Example sentences of "[to-vb] a threat to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Letter of 1019 – 20 says that he intended to avert a threat to England , and succeeded in dealing with great dangers , so that the Danes would henceforth at need be able to assist the English . |
| 2 | This suited the British , especially when pro-Egyptian groups appeared to pose a threat to Jordan in April 1957 . |
| 3 | , Mercury accumulation in lakes across Canada and the United States continues to pose a threat to health , despite earlier claims that it had virtually been eliminated as a problem , according to recent studies . |
| 4 | We sat and watched not the coldness and menace of evil but a pantomime dame who was obviously too stupid and incompetent ever to pose a threat to goodness . |
| 5 | Eamon Wilson , The Beeches , Portadown , is alleged to have conspired with a person or persons unknown to make a threat to Sean McIvor , making him fear that if it were carried out he would be killed . |
| 6 | The difference , Cormac thought , was that under Emma 's care Northumbria had never been allowed to become a threat to Wessex . |