Sentence examples for chance of disaster from inspiring English sources

And just as in the songs themselves, there's always a chance of disaster.

That leaves other sections vulnerable to shifts in the ice, and if something goes wrong there is a strong chance of disaster.

The Arctic passages are also free of the piracy that is rampant in some parts of the world, costing shipping companies an estimated $7 billion-12 billion a year in insurance premiums, ransoms and disruption.If something goes wrong there is a strong chance of disaster.

A boss who expects three or four years in the job may calculate that there is a small chance of disaster in that time and that preparing for it is expensive, "so why not save the money and hope to move to another job before something happens?" Alas, all too often firms will be prudent only if prudence pays off quickly.

"Your family is both your best chance of unconditional love and the best chance of disaster," says bestselling American novelist Lisa Gardner, whose latest thriller, Crash and Burn, focuses on a hugely toxic family dynamic in which her heroine, having suffered a brain injury, is left unsure as to whom, if anyone, she can trust.

Indeed, another vice president — Al Gore — can be understood to be arguing for a precautionary principle for climate change (though he believes that the chance of disaster is well over 1percentt)." Of course, Mr. Cheney would never accept that analogy.

The more people act in concert, the less diversity in your investment and the greater the chances of disaster.

Although the accident is still under investigation, preliminary findings by Congressional investigators indicate that BP made a series of decisions that compounded the chances of disaster.

A Cambridge cosmologist gives odds on the end of the world and offers to bet real money on the chances of disaster.

I used to be a nervous flyer, especially after watching a television programme about crashes which said the highest chances of disaster are during take-off and landing.

For all that he pondered the chances of disaster ahead of his speech, Mr Blair knew he could count on a coterie of deeply loyal shadow cabinet members, MPs and think-tankers.