Example sentences of "a threat [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an interview with the press he seemed prepared to allow the employers time to see the logic of the situation but added a threat of sanctions to come . |
| 2 | Worsening Anglo-Australian relations were the last thing the two countries wanted during the economic depression , yet Bodyline was even threatening a large British loan to Australia with a threat of sanctions . |
| 3 | It was also claimed that Mr Deans had been responsible for the non-payment of police bills which had led to a threat of police cover being withdrawn for home matches . |
| 4 | A threat of proceedings for a pecuniary penalty does not make a payment made thereafter involuntary ; for the payer might have defended the proceedings and relied upon the unlawfulness of the demand : William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Werrin v. The Commonwealth ( 1938 ) 59 C.L.R. 150 , 158–159 . |
| 5 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 6 | The wolves were hunted to extinction in the 1920s , at the request of ranchers who regarded them as a threat to cattle . |
| 7 | As long as the Government presses on with privatisation there will be a threat to services and a threat of increased fares . |
| 8 | CHEMICALS which have been found in the River Clyde pose a threat to otters all over Britain , the World Wide Fund For Nature warned this week . |
| 9 | But the radical life-style of the true Christian is so contrary to the ways of the world that it can not help being a threat to others . |
| 10 | In no sense was the new para-professional a threat to teachers , therefore , nor did he detract from or erode the professional autonomy which British teachers enjoy . |
| 11 | Nazism is not just a threat to homosexuals , ‘ Lefties ’ and racial minorities , but the very concepts of democracy and freedom and those who believe in them . |
| 12 | The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans . |
| 13 | The MEPs ' anger focuses on remarks in the Commons by Mr Maude and the drive by the Employment Secretary , Mr Norman Fowler , against the charter as a threat to jobs . |
| 14 | I fully agree with the CBI that the directive would be a needless strain on United Kingdom competitiveness , and a threat to jobs and earnings . |
| 15 | The dispute centred on proposals involving the closure of lead-zinc mines , posing a threat to jobs . |
| 16 | But Mr Alan Milburn , Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the town , said he was ‘ sick and tired of scare stories about a threat to jobs at the factory . ’ |
| 17 | They are a menace to farm animals and a threat to children . |
| 18 | needless to say , was with the welfare feminists , viewing women workers as a threat to men 's jobs and the male family wage — not to mention the sexual division of labour under capitalism . |
| 19 | Ryan 's final chapters show that progress in this field will not so much be a threat to novelists , as a potentially rewarding challenge for narratologists . |
| 20 | The Universal card is such a threat to banks because , unlike Sears ' six-year-old Discover card , it has been linked to the Visa and MasterCard networks from the outset . |
| 21 | Conservationists argue that they are far less of a threat to stocks of fish such as salmon than water diversion schemes and bad logging practices . |
| 22 | But enhanced National Savings rates will be a threat to societies ' cashflows and any upturn in the housing market will exacerbate it . |
| 23 | Ali had attacked the British bases in Iraq , and so created a threat to pipelines and oilfields vital to the Allied cause . |
| 24 | Added to this is the perpetual insecurity reserve police suffer as a result of the management 's control over the renewal of their contract : and sergeants are not averse to using this as a threat in parades . |
| 25 | Some hon. Members referred to the issue , but in the time available I say only that we all accept that second homes present a threat in parts of Wales . |
| 26 | Fortunately , most are benign by nature and do not represent a threat in terms of predation . |
| 27 | ‘ It is acknowledged that eastern Europe does represent , given its geographical connections with Asia , a threat in terms of transporting illegal drugs to western Europe , ’ he said . |