbonate and evaporite sediments also have a high diagenetic potential .
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Evaporite sediments have a yet higher diagenetic potential than modern carbonate sediments, producing a near-metamorphic fabric.
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High speed, high power, high storage, high upgrade potential - the CompuADd 325 offers them all.
huge
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Rodber has huge potential , however, a great physique, a fair turn of speed and good hands.
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The bottom line is that this is a huge country with huge potential .
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There is huge unexplored potential in this field.
human
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The second major issue to be examined would be the role of individuals and how human potential is mobilised.
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Pessimism is a dangerous disease that can stifle or kill our human potential .
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In domestic society the authority of the state guarantees order in the face of the human potential for evil.
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We can provide solace and preserve dignity and human potential through the very end of life.
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The reversibility depended upon the permanence of severe retardation whereas infants are not defective and their human potential is a fact.
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An entirely different world was supposed to have manifested, a new society sparked by unleashed human potential .
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This personalized process aims at releasing human potential in a way that will benefit the corporation.
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Lack of money causes misery, anxiety, early death: the cramping of personality, the limiting of human potential .
real
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The club believes she has real Olympic medal potential .
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He saw I got real potential .
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As with so many other aspects of the practical implementation of the Act, there is here the real potential for overkill.
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Which creates a very real potential that in zeal for privacy I could turn everything on my hard drive into unreadable mush.
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Team it with high fibre beans, bread or pasta and you have a supper or lunch dish of real potential .
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It's a hobby with real travel potential .
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Evidence from pilot projects shows the real potential of care management to create flexible care and support controlled by the user.
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Vijay Singh and Paul Broadhurst are just two examples of young players with real potential who have obviously benefited from the experience.
revolutionary
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This argument puts forward the notion that the peasantry working in these conditions would provide revolutionary potential .
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The problem is not the combativity or the revolutionary potential of the working class and its allies.
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I believe Blackwomen's Creativity to be revolutionary in its potential .
significant
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The fact that highly improbable circumstances could result in significant upside potential should not affect the presentation.
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We are committed to prudent exploration and will direct efforts to ventures which offer significant potential .
tremendous
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But they have tremendous potential for learning and growth.
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In other words, at this point the whole area is nascent with tremendous potential .
true
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It's only in the past 18 months, however, that he's started fulfilling his true potential .
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Tom's temper stopped him reaching his true potential .
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A further decade passed before the true potential of this cliff began to be tapped.
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Isn't it time to take hold of that lead by realising their true marketing potential ?
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At last it has been recognised that there are many females within the club scene who have true potential .
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What then was humanity's true potential ?
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The temptation is always to overstock, and this means that the land is asked to produce more than its true potential .
■ NOUN
action
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An action potential in the presynaptic neuron releases neurotransmitter into the cleft.
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This results in prolonging the action potential and thus increases calcium influx into the cell.
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The neurotransmitter then diffuses across to the postsynaptic neuron, and starts a new action potential in it.
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The result is that a larger stimulus is required to trigger an action potential .
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This change of potential difference is termed the action potential.
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This traveling wave of altered electrical potential is called an action potential, more commonly known as a nerve impulse.
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Arriving at the post synaptic membrane, it causes a change in its permeability so that a new action potential begins.
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To cross this gap, an action potential must be converted from an electrical signal to a chemical signal.
development
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Their work is not accounted for, and so their further development potential is grossly neglected.
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The irony is that population growth itself eats away at development potential .
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Hotels most likely to interest international investors would be those with strong revenue rather than those with development potential .
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Owners of properties with large gardens often have no idea of the development potential and value of their land.
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The adoption of a sequential approach to assessing the development potential of sites and the redevelopment potential of existing buildings.
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The contours of a site are obviously important and may add or detract from its development potential .
growth
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The fund manager can, therefore, select the mix of bonds which offers the most attractive yield and capital growth potential .
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Often Tucson has been compared to Austin, Texas for its size, cost of living, and growth potential .
