Example sentences of "danger of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They not only face the dangers of living in a war-torn society , but also risk torture or death for wanting to tell the truth as they see it and for refusing to be a part of the various propaganda machines that are fuelling the present conflict .
2 The Bowie findings were by no means conclusive , but they were yet another sign of the hidden dangers of living in the nuclear shadow .
3 All experienced hillwalkers are well aware of the dangers of venturing onto the hills without being properly equipped and prepared .
4 This video has been put together by Oxfordshire ambulance service to warn young drivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel .
5 Organisations may be less ready to deal with radical solutions because of the dangers of dealing with the unfamiliar .
6 Martin Moran offers some sound advice on minimising the dangers of climbing in the Alps
7 As it was , the extremely small head of some dinosaurs no doubt reduced the dangers of falling from a great height .
8 They 're not gon na be saying anything about the dangers of bullying in the recruiting office .
9 These rare but vivid glimpses of the extraordinary variety of life experience among the older generation in the early twentieth century are not only precious in themselves , but suggest the dangers of generalizing about the earlier past to make up for the lost history of ageing .
10 Ashton et al. 's extremely detailed studies indicate the dangers of generalizing about the education/production relationship .
11 Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance .
12 They had been staying at a log cabin holiday home at Cropton , near Pickering , and yesterday , Ray Allanson , manager of the Forestry Commission 's Keldy Forest cabins , said : ‘ They left without any maps unaware of the dangers of walking in the forest at night .
13 The Bishop of Peterborough in his diocesan magazine warned of the dangers of playing with the occult and the unknown .
14 Certainly , it seems reasonable to assume that individuals whose temperamental make-up is more ‘ psychotic ’ , and who therefore have a greater predisposition to psychosis , will be in greatest danger of passing over the threshold into overt illness , just as those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop an anxiety neurosis , and persons whose blood pressure is more labile will carry an enhanced risk of heart attack or stroke .
15 That right is under constant attack by omniscient social engineers who recognise the danger of dictating to an armed populace .
16 Can I , Mr Donson and I are in danger of getting into a game of seeing who can next pick the most relevant bit out of a P P G.
17 We have to answer an er your Lordships are in danger of getting into the mood of treating this debate as a charge with a single issue to be decided on a single voter .
18 He came across as a weak , indecisive leader wracked by doubt and in danger of drowning in the complexities of the problems that faced him .
19 Yet the confused young woman that was the real Diana was in grave danger of drowning in the tidal wave of change which had turned her world upside-down .
20 Here again I think that you 're in danger of drifting from the essential feature , which is that in the absence of a requirement to take land out of the greenbelt , the whole of the area er within the general extent of the greenbelt as approved by the Secretary of State erm has a greenbelt function .
21 She loved the speed but was only too aware of the danger of slipping into a hypnotic daze .
22 On the other hand , he is in danger of slipping into a wholly cultural ( and Marxist ) determinism .
23 Physical geography in general , and geomorphology in particular , could be in danger of developing into a science which does not even attempt understanding of such basic mechanics and principles , partly by analogy with the decline of positivism in human geography .
24 She had no prospect of a job and , without even a roof over her head , she was an automatic candidate for cardboard city — the community of derelicts who survive on the capital 's streets , in danger of sinking into a subculture of drugs and crime .
25 The Zambian capital of Lusaka , and surrounding towns , may be in danger of sinking into the ground because of the increasing numbers of water boreholes being drilled in the area .
26 By the middle of 1802 , as the family house and shop passed into other hands , Ben was left alone with only sisters for company ; Elizabeth , the eldest , had very recently married , and little brother must have been in imminent danger of succumbing to the petticoat government of Mary and Sarah .
27 The inherent danger of standing in the centre circus ring of pop amid accusations of selling out to the mainstream ?
28 ‘ Our British reputation for ribbing ourselves is in danger of degenerating into an uncharacteristic meanness of spirit . ’
29 He lost five of the first seven holes in the afternoon and was in danger of going into the record books as Wentworth 's bloodiest casualty .
30 It nearly over , we were in danger of going off the road with it .
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