Example sentences of "posed a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |
| 2 | Those circumstances posed a threat to peace in Europe and Neville Chamberlain , being anxious to avoid war at all costs , arranged to meet Hitler on 15th . |
| 3 | It may be that the spectacle of an intellectually ambitious kitchen maid unnerved her employers , and that she posed a threat to their view of a proper social order . |
| 4 | The Irish Times quoted Craig as claiming that a reason for banning the march had been that it posed a threat to the United States military base in Derry : |
| 5 | However extreme this view , there was some truth in the assertion that ‘ the changes in methods of production are rapid ’ , and this posed a threat to the employment prospects of both skilled and unskilled labour . |
| 6 | The alarm rang out in the temples of hell that something was up in Judea and that there was a baby born in Bethlehem who posed a threat to the rebellious empire . |
| 7 | It thus posed a threat to the calm , deliberative function of the legislature . |
| 8 | However , the widening of the margin of fluctuation either side of par to 2¼ per cent at the Smithsonian Conference in December 1971 posed a threat to EC plans for limited exchange rate fluctuations amongst member currencies . |
| 9 | This still , however , posed a threat to Stanley influence . |
| 10 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 11 | Ellwood did n't want her back in Hilary Todd 's office and close to people who posed a threat to him . |
| 12 | The prime target was Venezuela , whose president Betancourt , convinced that the Cuban revolution posed a threat to his own model of promoting economic and social change within the framework of institutionalised democracy , had personally overruled the objections of his Foreign Minister to signing the OAS August 1960 Declaration of San José ( a condemnation of all interference in the Americas by non-American states , that is , a watered-down attack on Cuba 's ties with the Soviet Union ) ( Martz and Myers , p. 339 ) . |
| 13 | The universities complained that the replacement of the University Grants Committee by the Universities Funding Council posed a threat to their independence , arguing that whereas the University Grants Committee represented the universities to the government , the Universities Funding Council represents the government to the universities . |
| 14 | It was inevitable that when confronted with the initial chaos the Trust 's staff concentrated on dealing with trees which blocked roads and drives or which posed a threat to the safety of people or buildings . |
| 15 | While it is true that by the turn of the century both middle and working class women were profoundly affected by the gospel of maternalism preached by the medical profession , imperialists and politicians , it is also possible to find examples of straightforward resistance to physicians both on the grounds that they encouraged middle class women to lead idle lives and that they posed a threat to female modesty . |
| 16 | In his speech before the Indian Parliament in December 1980 Brezhnev denied that the Soviet Union posed a threat to the Gulf Soviet leaders proposed sureties for Western interests in Gulf oil and by 1981 expressed their readiness ‘ to take part in a settlement of the situation around Afghanistan … linked with matters of Persian Gulf security ’ . |
| 17 | He said in terms that he did not think that the Soviets posed a threat to western Europe . |
| 18 | However , Foreign Minister Gyula Horn on March 12 expressed the concern felt in many quarters internationally that the secession of Soviet republics might jeopardize Soviet reforms , and that the potential rapid disintegration of the Soviet Union posed a threat to world peace and stability . |
| 19 | Although initial fears that the smoke would cause climatic change on a global scale appeared to be exaggerated , it posed a threat to the health of both humans and animals in the northern Gulf states , southern Iraq and parts of western Iran . |
| 20 | To Rousseau , non-participatory institutions posed a threat to freedom — ; ‘ man is born free and he is everywhere in chains ’ . |
| 21 | This still , however , posed a threat to Stanley influence . |
| 22 | Similarly , Edward Woodville 's fleet posed a threat to Gloucester only as long as the duke 's own position was uncertain ; once he had been recognized as protector the matter could be dealt with . |
| 23 | Britain 's problems were now so acute that they posed a threat to American interests and the free world 's financial system . |
| 24 | The Tories stringently opposed the Whigs on this front , partly on the grounds that foreign immigrants posed a threat to national security and took away jobs from native workers , but also because they were concerned that a great influx of non-Anglicans would further undermine the Church of England . |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia is going ahead with a $50 million programme to improve the safety of its controversial V-1 unit at Jaslovske Bohunice plant , despite Austrian requests that it be closed on the grounds that its proximity to the border posed a threat to Austrian citizens . |
| 26 | Having talked for an hour about wild animals the teacher posed a question to one of her class . |
| 27 | A short while ago I posed a question to the Daily Mirror about the method used by marine artists for putting in the mass of rigging in their paintings — is it put in by brush , pencil , or inks ? |
| 28 | Mr Mr Donson , yes , oh that 's right , we posed a question to you on the elephant analogy . |
| 29 | This presumably posed a risk to airline uniforms ; was likely to distract passengers ( the male ones at any rate ) at a time when they should have been paying attention to the cabin staff for rather different reasons ; and carried the ultimate danger of the implant exploding . |
| 30 | A statement issued after the meeting , reported to be " the most acrimonious in recent times " , gave few indications of the rift between the USA and its Western trading partners , especially Germany , noting merely that " the persistence of high real interest rates and the slowing of economic activity " posed a risk to the global economy . |