Sentence examples for a warning shot on from inspiring English sources

Mr. Obama issued a warning shot on Monday.

REUTERS A Warning Shot on Management Buyouts  |  The Securities and Exchange Commission's settlement with Revlon raises the question of whether the agency might start to police buyout offers from management and controlling shareholders that are rife with conflicts of interest, Peter J. Henning writes in the White Collar Watch column.

Liberal leaders couched their opposition to the budget legislation as a warning shot — one fired on an issue that, for the time being, has no practical effect on governance.

Perhaps in a warning shot of sorts, WikiLeaks on Monday released a cable from early last year listing sites around the world — from hydroelectric dams in Canada to vaccine factories in Denmark — that are considered crucial to American national security.

fired a warning shot to Republicans on Friday: Stop blocking President Barack Obama's executive branch nominees or I'll ask him to bypass the Senate and recess appoint all of them.

Additionally, brewer Anheuser Busch issued a warning shot to the league on Tuesday.

"If people have concentrated positions in speculative stocks, and especially if they're operating on margin, this week should be a warning shot to them," he said.

The move was a warning shot to lenders.

The situation in Texas acts as a warning shot to the rest of the nation.

That proved to be a warning shot as on 54 minutes Zamora found a way past the Dane with a free-kick from the edge of the area.

Last night, DUP MPs fired a warning shot by abstaining on a Labour amendment to the agriculture bill.