I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bleak future/prospect
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The company still hopes to find a buyer, but the future looks bleak .
a realistic chance/prospect
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We felt we had a realistic chance of beating England.
an exciting prospect (= an event in the future, about which you feel excited )
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For the team, there’s the exciting prospect of travelling to many major cities.
an exciting prospect (= a person who has a good chance of success in the future )
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His pace and skill mark him as one of the most exciting prospects in Super League.
an unlikely possibility/prospect
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The most unlikely possibility was that she might resign.
career prospects (= opportunities to get a good job or a better position )
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Good computer skills will improve your career prospects.
daunting prospect
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the daunting prospect of asking for a loan
dread the thought/prospect of (doing) sth
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He dreaded the prospect of being all alone in that house.
employment prospects (= someone’s chances of getting a job )
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Better qualifications will improve your employment prospects.
face the prospect of sth (= something in the future is going to affect you and you will have to deal with it )
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Many coastal cities face the prospect of disastrous flooding.
hold out the prospect/promise of sth
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alternative methods which hold out the promise of improved health
relish the prospect/thought/idea
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I don’t relish the thought of you walking home alone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bleak
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Myriad receptions and reunions could not disguise the bleak prospects for job hunters.
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It may well be this bleak prospect that has spawned the flurry of books about Yiddish in recent years.
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The bleak prospect of the labour camps, slavery in Siberia?
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I hope, too, that all the parties will adhere to it, however bleak the prospect may sometimes be.
economic
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The study concluded that the economic prospects for the Teifi Valley are very poor.
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Perceptions of Britain's economic performance and prospects were obviously influenced by objective economic factors and by government manipulation of economic statistics.
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At the same time ministers received the Treasury's best guess about the country's economic prospects .
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And finally there was laughter when he spoke about economic prospects and job creation.
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Overwhelmingly, improvements in roads and waterways happened in response to existing economic pressures and prospects .
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Nevertheless, it may be enough to keep the markets jittery about the country's economic prospects .
exciting
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The possibility of introducing anti-oncogenes into those with a predisposition to colon cancer is undoubtedly one of the most exciting prospects .
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This is an exciting prospect as future policy could depend on how the eight perform at Cologne and Essen.
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He has always looked a chaser and his unexpected achievements over flimsy flights of timber make him a most exciting prospect .
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Scientists agree this is an exciting prospect to pursue.
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Another exciting prospect for diesel economy in even smaller cars is the diesel two-stroke.
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The truly exciting prospect , though, is workwear taking it a stage beyond its booming club and hip hop customer base.
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I've just got into my college's riding team and am over the moon at this exciting prospect .
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An exciting new prospect of political transformation was opened up.
future
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The vast and easy background of Deer Forest gave hope to a future prospect of marriage.
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Employees are bound to be concerned about their future prospects should they decide to relocate.
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Leslie still had no degree, no money, no future prospects , and the war was far from over.
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Or would that too do damage to future matrimonial prospects ?
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I sense a growing self-confidence in our mood and a more purposeful attitude towards clients and our future prospects .
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The cherry berets dragged the bewildered old montagnard away with a brusqueness which inspired no confidence in me for his future prospects .
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Often the trivial item is one on which a person's reputation, promotion or future prospects depend.
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He gleaned some satisfaction from that future prospect .
good
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Some do not offer good prospects .
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There are too many good prospects in each system, promising young players no organization wishes to lose.
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If you prove your ability there are good career prospects and, further promotion could soon take your salary up to £22,135.
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The players who were brought up were not usually the best prospects but simply the furthest along.
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Old women are the best prospects , he says.
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Job Outlook Qualified accountants and auditors are expected to have fairly good job prospects .
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Environmentalists stressed the importance of energy efficiency as offering the best prospect of limiting global warming.
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One must also be able to identify which firms offer the best prospects for increasing productivity, profitability, and expansion.
immediate
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Her tiredness fled before the immediate prospect of encountering her new employer.
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The immediate prospects are not promising for the child, at least in so far as primary schools are concerned.
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On the freight side, until the Charterail debacle, immediate prospects seemed more favourable.
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It's only the immediate , definite prospect of harm which will dissolve inhibition.
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You might have thought that, in the abstract, the immediate prospect was attractive.
little
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In truth there is now little prospect of Britain ever joining the euro.
