Example sentences of "take the risk of [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Peter Brook 's Endgame-inspired King Lear in the Sixties , this Macbeth takes the risk of narrowing the play 's potential dramatic range in order to create a particular emphasis . |
| 2 | Why take the risk of decentralizing the accounting office ? |
| 3 | The Freshman though , is essentially a movie-maker 's movie , a self-congratulatory in-joke that does n't take the risk of letting the audience think for itself . |
| 4 | The Freshman though , is essentially a movie-maker 's movie , a self-congratulatory in-joke that does n't take the risk of letting the audience think for itself . |
| 5 | If the two in the Renault were impostors , why were they taking the risk of using the car and the passports of two people who were presumed dead ? |
| 6 | She blinked twice , taking the risk of missing the right few seconds while her eyes were shut . |
| 7 | Mike looked back at him , trying to calculate the odds , and then with a mental shrug took the risk of alienating the other man . |
| 8 | In further discussion , it was suggested that , even though opinion was divided on the merits and on the question whether the abolition of the death penalty would in normal circumstances give rise to an increase in the number of murders , the Cabinet might be able to agree that this was not an appropriate moment at which to take the risk of abolishing the death penalty . |
| 9 | You have to take the risk of describing the doorknob , or the little country shop , because they may be the only details that can take you in — into the strange and wonderful labyrinth that is your writer-self . |