Example sentences of "a threat [prep] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NCC survey found that external hacking posed much less of a threat to systems than malicious acts by staff or ex-staff , who were responsible for almost a third of all logical security failures and breaches . |
| 2 | As long as the Government presses on with privatisation there will be a threat to services and a threat of increased fares . |
| 3 | The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans . |
| 4 | I fully agree with the CBI that the directive would be a needless strain on United Kingdom competitiveness , and a threat to jobs and earnings . |
| 5 | The Universal card is such a threat to banks because , unlike Sears ' six-year-old Discover card , it has been linked to the Visa and MasterCard networks from the outset . |
| 6 | Ali had attacked the British bases in Iraq , and so created a threat to pipelines and oilfields vital to the Allied cause . |