Example sentences of "[vb -s] a threat to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should a situation arise which , in the view of one side , represents a threat to peace or a violation of peace , or may give rise to dangerous international complications , then both sides shall contact each other immediately and strive to … achieve understanding on the measures appropriate to improve or overcome the situation . |
| 2 | Underneath the veneer of participatory management , it is business as usual — and business as usual represents a threat to America 's long-term capacity to compete . |
| 3 | ‘ We believe that , if successful , the merger of Airtours and Owners Abroad would have a detrimental impact on competition in the UK package holiday market , and consequently represents a threat to value for money and customer choice , ’ he added . |
| 4 | The Food Irradiation Network has written to all EC food ministers pointing out that the lack of appropriate testing arrangements and labelling provisions constitutes a threat to consumer choice . |
| 5 | Industrial action , for example , is usually seen as reprehensible — ‘ the pressure exerted by trade unions … becomes a threat to democracy rather than part of it ’ — whilst the pressure exerted by business is overlooked . |
| 6 | ‘ I anticipate he will be back to the form he showed in Sweden , and that spells a threat to Italy . ’ |
| 7 | This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain , and consequently to human health . |
| 8 | I think that Saddam Hussein is much less potent than he was , but I accept that it is a brutal regime and that it poses a threat to world peace . |
| 9 | Such a situation poses a threat to privacy which this draft directive quite properly addresses ’ . |
| 10 | In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas . |