Example sentences of "warning to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this might appear unfriendly — and is also a gesture of warning to other males — the female will usually stand her ground , letting the male know she means serious business . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ I just hope that all the publicity will be a warning to other youngsters against doing something as foolish . ’ |
| 3 | The yellow and black police barrier was still there as a warning to other drivers coming over the crest of the hill . |
| 4 | Police identified the bomber as an Azerbaijani man who had shouted a warning to other passengers just before the blast , but by Aug. 8 investigators had concluded that he was not a terrorist but a dishonest businessman trying to escape his creditors by faking his own death . |
| 5 | The Australian 's 61 off 69 balls , at a time when Tim Munton was making other batsmen jump , was of the highest quality and serves as a warning to other sides what awaits them at Chelmsford . |
| 6 | Senior army officers , however , defended the move as a necessary warning to Palestinian activists . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , this is a salutary warning to all writers hoping to be remembered by posterity , or , at any rate , the media . |
| 8 | The rallies continued , and on Dec. 30 the Interior Ministry issued a warning to all Kuwaitis not to hold such unauthorized meetings . |
| 9 | The League has issued a warning to all clubs about goalkeepers . |
| 10 | ‘ Our experience should be a warning to all couples thinking of doing what we did . |
| 11 | A game where the Test and County Cricket Board yearns for powers that would allow Allan Lamb to be hung in chains as a warning to all whistleblowers . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , recent protests against the compulsory use of the hijab or headscarf [ see p. 38363 ] were reported to have prompted north Tehran 's police commander , Massoud Kiumarsi on Aug. 5 to issue a warning to female employees of foreign companies to abide by the dress code . |
| 13 | And in the 1790s Catholic missionaries circulated a book of calveras or skeletons as a grim warning to prospective converts . |
| 14 | The inspectors are aware that many people do n't know about this law so they will usually give just a warning to first offenders . |
| 15 | His sombre eyes seemed to address each individual personally , in the way that a schoolmaster delivers a final warning to wayward pupils . |
| 16 | In a stern warning to national editors on Nov. 29 , Jiang Zemin , said that the party must strengthen its leadership over the media and warned against remnants of bourgeois liberalization . |
| 17 | Because poisonous animals are often brightly coloured , as a warning to would-be predators , there is a startle value in a prey species suddenly flashing a bright patch of colour , even if it is not poisonous . |
| 18 | The Everton manager , in the wake of Monday night 's 2-1 Merseyside derby triumph , then issued a hands-off warning to any clubs tracking his match-winning Geordie genius . |
| 19 | The terrorists had made it known that tourists would be a target , but the Foreign Office decided not to issue a general warning to British travellers . |
| 20 | Warning to British troops |
| 21 | The sadness and disappointment of this lost generation must have been a salutary warning to younger students not to follow the party unquestioningly , otherwise they too could have their lives wasted . |
| 22 | This story was recounted as a warning to naughty children . |
| 23 | Festive warning to naughty kids |
| 24 | * The Department of the Environment is issuing new warnings to local authorities to take SSSI designation into account when considering granting planning applications . |
| 25 | of having been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.09 in that in Windsor between 13 October 1989 and 3 June 1992 , before recommending or effecting for clients transactions relating to investment , the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings to those clients in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.47 in that in Windsor between 13 October 1989 and 3 June 1991 the firm failed to send engagement letters and agree them with clients in accordance with the terms of the Regulation and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.60 in that in Windsor between 13 October 1989 and 3 June 1991 the firm failed to keep proper client records in accordance with the terms of the Regulation was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 26 | The hairy ones are mustachioed and bewhiskered in the most flamboyant way , the unpleasant-tasting ones have skins brilliantly coloured in reds , yellows , blacks and purples — all warnings to potential hunters that these morsels , for one reason or another , are not worth eating . |