substantial risk

collocation in English

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This low diversification representssubstantialriskexposure to participants.
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If we do not investigate, we createsubstantialriskof moral hazard.
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If there is asubstantialriskof serious consequences, then the patient should be told.
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Reoperation may leave residual stenosis, and carriessubstantialriskfor the patient.
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Meeting criteria for any of these five indicators was consideredsubstantialriskin adapting successfully to school.
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Scores on the school risk index range from 0, indicating low risk, to 5, indicatingsubstantialrisk.
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The amendment would substitute the words, "substantialriskof breach of interdict", for, "substantialriskof violence".
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The words "substantialrisk" mean very little.
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However, nosubstantialriskwas involved.
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What exactly does"substantialrisk" mean?
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The executives are taking asubstantialrisk.
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Who is going to interpret what is "asubstantialrisk"?
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That was to take an enormous and verysubstantialrisk.
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They will pose asubstantialriskto all incoming forces.
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What does he intend the words "substantialrisk" to cover?
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Can that be described as asubstantialrisk?
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Asubstantialriskis involved in starting up a business.
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Some doctors will say that "risk" means asubstantialrisk.
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What exactly does he mean by "asubstantialrisk"?
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Even with the bigger concerns there is asubstantialrisk.
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Its future is now at asubstantialrisk.
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Clearly, there is asubstantialriskto his mental health.
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In other words, even though there are many parameters to estimate, we can, in principle, ignore the bulk of these to achievesubstantialrisksavings.
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The latter process would run asubstantialriskof diluting any ongoing anti-pathogen response with useless accidental or historical responses.
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In business, transactions entailsubstantialrisk-taking under uncertainty, which could lead to unbearable losses; in politics, they could lead to political downfalls.
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