Sentence examples for based on a threat from inspiring English sources

"If we get in the habit where a few folks, an extremist wing of one party... are allowed to extort concessions based on a threat of undermining the full faith and credit of the United States, then any president that comes after me... will find themselves unable to govern effectively," he said.

Paulson made a power play, based on a threat: open up or we'll shoot.

Intervention abroad, particularly of the military sort, must be based on a threat to American citizens and not a vague concept of American interests.

In sum, the argument that repeating a trivial crime justifies doubling a 25-year minimum incapacitation sentence based on a threat to the public does not raise a seriously debatable point on which judgments might reasonably differ.

Attorney General John Ashcroft also said that the F.B.I. warning about the possible attack on bridges on the West Coast was based on a threat that authorities believed had "relative credibility".

"If we get in the habit where a few folks, an extremist wing of one party, whether it's Democrat or Republican, are allowed to extort concessions based on a threat of undermining the full faith and credit of the United States, then any president who comes after me — not just me — will find themselves unable to govern effectively," he said.

It will lament that a terrible war was based on a hollow threat, and that millions might have died because of a "mistake".

Tonight, President Bush said at a news conference that the alert was justified and based on a general threat to the country.

Mr. Bush and his Republican allies have waged a war based on a misrepresented threat, cut veterans' benefits, passed the buck over the "Mission Accomplished" banner, and so on.

One possible reason for announcing on Wednesday that the film had been scrapped was to make an insurance claim, based on a terrorist threat, to recoup $80m in production and marketing costs.

I then provide an overview of what Shariah law actually dictates and describe how the anti-Shariah movement in Oklahoma and around the country is not based on a credible threat to American society, but rather is part of a well-orchestrated campaign of fear mongering aimed at vilifying American Muslims.