Example sentences of "threat [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scene caused quite a stir , and although there were threats about grants being withdrawn etc. , there was no talk of prosecution . |
| 2 | Choice theories frequently insist that a person 's duty under a contract is to perform his obligation and that accordingly the courts should use every available means to secure compliance with that duty , including threats of fines , penal damages and imprisonment for contempt of court . |
| 3 | Given that there are advantages in other aspects to be derived from introducing a prohibition system ( especially with the attendant threats of fines and private action for damages and injunctive relief ) , this argues for adopting the Green Paper 's proposal for a dual system ( option 3 ) . |
| 4 | The Most Rev John Habgood , Archbishop of York , said the Church ‘ must exercise patience and not use threats of walkouts and illegal actions ’ . |
| 5 | There are feelings of anger and resentment at being singled out by the disease , at being unable to achieve the control one fought so hard to obtain , at being forced to accept defeat , at being forced towards recovery by the sheer weight of consequences and sometimes by the final threats of others who have at last truly come to the end of their patience and understanding , at having to give up the " trusted friend " , at having to face up to issues one most wanted to forget and at having to make an inventory , admit one 's wrongs and make amends . |
| 6 | Thatcher said she was ‘ deeply wounded ’ by Reagan 's threats of sanctions over the pipeline . |
| 7 | And all this favourable preaching and prayer was powerless to avert the hostile criticism and pessimism aroused in the 1370s by the bungling campaigns of English forces and the imminent threats of raids and invasion by the French . |
| 8 | There were accusations of plagiarism , of cheating , of fabricating data ; there was name-calling in public as Fleischmann and Pons were called ‘ incompetent ’ and ‘ deluded ’ ; there were deep politics , paranoia and , by the end of the year , threats of writs being issued against the editor of a leading scientific journal and against one scientist whose experiments suggested that there had been errors in Pons ' laboratory . |
| 9 | Some forty were arrested , refused bail by a puzzled magistrate and sent to spend Christmas in prison for drawing attention to their preference for peace and goodwill rather than nuclear threats towards men . |
| 10 | ETA in early 1989 issued threats against leaders of the Basque Nationalist Party ( Partido Nacionalista Vasco — PNV ) and other moderate Basque parties for having " sold out " to the government . |
| 11 | Is the Minister aware of the increasing acts of violence and threats against Benefits Agency staff by claimants ? |
| 12 | By nature , he was a gentle , sensitive man , and even in the throes of angry threats against whites it was hard to hide a smile , for he loved what the blacks call ‘ selling wolf tickets ’ , tricking people into fear . |
| 13 | As she becomes increasingly involved in the town 's past , all sorts of problems ensue , including death threats from neo-Nazis . |
| 14 | ‘ And threats from kids do n't exactly make me inclined to cooperate . |
| 15 | Delighted with the reaction ( ie , death threats from paratroopers based in Strasbourg ) , he took to cavorting naked in le tricolore . |
| 16 | An estimated 30,000 judiciary workers began an indefinite strike on Sept. 27 , demanding improved state protection against continued death threats to judges and magistrates . |
| 17 | The threats to birds are different now , but in their own way more serious , more sinister in their potential effects on bird populations and our own environment . |
| 18 | The threats to birds are real . |
| 19 | I think it is doubtful whether evidence of attempts at self-injury and threats to others whilst in secure accommodation could be evidence on which the likelihood of self-harm or threats when at large could be assessed . |
| 20 | The situation was tense with appeals and threats to students not to go ahead with their march . |
| 21 | Death threats to hostages |
| 22 | Spencer , and another former Strangeways inmate , Andrew Nelson , 22 , who was among four men acquitted of riot , were both jailed for 18 months for contempt of court after threats to jurors and their families . |
| 23 | Jeff Hammond , of Willis Corroon , said the service would provide the means of dealing with these potential threats to businesses enabling them to get on with their main task — providing quality products to an ever more aware consumer market . |
| 24 | A CAMPAIGN warning of the threats to newspapers and magazines from EC restrictions on advertising has been postponed after a pledge from M Jacques Delors , EC President , that ‘ the EC would intervene less and less ’ . |
| 25 | They are often seen as ‘ mini ’ doctors or as threats to doctors . |
| 26 | They also want to focus media attention on other threats to footpaths such as a luxury golf course development in Oxfordshire and the proposed quarrying of a wood in Nottinghamshire . |
| 27 | Japan hosts Ramsar amid threats to wetlands |
| 28 | Threats to parks come first of all from road building and secondly from increasing leisure development , notably golf courses . |
| 29 | For some time threats to governments will continue to come primarily from those already close to power . |
| 30 | There are also mundane threats to travellers in the hills around Castle Drachenfels . |