risk - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • reduce: A drug called warfarin is also commonly advised to reduce the risk of having a stroke.
  • minimize: We need to take more steps to minimize any risk of harm, ' Fletcher said.
  • pose: Safe means that it must not pose a risk of injury or death to people or domestic animals or of damage to property.
  • associate: The leaflet, Avoiding Multiple Births - deciding how many embryos to transfer, informs patients about the risks associated with multiple births.
  • assess: Risk management: How to assess risks, how to reduce risk, how to manage risk.
  • manage: Manage risk within the e commerce context in order to minimize the impact of problems that emerge.

Adjective modifier

  • increased: The main complication of AF is an increased risk of having a stroke.
  • relative: But as all of you who work in the system will know, the dominant focus is on relative returns and relative risks.
  • potential: In contrast to this, Turkey is playing down the potential risk.
  • high: Being at high risk is a latent stage of coronary heart disease.

Modifies a noun

  • assessment: Our Office Hazards package on our website offers good general advice on carrying out risk assessments.
  • factor: Risk factors are: heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, a previous history of blood clots.
  • management: Risk management: How to assess risks, how to reduce risk, how to manage risk.

Noun used with modifier

  • flood: The ABI welcomes the Government's continued commitment to managing flood risk, which has enabled the industry to make this commitment.

Preposition: of

  • cancer: Also, in the long term, sun exposure is known to increase the risk of skin cancer.
  • infection: All patients who may have been at risk of infection should receive letters today, asking them to call a special confidential helpline.
  • harm: We need to take more steps to minimize any risk of harm, ' Fletcher said.
  • injury: Safe means that it must not pose a risk of injury or death to people or domestic animals or of damage to property.
  • disease: Obesity seems to increase the risk of advanced liver disease in heavy drinkers.

Preposition: from

  • flooding: Remember your home could be at risk from flooding.

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