Example sentences of "would risk be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We built it up , it is our baby , ’ he said , adding that if the family allowed its interest to fall below 50 per cent it would risk being taken over by a hostile bidder . |
| 2 | The men would risk being scattered on landing and the pilots would find it difficult to navigate because of the sand being blown about by the wind . |
| 3 | Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser . |
| 4 | Fun as it might be to imagine what a ‘ top twenty ’ list might include , there would be little real purpose in discussing the practicalities , or otherwise , of going on a cruise , owning a race horse , buying a caravan , flying Concorde or whatever , since not only — even among married couples — would there be wide variations in choice but more particularly , since normal budget wisdom does not apply , any advice would risk being grossly misleading . |
| 5 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 6 | They were trapped in each other 's company , each one wanting to break away , to do anything rather than stay there together , but none of them would risk being thought unfeeling , or odd . |