Example sentences of "be take a [adj] risk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if your house , like our office , has tanks stuck on every available surface , chances are that you 're taking a similar risk . |
| 2 | I said with a laugh ‘ You 're taking an awful risk , inviting me like this alone with you on a boat . ’ |
| 3 | The fact that he might be taking a considerable risk only added to his excitement . |
| 4 | Getting their hands on their own trains might seem attractive , but any manager tempted would be taking a big risk . |
| 5 | In practice , however , share prices would have to rise by a bit more to convince holders to convert warrants into shares , since by switching from bonds into equities they would be taking an extra risk . |
| 6 | But when apparatchiks from Central Office , who have us acting as stewards ( ie , usherettes ) are often seen risking life and limb , SAS-style , in order to arrive at a doorway at the same time as a minister does , they are taking a serious risk with morale . |
| 7 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |
| 8 | Steve Jobs says his NeXT Computer Inc is taking a major risk in developing NeXTStep 3.0 for 80486-based personal computers , but reckons that it is the only serious competition for Microsoft Corp 's Windows . |
| 9 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |
| 10 | The NUS is taking an unprecedented risk in arguing for regular ballots of students to choose whether to affiliate . |
| 11 | The NUS is taking an unprecedented risk in arguing for regular ballots of students to choose whether to affiliate . |
| 12 | To import them is to take a huge risk . |
| 13 | Cynics also believed he was taking a great risk when he cast Jason Donovan and Phillip Schofield in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , but both have been great successes . |