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There was little prospect of containing this.
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In many ways their lot became much worse due to the effects of poor education and little prospect of work.
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The bilateral process has slowed down and there is little prospect of accelerating it or involving the smaller nuclear powers.
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It is sad that such destruction is being unleashed when there is so little prospect of finding anything of great worth.
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Unless you can find such a market, there is little prospect for small-scale poultry-keeping in competition with the huge multinational businesses.
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And there is little prospect of improvement.
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Bhuj has no water or electricity, and there seems little prospect of its getting much of either for weeks.
real
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With hopes of unity in the Western Cape there is a real prospect of international rugby once again this season.
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It faces several more years of economic self-restraint, with no real easing in prospect until the second half of the 1990s.
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After the text recapture Black has no real prospects of attack along the f-file while his central pawn structure becomes curiously inflexible.
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What then are the real prospects for multimedia having a serious impact on school education?
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Without action by government, donors and trade partners, collapse is a real prospect .
■ NOUN
career
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A course can increase confidence, career prospects or simply be enjoyable - all of which will never be regretted.
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How would you view your career prospects ?
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The motivations of the middle-aged housewife or the young man with good career prospects who joined Militant, remained unexplored.
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If you prove your ability there are good career prospects and, further promotion could soon take your salary up to £22,135.
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Another problem to consider is that if the people identified for transfer do not go, what happens to their career prospects ?
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The lack of career prospects would make it much more difficult for party whips to threaten or entice independently minded members.
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Good career prospects exist in agriculture, animal science, crop science, forestry and economics.
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Whether or not blacks' career prospects are blighted by covert racialist policies in the occupational sphere is not the question under consideration.
employment
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By mid-1983, more stable oil prices helped slow the rate of inflation, and employment prospects looked rather brighter.
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And with the recession, employment prospects are grim.
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The level of productivity went up slowly, but employment prospects did not.
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That study found no evidence that foreigners in high-tech fields have lowered the earnings or harmed employment prospects of native-born workers.
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Employment Prospects Employment prospects are excellent, as the industry is facing a long-term shortage of academically trained managers.
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It focused on improving training, employment prospects and housing, and on breaking up ghettos.
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Failure here will have no impact on employment prospects in his former job.
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Tomorrow's workers will have to be more adaptable, but their employment prospects should be brighter.
job
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Attractive subject combinations with psychology are pharmacology, physiology and behavioural neuroscience. Job prospects are good.
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Although several generations of Gunters have called Cannon County home, the lack of local job prospects has profoundly discouraged him.
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Check the comparative cost of living overseas as well as job prospects and wages.
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Job Outlook Qualified accountants and auditors are expected to have fairly good job prospects .
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He has meager job prospects and a dim future.
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Candidates who have the most formal education and who are willing to relocate should have the best job prospects .
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Local government organisations were the most negative about job prospects and banks also forecast further redundancies.
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Many students now choose to complete an apprenticeship and then pursue a university degree to improve their job prospects .
■ VERB
alarm
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They were all very alarmed by the prospect of substantial movements of people.
excite
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Sustainable development investments represented a variety of exciting prospects , but there were still relatively few practical opportunities for investment.
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He was very excited at the prospect of such unusual guests near his well and offered to help with everything.
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I was excited about the prospect , but quickly realised that this was not the time to share my jovial mood.
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Though excited at the prospect of moving to Washington, she was also nervous.
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As the months went by, I became quite excited by the prospect of weighing myself every Monday.
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Personally, I was excited at the prospect of participating in a real blood-and-guts battle against a prohibitive odds-on favorite.
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I was excited at the prospect of living in Seoul again and writing about my native place full-time.
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Another exciting prospect for future power generation is terrestrial fusion power.
face
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Britain faced the prospect of a winter without food and without energy, at the mercy of powerful unions and ineffective employers.
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They faced the prospect of even more problems tonight and tomorrow, when yet another storm will pass through the area.
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But now they face eviction and the prospect of unemployment.
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Some face the prospect of living on the margins for years because of U.S. visa limits and backlogs.
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But first we are faced with the prospect of a decently brisk run there, and in horribly wet and miserable conditions.
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But I could not face the prospect of this task.
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Pleasant though he was, Amelie couldn't face the prospect of making small talk with him and Madame.
