Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] threat to " in BNC.

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1 Piper may be articulate and polite , but he is genuinely tough and a real threat to Benn — who I believe must get through to him in the first six rounds or face disaster .
2 Coriolanus is seen as a magnificent warrior , a psychologically damaged mother-worshipper and a potential threat to an evolving republic .
3 This was exacerbated by the general unruliness of society , which was perhaps more deep-seated than further south , and although the emergence of the Neville and Percy families to a position of dominance in the region provided some barrier to external threats , their mutual rivalry was detrimental to local order and a potential threat to the economy of the area .
4 We now face a period of great change and uncertainty in broadcasting , and a considerable threat to its role as a public service .
5 According to the release from Peter de Savary 's Land 's End Limited , the move was prompted by increasing concern over cliff-top erosion and a growing threat to climbers ' safety due to deteriorating in-situ protection and lack of regulatory control .
6 However , the Junkers , military , civil service and politicians chose to react to the Polish uprisings of 1830 , 1846 , 1848 , 1863 and 1905 — which took place in the Russian and Austrian sectors — by seeing , not a social and political movement that harked back to French revolutionary practice , and which aimed only in part at the restoration of the Polish state , but a Polish threat to Prussian and German identity .
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