Example sentences of "risk [v-ing] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benny noted her movement and thought to intervene , but by then it was too late , and she did n't want to risk causing any noticeable disturbance . |
| 2 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 3 | Dave did not like the past and she was not going to risk losing any part of the present . |
| 4 | Pistol in hand , she paused just long enough for the others to catch up , and handed the goggles to Benny , deciding she 'd probably better play it safe and not risk letting any of the inhabitants of 1915 get an idea of how they worked . |
| 5 | This clearly raises enormous philosophical and political issues , and may if pushed to an extreme position , risk losing any sympathetic reception for the study and control of corporate crime from those of liberal sensibilities . |
| 6 | Owing to the limited dispersal area and the possibility of enemy air attack in the Clyde area , the decision was made not to risk ferrying any more to Renfrew until the 23 Spitfires already on the ground had been transferred to the docks in Glasgow . |