Example sentences of "as a warning to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His body was left to rot as a warning to others who might be tempted to stray from those paths of righteousness . |
| 2 | Their heads were impaled on Charles Bridge as a warning to others and their families were sent into exile and their lands given to Ferdinand 's Habsburg supporters , mainly Germans . |
| 3 | She thought he was a hard man because he had spoken of the sturdy beggars as no better than wolves to be strung up on trees as a warning to others ; he certainly had not helped her to escape out of pity . |
| 4 | On several occasions , according to Werner 's informants , groups of Toraja resistance fighters had been taken into the forest by the Japanese , machine-gunned , and left there as a warning to others . |
| 5 | His remains were then hung on a gibbet as a warning to others . |
| 6 | Coroner Clifford Tughan said that he hoped Mr McCaffrey 's tragic death would serve as a warning to others who might be tempted to climb out of lifts . |
| 7 | The judge said the long sentence should serve as a warning to others tempted to join the illegal trade in exotic birds . |
| 8 | This.vertical Phillips curve ( labelled LPC in Fig. 6.4 ) can be regarded as a warning to policy-makers that continued attempts to reduce unemployment below its natural level can only lead to higher and higher inflation rates and no long-run decrease in unemployment . |
| 9 | but selectively , ‘ as a warning to owners of land in general ’ . |
| 10 | But it should serve as a warning to teachers that suggestions from the ‘ fundamental disciplines ’ must be viewed with caution and scepticism . |
| 11 | For example , the familiar red triangular sign picturing two running children , internationally accepted as a warning to motorists that they are approaching a school , was interpreted by almost all of a sample of children as being a sign for them to observe , not one for cautioning drivers . |
| 12 | Not least , they serve as a warning to firms that are building dominant positions in markets that their conduct is likely to be scrutinized if their market share crosses a given threshold . |
| 13 | Perhaps the famine — like the plagues of Egypt of old — was sent by God as a warning to England and Ireland to turn from this course while time still offered . |
| 14 | One theory is based upon aposematic , or warning coloration suggesting that the bright coloration of the clownfish acts as a warning to predators against approaching too closely to the venomous tentacles . |
| 15 | He had his finger up to his lips as a warning to Colley , but his eyes were on the stranger standing in the doorway . |
| 16 | Hrawi 's message was widely interpreted as a warning to Gen. Aoun that forces in West Beirut might be preparing to offer support to Geaga 's forces . |
| 17 | It was clearly intended as a warning to Downing Street . |