Example sentences of "to take the risk of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wants companionship but , in order to achieve that , she has to take the risk of trusting someone else and take the risk of getting hurt . |
| 2 | Now he saw his chance and desperation forced him to take the risk of climbing down on to the line in the darkness . |
| 3 | Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market . |
| 4 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 5 | She could not afford to hire a taxi , so decided to take the risk of driving herself home at about 10.30 p.m . |
| 6 | The small group is a place for learning and growing in the use of the gifts and the leaders need to take the risk of saying so , encouraging their use , and being an example themselves . |
| 7 | But what had prompted Martyn to take the risk of recording and releasing his own material ? |
| 8 | But if you 're prepared to take the risk of equity investment for the reward of a tax-free return , a PEP could be just the right route for you . |
| 9 | You have to take the risk of describing the doorknob , or the little country shop , because they may be the only details that can take you in — into the strange and wonderful labyrinth that is your writer-self . |
| 10 | In further discussion , it was suggested that , even though opinion was divided on the merits and on the question whether the abolition of the death penalty would in normal circumstances give rise to an increase in the number of murders , the Cabinet might be able to agree that this was not an appropriate moment at which to take the risk of abolishing the death penalty . |
| 11 | No doubt the infant would have followed the adults down the well , too , had not the Padre offered to take the risk of burying it . |
| 12 | This seemingly irreconcilable impasse was resolved by President Carter and his staff who encouraged both sides to take the risk of thinking more critically and creatively about solving their joint problems , along the following lines . |
| 13 | In short , unless there is somebody behind the idea willing to take the risk of speaking up for it , the idea will evaporate and disappear . |
| 14 | Lowe was strenuously advised not to take the risk of doing ‘ Wayne 's World ’ . |
| 15 | … As appears from the decision below , the plaintiff could have had no certainty of ultimate success , and we are of opinion that it was not called upon to take the risk of having its contracts disputed and its business injured and of finding the tax more or less nearly doubled in case it finally had to pay . |
| 16 | Thus the legal aid scheme permits those eligible to take the risk of litigation at the possible expense of the Fund . |
| 17 | Paul Lexington had too much at stake in the production to take the risk of being discovered as a murderer . |
| 18 | I hoped so , and I was going to take the risk of finding out , but then Bill started talking about your once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel , and I thought about the fact that I 'm thirty-four and you 're twenty-two … ’ |
| 19 | It is for Vendor to take the risk of ‘ intervening events ’ — unless the Vendor is prepared to allow the Purchaser to assume control of the Business at exchange . |
| 20 | ‘ No politician likes leaving an election campaign in full swing , but Britain 's farmers and fishermen expect me to do the job I was appointed for and I am not prepared to take the risk of measures hostile to the UK getting through because I am not there , ’ said Mr Curry , who is defending a 17,000 Conservative majority . |
| 21 | When the BES programme was started ten years ago , it aimed to provide tax incentives for entrepreneurs willing to take the risk of investing over five years in new small businesses . |
| 22 | As Packer ( 1968 ) has pointed out , the criminality of their enterprise acts as a kind of ‘ tariff ’ that protects them from the competition of ‘ legitimate ’ entrepreneurs unwilling to take the risks of illegal enterprise , and provides them with customers who have no legal redress against the most excessive forms of exploitation . |
| 23 | Helping the sufferer to take the risks of self-disclosure and to acknowledge the need for emotional and practical support and help from others . |