Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] threatening the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yer archetypal mad-dictator is threatening the world , so our rock-'ard , square-jawed hero is dropped into the danger zone by chopper ( he fell on his head , so he should be okay ) . |
| 2 | However , at the same time , drought and war were threatening the country with renewed famine . |
| 3 | A combination of drought , over-abstraction and pollution are threatening the wildlife which depends on Britain 's rivers , according to the launch report of a new organization , Water for Wildlife , headed by conservationist Sir David Attenborough . |
| 4 | Rapidly increasing livestock production around the globe is threatening the environment by promoting overgrazing , deforestation , water pollution and methane emissions according to a study by the Worldwatch Institute . |
| 5 | *Diversion of water is threatening the life of another Soviet sea : Agriculture and industry are preventing around 30 per cent of annual fresh water supply from reaching the Sea of Azov . |
| 6 | By the spring of 1947 the dollar famine was threatening the economic recovery of Britain and Western Europe . |
| 7 | An alien object was threatening the organism . |
| 8 | FoE said the European Commission was threatening the UK government with court action because of its failure to apply the EC 's drinking water directive fully . |
| 9 | In the spring a story appeared in The Observer under the headline ‘ Power-drill rock climbers accused of vandalism ’ , of how a minority were threatening the relationship between landowners and climbers as a whole . |
| 10 | In Israel , meanwhile , another coalition row is threatening the future of Mr Rabin 's government . |
| 11 | The League 's management committee has decided to invite the two candidates it agreed upon on Monday for interview , but the head-hunting process which has caused so much vexation is threatening the ultimate embarrassment . |
| 12 | The League 's management committee has decided to invite the two candidates it agreed upon on Monday for interview , but the head-hunting process which has caused so much vexation is threatening the ultimate embarrassment . |
| 13 | When the Alternative Service Book was threatening the absolutism of the Book of Common Prayer a few years ago , the Book of Common Prayer was being spoken of as if it were on a par with Holy Writ . |
| 14 | On March 12 Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said that the refugee situation was threatening the stability of the region . |
| 15 | In later life Dicey therefore felt that developments in society and politics were threatening the idea of the British constitution which he had sought to formulate in 1885 . |
| 16 | A glance at the vested interests of the four debaters , debating whether sports-climbing is threatening the traditional ethos of British climbing , throws up interesting comparisons . |