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consequence

A consequence is a result of an action, decision, etc., often a bad result. As a consequence of your bad behavior, you must stay after school. The consequences of lying to your parents are usually bad.

consequence

(= effect, event) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise his decision had depressing consequences for business he acted very wise after the event the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual (= moment) having important effects or influence decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself virtue is of more moment than security that result is of no consequence

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Simple sentences

Trains stopped in consequence of the heavy rain.
It is of little consequence to me.
This increase in unemployment is a consequence of the recession.
This fact is of little consequence.
The consequence of a wrong translation can sometimes be catastrophic.
The consequence was that, she lost a considerable amount of money.
Every action has its consequence.
I'm aware that every choice I make has a consequence.
There was once a girl who trod on a loaf to avoid soiling her shoes, and the misfortunes that happened to her in consequence are well known.
There was once a girl who stepped on a loaf of bread to avoid soiling her shoes, and the misfortunes that happened to her in consequence are well known.
Your cough is the consequence of smoking.
This road was partly destroyed in consequence of the earthquake.
The road was partly destroyed in consequence of the earthquake.
As a consequence of overwork, he became ill.
I think it is not the cause but the consequence.

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The young clerk chasing the girl was so far a person of no consequence, and yet - rather impetuous.
The Person of no consequence came by the rooms again.
It is known that the Person of consequence used to be a Person of no consequence.
But which merits made of him a Person of consequence is not known.
But the protests and words of a poor man like Marcasse are of little consequence.
I thought it of no consequence.
No one of consequence.
I saw in the papers that he had been engaged by the French government upon a matter of supreme importance but I could hardly foresee that it would have so violent a consequence.
Nothing of consequence,old man.
Even if such sin of youth did not remain without a consequence?
There's always a consequence.
I was young then, I had a liking for a girl and the consequence was Ernest.
But I'm in no humor tonight to be of consequence to the middle classes at play.
I'll invite anybody of any consequence to meet the Baroness von Merzbach.
In consequence, there'll be no military.
A situation fraught with gravest consequence for my subjects, Bacon.
As a consequence, I've never seen him.
A thing of little consequence to you may mean a great deal to me. Wait.
Dr. Watson, a fair physician no doubt but of no consequence.
To our stupid British minds, every life is a consequence.
My discomfort is of no consequence.
However, it's of no consequence.
It's of no consequence to you, but I'm vitally interested, that's all.
But 'tis strange: and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.
If the assassination could trammel up the consequence and catch with his surcease success, that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'ld jump the life to come.
With the inconvenient consequence that her public appearances were invariably made under the watchful eyes of the metropolitan police.
A paltry, foppish man of no consequence, who's better dead.
It is of no consequence.
Here's the consequence of the fine business you did then!
If the assassination could trammel up the consequence, and catch with his surcease success, that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here, but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'ld jump the life to come.
It is of no consequence, since my eyes have long outaged them.
And man, existing alone. seems himself an episode of little consequence.
I'm afraid I don't quite follow. - That is of little consequence.
Age, class, conditions or looks are of no consequence.
You know my personal feelings are of no consequence.
It is true that it is of no consequence.
It is of little consequence to us.
War is the consequence of that feeling.

News and current affairs

Maternal mortality is a sinister consequence of this complex situation.
This expectation is an inevitable consequence of Turkey's geography and history.
Their direct motive is to help others, and their giving makes them happier only as a consequence of the fact that it does help others.
Studies of humans with damage to the amygdala, due to neurological disease or as a consequence of surgery to control epilepsy, show that our brains also work in this same basic way.
Such attempts at blame-shifting are misguided: one can understand the default as the consequence of economic mistakes made over a decade.
It encouraged a contractionary fiscal policy, the same mistake it had made in East Asia, and with the same disastrous consequence.
What this really means is that the appreciation is neither a consequence of monetary policy nor the other usual factors.
For example, the phenomenon of failing states, which has affected Asian security the most, is a direct consequence of the Cold War's end.
As long as the status quo persists, with strong global growth and stunning macroeconomic stability, the US can continue to borrow and run trade deficits without immediate consequence.
Another positive consequence is the demonstrated effect of counter-terrorism operations carried out by US soldiers.
But the Iraq war's domestic impact - the Pentagon's ever mushrooming budget and its long-term influence on the US economy - may turn out to be its most lasting consequence.
The most serious unintended consequence of the war is the emergence of a powerful Shia challenge to the West's Sunni allies in the Middle East.
But the riskiest countries already have been shut out of financial markets, so the possibility of a panic reaction is of limited consequence.
One consequence of this cynical treatment of political ideologies is the wild swings in voters' preferences seen in various Central European countries.
But, perhaps as a consequence of concerted efforts to improve the recognition of bipolar disorder, during the past few years we have observed the emergence of an opposite phenomenon - over-diagnosis.
None of these American exits was without consequence.
One consequence of the terrorist attacks 12 years ago is that Americans and others in the West became aware that developments in the Middle East could affect their own safety and security.
But this is an inevitable consequence of the Bush administration's own haughty manner, with leading spokespersons, such as Attorney General John Ashcroft, proclaiming their own righteousness in leading the effort to abrogate rights.
America's massive trade deficit is a direct consequence of an unprecedented shortfall of domestic saving.
This is not primarily a result of global warming, but a consequence of more people and less arable land in the developing world.
And our economic relationship will no doubt emerge even stronger as a consequence of weathering this storm together.
This triangle is the direct consequence of the process of normalization between Armenia and Turkey, which began when both countries' presidents met at a football game.
But their protest's ironic consequence may be that the more moderate of the two figures at the summit of Russian politics, Dmitri Medvedev, will not return to the post of prime minister, as had been planned.
To illustrate his argument, Benedict noted that the international financial crash, partly a consequence of insatiable greed, had provoked debate about the need for an ethical basis for economic behavior.
If this is financed by cutbacks elsewhere in the budget, the main consequence will be only a re-distribution of government spending, which is not necessarily inflationary.
One consequence is that international markets are not as dynamic as they might be, and prosperity not as widespread.

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