Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [adj] risk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many companies refuse to invest less than £500,000 in any one company , partly because the smaller companies are regarded as higher risk . |
| 2 | Vendors who are selling at a substantial price ( including an element for goodwill ) , which has been agreed between the parties on the basis of certain assumptions made by the purchasers regarding the business , are compensated for any risk that they will be asked to take . |
| 3 | Others are supplied as polymers , per se , or are made as polymers in a dental laboratory , where elevated temperatures are used without any risk to the patient . |
| 4 | At least our sexual behaviour ( as defined by who , we need to ask ) has been classified as low risk — though this appears to have been interpreted by every corner of society as no risk . |
| 5 | ‘ Too many unit trusts are based on higher risk investments . |
| 6 | ‘ Asbestos dust inhalation has been linked to increased risk of cancer of the lungs , esophagus , stomach , colon , rectum , kidneys , pleura and peritoneum … |
| 7 | High intakes of fat are linked to increased risk of heart disease and gallstones and are associated with an increased risk of cancer of the breast , colon , pancreas and prostate . |
| 8 | These results could be explained by subjective risk causing the focusing of attention in driving with a consequent enhancement of memory for central details at the expense of memory for peripheral details . |
| 9 | Although there is a temptation to save scarce money by cutting down on insurance , the Church 's human and material resources are too important to be exposed to needless risk or loss . |
| 10 | However , in group care situations , particularly in special units , individuals may be placed at some risk when left among people who also have severe problem behaviour . |
| 11 | The potential volatility of the markets and the multiplication of risk through gearing coupled with the complexity both of the transactions themselves and market procedures , mean that investors , particularly those with little experience , can be placed at considerable risk in the futures markets . |
| 12 | Properties with a zone 1 location will be treated as high risk and as well as taking in all the London postcodes , zone 1 will include the G1 and G2 postal districts of Glasgow city centre and the EH1 and EH2 postal districts of central Edinburgh although , perhaps surprisingly , not EH3 which takes in several New Town offices and the area around which the new financial and conference centre is being constructed . |
| 13 | This suggests another reason why memory might be related to subjective risk , simply because it is advantageous to the organism to have memory organized that way ( c.f. J. R. Anderson , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Many of the variables which may be related to subjective risk may also be related to subsequent recall of situations . |
| 15 | Stainless steel should be used for critical risk areas or for handling very hot liquids . |
| 16 | All these gains in individual freedom , every advance towards putting the consumer first , will be set at terminal risk by Labour 's proposed policies . |
| 17 | In understanding the effects which may be observed of subjective risk in everyday driving the most important studies are likely to be those using moderate levels of arousal . |
| 18 | The justification is that a respondent should not be put at further risk of costs by virtue of the Revenue 's wish to have final authority on some aspect of taxation law , which will inevitably be of general application . |
| 19 | Clozapine , for example , appears to be associated with reduced risk of relapse . |
| 20 | A more specific prediction might be produced on the basis of Easterbrook 's hypothesis , this would state that memory for central details would be enhanced with increasing risk , while memory for peripheral details would be impaired . |
| 21 | Physiological measures which have been equated with subjective risk when driving are galvanic skin response ( GSR ) ( e.g. Helander & Söderberg , 1973 — described in Summala , 1976 ; Hulbert , 1957 ; Preston , 1969 ; Taylor , 1964 ) and heart rate ( Rutley & Mace , 1972 ) , both of which are often used as measures of physiological arousal . |
| 22 | For men , body mass index , cigarette smoking , glucose intolerance , left ventricular hypertrophy on the electrocardiogram ( ECG ) , increased serum cholesterol , and raised systolic blood pressure have all been identified as independent risk factors . |
| 23 | Low glutathione concentrations have been associated with increased risk of progression to AIDS in HIV positive people . |
| 24 | Low-income families are put at grave risk and local authorities are unable to administer the housing benefit system efficiently because they are tied to the 20 per cent . |
| 25 | In pregnancy and obesity , increased fasting and postprandial residual gall bladder volumes are associated with increased risk of gall stone formation . |
| 26 | And patients feel confused and angry at the differences between hospitals , unsure whether they are enduring isolation unnecesarily or being exposed to undue risk . |
| 27 | The 14 patients who presented with an acute complication of gall stone disease had a median age of 70 years ( range 31–78 ) and seven were regarded as high risk for surgery . |
| 28 | Although it might have been possible to attempt some form of categorisation of the types of detail which were recalled at different risk levels , it is not clear that the data from this study are really powerful enough to support such an analysis . |
| 29 | Patients over 65 years suffering from a severe systemic condition were considered as high risk cases . |
| 30 | It is heartening to see the Precautionary Principle being applied to potential risk situations , even though it is not applied more widely throughout the PPG Note . |