"bears the potential" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the capacity for something to happen or be achieved. For example, "This small company bears the potential to become a market leader."
Nonetheless, tumor shrinkage bears the potential to further underestimate tumor volumes on imaging relative to pathology.
Finally, our approach bears the potential to open up new settings for team research.
The reduced discharge at downstream sites still bears the potential to create dangerous flood hazards.
The approach enables a more efficient access to wildlife video collections and thus bears the potential to support biologists in behavioral studies.
Surgery remains the gold standard for clinical treatments of most tumors, but resection bears the potential risk of incomplete excision due to the invasiveness of the malignant tumor.
The assessment tool bears the potential for studying a wide range of questions concerning the future sustainability of the energy system.
Fiber reinforced calcium phosphate cements (FRCPC) thus bear the potential to facilitate the use of degradable bone substitutes in load bearing applications.
Fiber reinforced calcium phosphate cements thus bear the potential to facilitate the use of degradable bone substitutes in load bearing applications.
Although the irregularities bore the potential to affect some three million votes, the Council of Guardians indicated that this would not change the outcome of the election itself.
Although irregularities in those 50 constituencies bore the potential to affect some three million votes, the Council of Guardians indicated that this would not change the outcome of the election itself.
