Sentence examples for constitutes an imminent from inspiring English sources

Do they rely on the CIA's much criticised and dubious interpretation of what constitutes an "imminent threat"?

Remember that whole discussion we were going to have about what constitutes an "imminent threat" when the potential drone target is a jeep passenger in Yemen?

Dr. