Example sentences of "a [adv] threatening [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | two went further in an effort to oppress his rage against his father , and to avoid a highly threatening career situation . |
| 2 | In a slightly threatening tone he said : ‘ You did n't call me back . ’ |
| 3 | I know you all want to talk about that Unesco thing , ’ she added in a slightly threatening tone . |
| 4 | But , at the same time , several aspects of the Newmanites ' campaign make them a uniquely threatening phenomenon on the political scene . |
| 5 | Less than one in five people experiencing a severely threatening event or long-term difficulties will develop depression ( Brown and Harris , 1978 ) , but from a review of ten community surveys of depression using the same Life Event and Difficulty Schedule , Brown et al. |
| 6 | For instance , although close relationships are usually protective , they can sometimes interfere with an adaptive mode of defence such as denial , which a person might be setting up in response to a particularly threatening event . |
| 7 | When we entered the chasm the steep rock sides , fringed on the skyline with twisted birches , had a vaguely threatening air . |