'foresee the potential' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to express an idea of anticipating a possible outcome or consequence of a situation. For example, "The experienced entrepreneur was able to foresee the potential of the new technology and invested in it early on."
Even more important, CBS's executives are so encouraged by the early ratings results that they foresee the potential "to create a whole new model for summer programming" said David F. Poltrack, the network's chief research executive.
However, he imagined what he might do with it, and his writings supplemented the understanding and the ability of the engineers to foresee the potential.
Broad circum-polar distribution, a key role in the Antarctic shelf pelagic ecosystem, and adaptations makes understanding the species' likely response to environmental change relevant to foresee the potential responses at the local ecosystem level.
Having identified enzymes actively involved in biomass degradation, we foresee the potential to increase enzyme activities in industrial contexts.
Foresee the potential for hospitalisation associated with the process of care?
These powers had not foreseen the potential, or even the possibility, of such a vast, globe-straddling communications network.
Analysts had foreseen the potential for 2013 to be "the year of the phablet" in January, after noting the rapid rise of the large-screened phones in 2012.
With our experience in re-analyzing A. thaliana genomic data from different sources, we foresaw the potential power gain when applying multivariate analysis.
Karl Gerstner, whom I respect the most, was a visionary artist/designer, who foresaw the potential of computers, but didn't know how to realize them.
Shouldn't he or someone in his inner circle have foreseen the potential for events unfolding in such a humiliating fashion and made sure to avoid it?
