Example sentences of "a threat [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In claiming responsibility for planting the bomb , the outlawed Red Hand Commando ( RHC ) group issued a threat to all hotels and pubs which host Irish folk music . |
| 2 | Careless or unsafe elements in the physical environment are a threat to all pupils but especially to those who have poor vision or no sight . |
| 3 | As well as the acceptance by Child of a valid philosophical position for the sociology of knowledge , Jacques Maquet suggested that it was only a threat to those philosophers who saw humans as provided with a spiritual nature that entailed the possibility of transcending economic and social determination through a theoretical ‘ faculty of the true ’ ( Maquet 1973 : 100 ) . |
| 4 | It is arguable that law has become such a potent anti-nuclear symbol because the use and aftermath of nuclear weapons pose such a threat to these values . |
| 5 | Indeed , man is much more of a threat to these lizards , by keeping them as pets ; their existence in the wild is now threatened by collectors . |