Example sentences of "threat to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But victory will see them as serious threats to England 's hopes of making it to the finals in 1994 and Gullit may well take Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti 's offer to join Gazza . |
| 2 | The people we worry about these days — the monsters , the ogres , the threats to society — are the ones who refuse to admit it . |
| 3 | As ex-Leader of Haringey Council , and active in black politics for many years , Mr Grant was well acquainted with all the arguments about the alleged ‘ Loony Left ’ and threats to society as we know it . |
| 4 | The myth recurs in some form in all the plays right up to The Tempest , where the boar , again the agent of the lustful goddess , charges ( the threats to Miranda 's chastity ) but is stopped ‘ in mid-air ’ by the magic of Prospero . |
| 5 | SAFE has called on the House of Commons Select Committee on Agriculture to establish the facts on agricultural biodiversity , identify the main threats to biodiversity , and assess the environmental and nutritional benefits which would follow from increased diversity . |
| 6 | That rumour will trigger our store of images about loss of status , loss of income , threats to home , security and so on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was prompted by the disclosure in November 1989 by a parliamentary commission investigating the Kopp affair [ see p. 37261 ] that the federal prosecutor 's office held 900,000 secret files on 200,000 Swiss citizens and foreign residents deemed to be threats to state security . |
| 9 | Is not one of the most serious threats to stability and peace in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union the presence of large minorities within the new states that do not necessarily recognise those states ? |
| 10 | For the time being , western governments are voicing outrage over the threats to church and Chihana , and are threatening to use the aid weapon to open Malawi to the region 's wind of change . |
| 11 | Looked out for threats to S S I 's . |
| 12 | Inspection of nine sites occupied by Soviet Army units had revealed that most had groundwater contaminated by oil , which posed threats to drinking water supplies . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The threats to birds are real . |
| 15 | The military bureaucracy must constantly justify itself by discovering' military threats to US security , which do not , in reality , exist . |
| 16 | The call came as two Iranian students were deported after being questioned in connection with threats to firebomb bookshops . |
| 17 | It is understood that they were questioned in connection with threats to firebomb bookshops . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Reaction to pre-sumed threats to liberty and freedom , as well as a long-standing tendency to support the " victims " of government , made up the political dimension of London crowd action . |
| 20 | A STALKER who made threats to tennis ace Steffi Graf has been arrested outside her home . |
| 21 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |
| 22 | Threats to UK estuaries on the rise |
| 23 | The situation was tense with appeals and threats to students not to go ahead with their march . |
| 24 | Governments and the EC , he argues , have not realised the inherent threats to manufacturing in the West . |
| 25 | Death threats to hostages |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The two main threats to Sunderland in the first half came from Brooks and Coleman . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | No wonder , with such threats to independence a possible outcome , sharing house with the younger generation remained usually a last resort . |