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I refused to face the prospect of his return yet, since I seemed to have faced quite enough for one afternoon.
hold
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This amounts to compulsory purchase, but holds out the prospect that the shares will rise.
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Analysis had shown that, in spite of an extra pawn, he held no serious prospect of a win.
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It holds out worthwhile prospects in that lovely part of Shropshire.
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Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour, she none the less holds out the prospect of transformation.
improve
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As such it helped to improve the prospects of Kim's anticipated campaign for the presidency in late 1992 or early 1993.
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Many students now choose to complete an apprenticeship and then pursue a university degree to improve their job prospects .
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Available research suggests that changes in attitudes and practice could significantly improve their prospects .
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It focused on improving training, employment prospects and housing, and on breaking up ghettos.
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They greatly improve the prospects for beating the world recession.
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Attempts to improve the prospect of cure have been made by investigation of the advantages of adjuvant chemotherapy.
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All are agreed that laying down some ground rules now will improve the prospects for interoperable products in the future.
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Kinship can pay an individual to reduce its own chances if it improves the prospects of other members of its family.
offer
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Some do not offer good prospects .
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For example, President Clinton, as is his instinct, has occasionally offered the prospect of flexibility in the talks.
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Several new contracts are already being negotiated with Rentokil's financial backing and branch network offering further benefits to prospects .
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When properly managed, they offer the prospect of a tidy retirement nest egg.
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In a word, the life of reason offers the prospect of enlightenment.
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One must also be able to identify which firms offer the best prospects for increasing productivity, profitability, and expansion.
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Environmentalists stressed the importance of energy efficiency as offering the best prospect of limiting global warming.
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The authors conclude that a combination of the last two models offers the best prospect of a full explanation.
raise
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It represents a major setback for the Tories and raises the prospect of a hung Parliament with Labour the biggest party.
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These doubts will be considered more fully in Chapter 9 but they also raise the prospect of a radically different future.
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Raytheon executives raised the prospect that more aerospace layoffs may be coming in the aftermath of the Hughes purchase.
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Such a consideration raises the prospect of having to run a surplus budget at the same time as cutting taxes.
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The strategy raises the prospect of voters with mobile phones being bombarded with election slogans from all parties.
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Right-wing rumblings of rebellion over the reshuffle have raised the prospect of them mounting a challenger to Mr Major's leadership.
relish
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I did not relish the prospect .
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Western governments do not relish the prospect of Iliescu returning to power.
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Do you relish the prospect of the open road?
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She didn't relish the prospect .
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Friends' I would definitely relish the prospect of being drawn against Milan.
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Not relishing the prospect of a cold wet night solo on the beach, I had to follow!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
uninviting prospect
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This uninviting prospect was offered to a people who, in name at any rate, had tasted independence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Prospects for a peace settlement in the region are not very hopeful at the moment.
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a fine prospect of the valley below
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He had no job and no prospect of getting one.
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I had read a great deal about Professor Chomsky and I felt very excited at the prospect of meeting him.
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I hope I never have to have a brain operation - it must be an appalling prospect .
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Job prospects for college graduates this spring don't look good.
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The prospect of putting weapons in space is frightening to many people.
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The prospects for peace are improving.
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There is every prospect of an economic recovery next year.
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We are facing the prospect of a very hard winter.
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Wilder is considered a good prospect for the next election.
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You can't marry a man with no job and no prospects!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But that possibility is faint, and the prospects of another large employer ever using the site are even more remote.
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Even a few years earlier, the prospect of radical change in the Roman Catholic Church was virtually unimaginable.
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He now had some buildings to show prospects.
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How would you view your career prospects?
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In distant prospect I look forward to them greatly, as a break from the monotonous, lonely routine of writing.
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Ironically, the message of all this activity is that the market is intensely worried about Saatchi's prospects.
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These problems alone would not make the prospects for the straight forward treatment of deictic sentences within truth-conditional semantics look very hopeful.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Increased tin and gold metal prices from 1980 onwards encouraged prospecting for these commodities.
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It felt challenging and risky, like prospecting for gold.
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John St.Clair spent hours prospecting for gold, and was rewarded with some bright literary nuggets.
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Okioc has been forced to defend its prospecting by calling in experts to look at the seal deaths.
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They need your help about everything from prospecting to how to get along with their administrative assistant.