Example sentences of "see [prep] a [adj] threat " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such an optimistic climate it was easier for national governments and interest groups to go along with the economic ambitions of the EEC ; it was not seen as a great threat to their own concerns . |
| 2 | Jews are seen as a powerful threat to the nation : ‘ The presence of a large and powerful Jewish community in any country , such as we have in Britain today , is , and inherently must always be , a threat to the aspirations and best national interests of the host population . ’ |
| 3 | What had been seen as a possible threat to public health had transformed into a darling of venture capital with resulting controversy over the protection of academic virtue . |
| 4 | Other developments are also seen as a continuing threat to the democratic nature of the American economic and political system . |
| 5 | The Whig desire to promote the naturalisation of foreign immigrants , most of whom were petty tradesmen or artisans , was seen as a direct threat to the economic welfare of domestic producers . |
| 6 | The Die-hards were opposed to the rise of a socialist Labour party and militant trade unionism , which they saw as a revolutionary threat to property and the stability of British society . |
| 7 | In 1811 the Luddites rioted and destroyed the textile machinery which they saw as a direct threat to their jobs . |