Example sentences of "see [prep] a threat to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this point of view the state is not seen as a threat to freedom , but is rather regarded as a vehicle for securing broad community and individual rights against the power . |
| 2 | The reduction of imports of Soviet fertilizer was also seen as a threat to grain production , one of Vietnam 's major successes in recent years . |
| 3 | An engineer may be seen as a threat to society when designing a plant which generates toxic waste , but to be protecting society if working on a flood prevention scheme . |
| 4 | The new system may be seen as a threat to status and job . |
| 5 | Hobsbawm emphasised an important distinction between machine breaking where the machine itself was seen as a threat to employment , and those cases where machinery was destroyed simply as a means of putting pressure on employers in disputes unconnected with its use . |
| 6 | At first , the river is seen as a threat to Pip as Magwitch comes from it , but later when Magwitch returns to Pip in London , it is seen as a promising object , drowning the bad Compeyson , and uniting Pip and Magwitch . |
| 7 | This plot gave expression to one of Asimov 's pet hates , ‘ pseudo-science ’ , which he saw as a threat to liberty . |