Example sentences of "[verb] threatened [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Community 's environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , has threatened to take the British government to court for failing to comply with the EC 's drinking water directive , which sets limits on levels of toxic and microbiological pollution . |
| 2 | The EC Environment Commissioner , Ioannis Paleokrassas , has threatened to take the UK government to court over its alleged failure to conduct a proper environmental impact assessment over the planned motorway through Oxleas Wood in south-east London . |
| 3 | If it does not get its way , the Democratic Platform has threatened to leave the party , abandoning it to conservatives like Mr Yegor Ligachev , who has renewed his strident criticism of Mr Gorbachev . |
| 4 | Norway has threatened to leave the IWC , as Iceland has already done , if the commission opposes its plans to resume whaling . |
| 5 | Norway has threatened to leave the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) unless it is allowed to hunt minke whales in the north-east Atlantic and the six-year ban on commercial whaling is lifted . |
| 6 | The Legal Action Group , which campaigns for better legal services , has threatened to report the society to the Advertising Standards Authority for actively misleading the public . |
| 7 | Is he aware that the parent company , which was nationalised as part of a French and Italian consortium , has threatened to remove the transputer from this country because of the British Government 's failure to support British industry in the way that the French and Italian Governments have ? |
| 8 | The French government has threatened to veto the vital Gatt agreement , aimed at averting a damaging international trade war , if its demands for a better agriculture deal are not met . |
| 9 | The French government has threatened to veto the vital agreement if its agriculture demands are not met . |
| 10 | The ministers agreed to take " co-ordinated action " to combat the menace of terrorism which they said threatened to destabilize the South Asian region . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've threatened to shut the hotel down before I 'll give them the 12 per cent they 're asking for . |
| 12 | John Piggott atoned for these scenes with a cool chip around the trunk of a mighty tree behind the 16th , his son holing out for a match-winning four when a six had threatened to open the door to the Betts . |
| 13 | With counties restricted to fielding two players whose registrations are contested within any five-year period , Robinson had threatened to sue the TCCB . |
| 14 | Hekmatyar 's forces had threatened to destroy the capital , Kabul , and had been involved in intensified fighting immediately prior to Fareed 's arrival from Peshawar ; at least 100 people were killed and 300 wounded in the worst bombardment of Kabul , the capital , for two -months . |
| 15 | In an earlier ultimatum , issued on Aug. 6 , 1990 , the ANC had threatened to halt the constitutional talks unless the government had freed all political prisoners by April 30 , as provided for in the " Pretoria Minute " accord by which the ANC had agreed to suspend armed action [ see p. 37642 ] . |
| 16 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 17 | ‘ How long does it take a conifer to grow to a size where it can be used ? ’ she asked hastily , since her last remark had threatened to take the discussion off course . |
| 18 | It was also reported that the Slovak government had threatened to proclaim the primacy of Slovak law over federal law , unless its demands for more substantial devolution were met . |
| 19 | Indigenous organizations had threatened to boycott the presidential and congressional elections unless their demands were met . |
| 20 | According to one deponent , the duke had threatened to remove the countess to Middleham , at which she yielded , ‘ considering her great age , the great journey , and the great cold which then was of frost and snow ’ . |
| 21 | According to one deponent , the duke had threatened to remove the countess to Middleham , at which she yielded , ‘ considering her great age , the great journey , and the great cold which then was of frost and snow ’ . |
| 22 | Disagreement between the two parties had threatened to topple the government , which in the early hours of Aug. 29 survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence . |
| 23 | Reports on Aug. 15 said that the Prosecutor General , Abolfazi Moussavi Tabrizi , had threatened to impose the death sentence on anyone violating the dress code . |
| 24 | The South Africans have threatened to kill the guerrillas who do not surrender , while insisting that for their part they have scrupulously observed the agreements . |
| 25 | The effects of Basque nationalism have threatened to destabilise the Spanish state ; anti-nationalists living in the northern Spanish province of Navarra try to limit its spread by promoting regionalism — they campaign for the autonomy of Navarra while remaining faithful to their patria , Spain . |
| 26 | Mr Collin said some people have threatened to withhold the £20 surcharge in protest only to find themselves facing the threat of court action . |
| 27 | Desmond Haynes is the only Barbadian in the 13-man squad after the surprise omission of seam bowler Anderson Cummins and many local fans have threatened to boycott the match . |