Example sentences of "a threat [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a nerve racking and mentally exhausting three months , complicated by a threat of sequestration proceedings brought by the Marine Highland Hotel for an alleged unpaid bill of £750 , Rough 's career continued on a downward spiral . |
| 2 | Pylons ‘ a threat to road improvements ’ Massive new pylons across Cleveland and North Yorkshire could jeopardise improvements to the A19 , the Department of Transport has said . |
| 3 | If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient . |
| 4 | Robert Fleming economist Peter Warburton , in a powerful assessment last week , focused on the critical role of real interest rates , combined with a fixed currency value , in posing a threat to asset prices and economic activity . |
| 5 | Rising prices are perceived as a threat to living standards , so that the faster prices are increasing the more likely are workers to wish to join a union in order to maintain their standards of living . |