Rather, it is seen as a potential consequence.
Fights over gambling debts are a potential consequence.
He sought to make that case today, with dire warnings of the potential consequence.
Of more potential consequence, Mr. Thaksin is fighting an indictment by the National Countercorruption Commission for hiding his assets.
One potential consequence is low levels of sodium (hyponatraemia) which can cause swelling of the brain, coma and even death.
She could cope with cancer, she thought, but at age 22, she found one potential consequence of chemotherapy unbearable: infertility.
What the staff will discuss, when it picks the No. 5 starter, is the potential consequence for the bullpen.
The C.D.C. has warned that a potential consequence of overusing antibiotics is the development of bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
Dr Guth and Dr Linde are understandably pleased.There is, though, a big potential consequence.
Taking away American access to the base, one potential consequence of Turkish anger over American policy, would undermine Turkey's interest in keeping Iraq intact, he said.
Further, many Cambodian-American young men would have approached their criminal cases differently if they knew that deportation was a potential consequence.
