Sentence examples for belt risk from inspiring English sources

In the African "meningitis belt," risk is increased during the dry season, when humidity is low and the Harmattan wind blows off the Sahara Desert (9, 10).

If the child was not wearing a belt, the risk of death was 84percentt higher if the car had an air bag.

In the African meningitis belt, where risk of meningococcal disease is highest, a greater understanding of meningococcal carriage dynamics is needed.

A record-breaking cold that's threatening to spur heating-fuel shortages from the East Coast to Texas has driven up natural gas demand to unprecedented levels and put crops across the U.S. wheat belt at risk.

If you choose a thick belt, you risk shortening your torso a little too much and causing your figure to look unbalanced.

Mr. Komanoff, who is an advocate for pedestrians, bicyclists and public transportation, assumed that if everyone wore belts, the risk of death would fall by half.

By prying off belts, you risk damage to various parts with no saved time or effort.

But he warned that federal government belt-tightening risked being offset by fiscal indiscipline among regional governments, unless Madrid stepped in.

Wearing a seat belt reduces the risk of fatal injury to front seat passengers by 45percentt, and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50percentt, says the Centers for Disease Control.

The best analogy might be the "seat belt" attitude to risk.

Britain needs to build 300,000 houses a year, more than double the current number and including some on green belt land, or risk pushing house price inflation up to dangerous levels, the business secretary has said.