The phrase "a threat of causing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the potential for harm or negative consequences that may arise from a specific action or situation.
Example: "The company issued a warning about a threat of causing significant damage to the environment if the project proceeds without proper safeguards."
Alternatives: "a risk of causing" or "a danger of causing".
It said they were not posing a threat of causing death or serious injury.
Lord Saville condemned the soldiers and exonerated their victims, who he said were not posing a threat of causing death or serious injury.
"The firing by soldiers of 1 Para on Bloody Sunday caused the deaths of 13 people and injury to a similar number, none of whom was posing a threat of causing death or serious injury.
He did not fire in fear or panic and we are sure that he must have fired knowing that Gerard McKinney was not posing a threat of causing death or serious injury".
We are sure that these soldiers fired either in the belief that no one in the areas towards which they respectively fired was posing a threat of causing death or serious injury, or not caring whether or not anyone there was posing such a threat.
Thirty-eight years and £191m later, Lord Saville has stated: "The firing by soldiers of 1 Para on Bloody Sunday caused the deaths of 13 people and injury to a similar number, none of whom was posing a threat of causing death or serious injury.
None was posing any threat of causing death or serious injury.
To the Editor: The unprecedented epizootic of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Asia poses a serious threat of causing the next global influenza pandemic.
Recurrent outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus pose a threat of eventually causing a pandemic.
The cuts and the decline in the number of high-paying business passengers because of a threat of delays caused by the dispute will cost the company as much as $350 million in revenue this quarter and $250 million next quarter, Delta said.
But they said that bupropion, unlike tricyclic antidepressants, did not appear to pose the threat of causing irregular heartbeats in cardiac patients.
