Example sentences of "was see [prep] a threat " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impetus behind the NBA was the problem in Victorian times of widespread and severe price cutting in the retail book trade , which was seen as a threat to the viability of booksellers and publishers . |
| 2 | Any threat to the Sabbath day was seen as a threat to the Jewish faith as a whole . |
| 3 | Foreign contact was seen as a threat to political stability . |
| 4 | The Tokyo gubernatorial contest was seen as a threat to the position of Ichiro Ozawa , the LDP 's general secretary who was frequently tipped as a future Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Hobsbawm emphasised an important distinction between machine breaking where the machine itself was seen as a threat to employment , and those cases where machinery was destroyed simply as a means of putting pressure on employers in disputes unconnected with its use . |