Sentence examples for a threatening development from inspiring English sources

Government officials denied the reports, but some human rights activists argued that floating the false reports in the state news media was nonetheless a threatening development.

The two of us have joined a number of our colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic in discussing a threatening development: the accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material.

But the moment of celebration and hope for long-suffering democracy advocates here is a threatening development for the country's hard-liners, raising the possibility of negative fallout for President Thein Sein.

The SSICC's takeover in Mogadishu was a threatening development for the TFG, then operating from Kenya and the Somali city of Baydhabo, and for the TFG's international supporters, especially the United States, which feared that the SSICC would provide a haven for al-Qaeda.

Orange County and Irvine officials appear close to an agreement that would break the final logjam threatening development of the closed El Toro Marine base.

Yet the reappearance of Comey may rank only second as the most threatening development for Trump's presidency this week, following the raid by FBI agents on Monday of an office, residence and hotel room tied to Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime trusted lieutenant.

Despite these threatening developments, "the slowest industry in the entire world" (Expert 6) responded hesitantly to competitive attacks.

By remotely watching data on her condition for signs of the next potentially life-threatening development, her doctors have occasionally been able to change her heart medications in time to let Mrs. Huntoon avoid yet another trip to the hospital.

Drug resistance poses a threatening challenge for mankind, as the development of resistance to already well-established drugs causes serious therapeutic problems.

It was even more dangerous than that, as we learned last September, when the BBC reported that right in the midst of these world-threatening developments, Russia's early-warning systems detected an incoming missile strike from the United States, sending its nuclear system onto the highest-level alert.

If carried out as envisaged, audit should not be a threatening process, but one that all parties can accept as being a learning and development tool.