Example sentences of "be [prep] risk " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will mean that if each is selling 50% of the shares , each will have a maximum liability of half the warranty claim , and the acquirer would have to take action against both and , of course , would be on risk to the financial soundness of both . |
| 2 | In addition to imprisonment , those believed to have advocated Irian Jaya 's independence , whether through peaceful or violent means , continue to be at risk of torture , ill-treatment , ‘ disappearance ’ , and extrajudicial execution by Indonesian security forces . |
| 3 | AI stated that it strongly feared that the refugee population would be at risk of certain torture , ‘ disappearance ’ or execution if returned to Iraqi Government control . |
| 4 | It is even possible that some might be low ‘ g ’ sensitive and be at risk if a low ‘ g ’ situation suddenly occurs . |
| 5 | HEALTH authorities look to be at risk of another round of bed closures , service cuts and deferred developments this winter , despite the fact that the year 's financial settlement for the NHS originally looked generous . |
| 6 | Further studies , the researchers believe , should concentrate on pregnant women known to have a zinc deficiency or to be at risk from problems during labour . |
| 7 | ANYONE , FROM GARDENERS TO MUSICIANS , MAY BE AT RISK , REPORTS DR CHARLES SHEPHERD |
| 8 | CHRISTMAS bread supplies will be at risk if bakery workers , who started voting on a pay offer yesterday , reject the deal . |
| 9 | The Milan-based Centre for Cetacean Studies , in association with several other wildlife and research groups , has petitioned the Italian Government for an end to the swordfish drift-net fishery , warning that the cetacean populations of the Italian seas would otherwise be at risk of extinction by the year 2000 . |
| 10 | Even big companies fear that the safety of their equipment and their employees will be at risk if they seek waste-disposal contracts in the city . |
| 11 | They did not so much as consider that their physical safety could be at risk . |
| 12 | Around 4,000 older homes could be at risk — the problem is to identify which concrete is about to crumble and which is sound . |
| 13 | So long as agriculture is an enterprise carried out in the open air , crops ( and therefore working capital ) will always be at risk . |
| 14 | A minority were badly enough damaged to be at risk of dying . |
| 15 | The lesson , the drama , the learning all appear to be at risk because of the relative lack of structure . |
| 16 | Whilst not advocating the imposition of a national curriculum , the Select Committee called for greater powers for the Secretary of State to intervene in circumstances where ‘ a nationally agreed guaranteed provision appears to be at risk ’ . |
| 17 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 18 | Many children grow up to enjoy satisfactory lives who are clinically termed severely handicapped , yet they would apparently be at risk of being allowed to die due to the severity of their handicap . |
| 19 | The life of a business or operation may also be at risk for few industries have such a strong and demanding legal code where failure to comply may result in immediate closure or prosecution . |
| 20 | Your home could be at risk if you do n't take some basic precautions — and not taking them now is giving a burglar an invitation for later . |
| 21 | Like the ‘ bogeyman ’ used by mother to frighten her recalcitrant children into better behaviour , syphilis or ‘ the pox ’ is used by scaremongering educators to put the fear of God into those people they think might be at risk of catching VD . |
| 22 | Although you can not be forced to accept a variation in the agreement , your job may be at risk if you stand on your rights . |
| 23 | If you are away from work for a lengthy period , or for short spells at frequent intervals , your job may be at risk . |
| 24 | If your employer has the right , for example , to insist that you undertake certain other tasks or to move you to another department , your job will be at risk if you dig in your heels and disobey . |
| 25 | None of them was seen as capable of safely preparing a meal ; seven would wander away from home if not watched ; four were substantially incontinent ; five were thought to be at risk with gas or fires ; six were physically frail or had mobility difficulties . |
| 26 | She could not manage her own personal care or care of her house , and was deemed to be at risk when on her own . |
| 27 | The two sets of carers who were not content with the institutionalisation decision were : the male friend of a single woman who said it had been a pleasure to visit her daily and help look after her ; after five months she was admitted to hospital under a guardianship order because she was felt to be at risk . |
| 28 | Reasons for : She may get into bad company and be at risk in some way . |
| 29 | For this reason , masks may be worn by personnel in operating theatres and on other occasions e.g wound dressing , when the patient is likely to be at risk of succumbing to infection . |
| 30 | If the rabies virus were to take root in the wild life of the UK , domesticated pets would be at risk and so , in turn , would the population . |