Example sentences of "and [art] threat to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep The Party Going ( UTV , 10.40pm ) seeks to explore these changing attitudes towards the traditional wake , and the threat to the survival of this aspect of Irish culture . |
| 2 | I only wish that the House had listened to the present Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Plymouth , Sutton ( Mr. Clark ) 10 years ago when , in March 1981 , in a highly prophetic speech against the views of his Tory colleagues , he said that far from being strong and a threat to the world , the Soviet Union was in the process of retreat and disintegration . |
| 3 | When articulated in this way the Wilsonian social contract appears very close to what Sir Ian Gilmour ( 1978 ) has claimed is the essence of true and wise Toryism : the avoidance of ‘ dogma ’ ; the balancing of opposed social forces ; the concession of reform where reform is due in order to hold together a ‘ national ’ constituency ( despite the fact that Gilmour viewed the 1974/75 legislative programme as a dangerous concession to sectional union interests and a threat to the constitution — true Toryism is only recognised as such well after the event ! ) . |
| 4 | The Labour Party initially opposed such schemes as a weakening of family responsibilities and a threat to the family wage . |
| 5 | While the system of ‘ payment by results ’ was formally abolished in 1895 it has continued over the years to represent an enormous affront to the professional consciousness of teachers and a threat to the creation of an effective educational service . |