Sentence examples for as a peril from inspiring English sources

The CPRE said denying people the chance to cycle could breach the authority's duty as a national park, and pointed out that while opponents identified cyclists as a peril, a recent police safety operation in the area caught 12 drivers exceeding 40mph limits, one travelling at 64mph.

For example, channel 2 and channel 4 in Figure 1 are POCs, with channel separation 2. Traditional communication system designs treat POCs as a peril because the adjacent channel interference among POCs significantly affects the normal communication between nodes.

Does Chuck ever show up for Meet the Press and just wing it?" A strange tic emerges, where everything her campaign did that was tin-eared and senseless is presented only as a peril wisely avoided.

And I especially take exception to his latest book Suicide of A Superpower -- another anti-Semitic, pro-white screed that takes a good swipe at the browning of America -- which he regards as a peril to the survival of American democracy and freedoms as we have known them.

Others in Israeli intelligence believe, or perhaps hope, that the fact that the deal went through may indicate that Hamas's stance is becoming more moderate, that the Arab Spring and the fall of Mubarak, with whom Israel shared a cold peace, might not pose as great a peril as Israel thought.

These kids might flourish on a public-school team or a private-school team or on no team at all, instead choosing a school that will nurture them as students, not exploit them as athletes (a peril that the excellent documentary "Hoop Dreams" vividly and dishearteningly illustrates).

Science did nothing to solve war, a peril as great as any.

In her ingenious study "Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind" (1995), Patricia Meyer Spacks describes it as a luxury — and a peril — born of the Industrial Revolution, reflecting the rise of individualism, leisure (especially female leisure) and the idea of happiness as a right and a daunting personal responsibility.

They talk about it not as a priceless entitlement but a peril, out-of-control hedonism and lasciviousness – as a sin.

Tax competition is seen as a particular peril.

A member of Stamford's school board, Ms. Stephenson then convened a meeting of educators, the police and residents to discuss crime trends and what she saw as a potential peril for the city's children.