Example sentences of "a risk [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The allowances have traditionally subsidised landing charges — so there 's a risk that the cost will be passed to the consumer .
2 But even if ministers have the time to canvass views from a multitude of different organisations , there is a risk that the hospitality sector 's views will be ignored by Government when too many diverse and conflicting responses are made .
3 If this is not done , then there is a risk that the person assigned to QA will reject the modifications until the DC which describes the later modifications has been agreed .
4 In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support .
5 ( 2 ) That the evidence as to the situation of the mother and child in the event of a return to Ontario did not establish a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation within the meaning of article 13 ; and that , accordingly , since article 13 did not apply and since the child 's removal was wrongful , the court had no discretion but was under a mandatory duty to order the child 's return to Ontario under article 12 of the Convention ( post , pp. 871A–C , 873H — 874C , G–H , 875A ) .
6 This is often a useful exercise , although there is occasionally a risk that the emphasis upon paperwork becomes so great that everyone loses sight of what was originally intended .
7 Nevertheless , there is a risk that the insurer ought to anticipate if the case seems at all likely to throw up difficulties in relation to quantification of future loss .
8 The working group on mathematics deliberated whether there was a risk that the existence of national targets would inhibit the development of the low achieving child .
9 There is then a risk that the buyer , before he has paid and therefore before he has acquired title , sells and delivers the goods to a sub-purchaser who is unaware that he is buying from someone who has no title .
10 And because the nature and significance of these differences are even now not fully appreciated by all heads there is a risk that the relationship will be treated in an over-simple way .
11 If the report is complimentary about the target and its business , then there is a risk that the vendor will wish to renegotiate the terms .
12 True , the report 's authors criticise the EC 's trigger-happy use of anti-dumping rules and say there remains a risk that the Community will drift into a European trade zone built around special agreements with the EFTA countries and Eastern Europe .
13 There is now a risk that the weight of bad debt in the financial system will cause a further downward spiral of asset prices .
14 However , the corollary is that the rent review under the headlease and the rent review under the sublease will in effect be independent valuations and consequently there is a risk that the rent payable under each will be different .
15 This is a very painful condition , and there is a risk that the seed responsible may track further up the leg .
16 ‘ We are not allowed to take action to control the badger population and so there is always a risk that the disease will creep back in again .
17 If Mr Kinnock 's voice is beginning to grate a little after less than a month 's campaigning , is there a risk that the populace as a whole will not take to his Welsh lilt , should he get into Number 10 ?
18 Dalgliesh thought it a risk that the murderer might well have thought worth taking .
19 The maintenance of structures with intumescent coatings should be carefully considered , particularly if there is a risk that the covering may be removed at some future time in the life of the building .
20 There is otherwise a risk that the dog may become somewhat fearful of your hands , which is obviously not to be recommended .
21 Stand around the fire , talk to the night-watchman but all the time taking a risk that the sergeant might have doubled back on you , to see if you were working your beat .
22 However , as a result of a recent Court of Appeal case ( Eurocopy plc v Teasdale , reported only in the November 1991 edition of the journal PLC ) there is at least a risk that the purchaser will be deprived of a remedy for breach of warranty where it is aware of the breach following a disclosure or otherwise , and despite any provisions in the sale and purchase agreement that no actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the purchaser would prejudice a claim .
23 Site fear : Residents ' fears over coke gas detected under the pitch of the rundown Holly Park stadium in Garston , have been calmed by city council officials , who say problems with contaminants would only be a risk if the ground was disturbed .
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