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Finally, it is hoped to identify the necessary steps essential for the improvement of growth potential for ethnic minority businesses.
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Landis believes many investors still are underestimating the growth potential of the networking business.
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Dormitory centres Within the catchment area of a burgh; basic services available; some growth potential and encouragement to industry.
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Some technology stocks declined on the belief that their growth potential has been overestimated.
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Height velocity in the first year after operation increased dramatically compared with year before operation among patients with growth potential .
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The successful launch of Channel 5 as a non-producer broadcaster demonstrates the growth potential of the market.
investment
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Probably checking Belpan's investment potential .
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He'd imagined expensive good taste - big sofas, neutral carpeting, antiques, safe pictures chosen for their investment potential .
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A score of 55-70 will imply, mainly, developing countries with investment potential .
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Further studies on engineering aspects, conservation and investment potential were also commissioned.
market
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The judges will look for simple and effective devices which also demonstrate market potential and value for money.
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The nature of the access road to the site and adjoining development can be influential with regard to market potential .
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A further dimension concerns the implications of acceptance and of market potential for supply industries.
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Assessing or predicting the economic performance of UDCs can not be viewed in isolation from the area's market potential .
profit
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Alternative endings might provide film companies with more opportunities to maximise the profit potential of cult items.
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However, the profit potential of an untapped consumer market is tantalizing scores of corporations.
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In looking at people he is looking at profit potential and the attitudes and skills relating to that.
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Since its foundation it has emphasised that the profit potential in exporting will be enhanced if export management is in trained hands.
■ VERB
assess
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Economic historians have been more interested in assessing the outcome or potential of his policies than their origins.
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This question of source rocks is the main unproven factor in assessing the hydrocarbon potential of south Antrim.
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The adoption of a sequential approach to assessing the development potential of sites and the redevelopment potential of existing buildings.
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Personal disinterest in a programme content will help your objectivity in assessing its potential for your public relations purposes.
demonstrate
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Many of their lecture modules are chosen from a set which demonstrates the potential of computational techniques, for example in simulation.
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The successful launch of Channel 5 as a non-producer broadcaster demonstrates the growth potential of the market.
develop
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The bioremediation market is just being developed , and its potential appears quite large.
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If you want to develop your full potential , learn to take planned risks.
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In this way, individuals can develop their full potential and contribute to their own well-being and that of others.
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In summary, cooperation is still necessary if trade, output, and employment are to develop to their full potential .
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For a new artist to progress, the most important management role is allowing the act to develop its songwriting potential .
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The aim should be to develop your own potential , not to regulate your working habits to a conventional norm.
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At school they shared truancy escapades, which developed a more interesting potential once they had matriculated.
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Nomatterhow easy or hard you find the work, our aim is to develop your potential to the full.
exploit
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The House of Andreeyev had purchased the right to exploit the commercial potential of the Manchu system.
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Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores.
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Still, Anixter has only begun to exploit its potential .
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Teaching strategies need to adapt to this new situation, to exploit the potential offered by computers.
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This positions them uniquely in exploiting the multimedia potential of their list.
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Two criticisms are frequently made of it: it is boring and it doesn't exploit the full potential of the medium.
explore
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To explore the potential of this idea further, we sent these leading hair stylists to the Alps.
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This thus stands as a starting point for exploring the potential of complex semiotics as a mode of analysis of the photographic.
fulfil
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Many teachers express concern that even their more able pupils do not fulfil their potential in the subject.
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Being an entrepreneur is a way of fulfilling your creative potential .
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All girls and boys, from every background, must be able to discover their talents and fulfil their potential .
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It's only in the past 18 months, however, that he's started fulfilling his true potential .
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Tiriac became a father figure and Nastase was at least able to fulfil some of his potential .
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That is not to say, of course, that it won't take longer for her to fulfil her potential .
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Their failure was that, because of man's inhumanity to his fellow beings, they did not fulfil their potential .
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Thus, only here in Communist society can people fulfil their potential for creativity and goodness.
