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Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data movement

We run SQL Server 2000 and we get a few of these errors every night. Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data movement The query that throws this error is a large complex query that joins ...
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Using (NOLOCK) in a READ COMMITTED transaction block

We're using SQL Server 2000. I'm wondering what the risks are if we use a NOLOCK hint within a READ COMMITTED transaction block, for example: SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED GO BEGIN ...