Example sentences of "be at stake " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your job could be at stake . |
| 2 | The future of dozens of species will be at stake , One of the most alarming agenda items for the meeting is a proposal by Zambia and Zimbabwe to transfer eastern and central African populations of leopard from Appendix I to Appendix II . |
| 3 | My job could be at stake if I make an error of judgment . ’ |
| 4 | In the past New Zealand have insisted that the Cup would be at stake only over a Test series , or in a one-off Test . |
| 5 | Now the NZRFU has agreed with the Australian request that the Cup will be at stake whenever the two countries play a test , so the Cup could change hands three times during the coming All Black tour of Australia . |
| 6 | All this must be done without delay or argument because the safety of all those people flying in the 521 other Boeing 707/300 aircraft could be at stake . |
| 7 | Not only would our livelihood be at stake if there was a shutdown but we 'd also be the first to be irradiated . ’ |
| 8 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 9 | Their family reputation may be thought to be at stake ; the parents may fear lest care of the grandchild should become their responsibility ; the prospect of the girl 's becoming a " bad girl " may weigh heavily ; punishment — of the girl , the man concerned or both -may be a primary demand . |
| 10 | Each time a worker ploughed a field his status and even his self-respect could be at stake . |
| 11 | This means that policy implementation may require bargaining and dealing between agencies , and that therefore considerations may be brought into the inter-policy relationship that are very much wider than the ones that appear to be at stake . |
| 12 | Their very lives would have to be at stake first . |
| 13 | Finally , as the advanced further education pool is virtually certain to be reduced , in relative terms , in the next few years and consequently the survival of some institutions may be at stake , NAB 's most difficult job is likely to be to steer public sector higher education through the stormy seas ahead with as little long-term damage as possible . |
| 14 | If he does , his place on even the Opposition Front Bench will be at stake . |
| 15 | Now , as John Macgill reports , the money they invested , and perhaps even their jobs , could be at stake . |
| 16 | People 's lives could be at stake , or at the very least their futures . |
| 17 | ‘ Suddenly what seems to be at stake is the Britishness of being Britain' |
| 18 | Suddenly what seems to be at stake is not economic and material wellbeing , but the Britishness of being Britain … |
| 19 | could be at stake |
| 20 | The quote is : ‘ At the inaugural dinner for its first showing at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum in April 1991 , Rand Castile , the director , admitted to a personal call from Henry Kissinger suggesting that he drop the show , diplomatic relations with China being at stake ’ . |
| 21 | At the inaugural dinner for its first showing at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum in April 1991 , Rand Castile , the director , admitted to a personal call from Henry Kissinger suggesting that he drop the show , diplomatic relations with China being at stake . |
| 22 | But she was quite ready to assign her nuclear units to a NATO Multinational Force ; indeed , she was , in effect , already doing so through the joint targeting of her V-bombers with the US Strategic Air Command , subject to her right to use them for her own purposes if vital national interests were at stake . |
| 23 | By the time the conferences actually began in December , it had realised that real interests were at stake . |
| 24 | The implicit basis of child care practice up to that point was that no fundamental conflicts of interest between parents and children , or between families and the state , were at stake in such interventions . |
| 25 | As events were to demonstrate , eleven parliamentary seats or a difference of twenty-two votes in a parliamentary division were at stake . |
| 26 | The ‘ development theory ’ made it too easy to claim that a state 's interests were at stake at the first sign of legitimate criticism . |
| 27 | Before we can try , it will be helpful to recall the issues that were at stake , the aims of the Council in this document , and the main emphases in its teachings and recommendations . |
| 28 | Apart from the differences of several thousand pounds between the final placings , Ryder Cup points were at stake . |
| 29 | Despite pleas from both Spanner and the referee I insisted that the match go ahead , pointing out that not only a principle but also three certain points were at stake . |
| 30 | The debates could be a very effective form of control where broad political issues were at stake ; but much Community legislation is highly technical and not readily comprehensible without considerable understanding of the Community background and of the special sectors which would be affected . |