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It's a lively and cosmopolitan resort, which as well as being scenic, offers enormous potential to the sports enthusiast.
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It now accounts for at least 15 percent of total supplies and offers the potential of a green premium.
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It offers considerable future potential for the discovery of large oil and gas reserves.
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Using authoring software such as Touch Explorer Plus, this offers great potential for the teaching of history.
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At any given point in time, however, such sites may offer latent potential to the developer.
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We are committed to prudent exploration and will direct efforts to ventures which offer significant potential .
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This results in the neighbouring part of the axon also reaching this potential , thus causing its ion channel to open.
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Can you tell me if there are any special programs to help my gut reach its full potential ?
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At the same time, we are now quite possibly reaching our greatest potential for that change.
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Having bypassed college, will he ever reach his athletic potential ?
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Your tank has certainly reached its limits now, and some of the fish have yet to reach their full potential .
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The society, a national charity, aims to help people with learning difficulties reach their full potential .
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Tom's temper stopped him reaching his true potential .
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Self-esteem is the need to feel good about oneself and self-actualisation is the need to reach one's full potential .
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And Nicholson's have not been slow to realise the commercial potential of this classic heritage.
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Theatre managers were quick to realise the dramatic potential of such a dazzling light.
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Danzigers were far too busy protesting and petitioning, nursing wounded pride to realise the potential of their situation.
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It was therefore left to Lear to realise the full potential of lithography, and to revolutionise bird illustration in the process.
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Finally, Compact validates achievement in school and encourages students to push themselves to realise their potential .
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We aim to create a society in which all men and women can realise their full potential and shape their own successes.
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It's been a short, obstacle-filled but fruitful struggle for Moonshake to realise their potential .
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The exceptions, good guys like Lee Evans and Harry Hill, have yet to realise their full telly potential .
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As soon as I walked on to the beach behind the resort where I was staying, I realised its potential .
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Long before button badges made their punk-inspired debut, Gedge and Co had realised the earning potential of such merchandise.
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Supporters like Jim Cummins maintain that heritage language teaching is an important step in helping immigrant students realize their potential .
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But as you grow in confidence, and experience, you will be able to realize your full potential .
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A research programme must be given a chance to realize its full potential .
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Under Adenauer and Schmidt it realized its full potential .
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The essential condition for realizing this potential is the overthrow of all forms of oppression.
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As though it does not matter that half of humanity have been prohibited from realizing their potential .
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It was a failure to recognize the potential of the black community and a failure to use it.
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A biology professor at San Diego State, she recognized business potential in some of her research.
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The two met in 1993 at a volleyball tournament in Tahoe and eventually recognized the potential of joining forces.
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This went to show that the full potential of a client was measurable only outside the licensed dealing fraternity.
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Jamal Crawford, who was virtually untouchable in trade talks, has shown little but long-range potential .
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Experience has shown that employment potential and the needs of the employer require more than just school or college education.
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This is impressive, and it shows clearly the potential of technology to help the classroom teacher become a better teacher.
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This means that acoustic microscopy shows exceptional potential for the study of biological systems in particular.
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Rather we have attempted to show the potential of analysis and technical studies to increase our knowledge of the past.
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Evidence from pilot projects shows the real potential of care management to create flexible care and support controlled by the user.
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A great piece of software that starts to show us the full potential of the Internet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's young but he shows a lot of potential .
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One of their children has the potential to be a brilliant scientist.
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She may not be a great violinist yet but she has potential .
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Stephen is a player with real potential .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Assessing this potential helps the practitioner to decide how best to work with an elder when some breakdown in routine occurs.
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Having bypassed college, will he ever reach his athletic potential ?
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He was giving a talk at a career-development seminar to top executives from his then-employer, who were evaluating his career potential .
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The fund manager can, therefore, select the mix of bonds which offers the most attractive yield and capital growth potential .
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This has greatly reduced their potential for instigating change.
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This traveling wave of altered electrical potential is called an action potential, more commonly known as a nerve impulse.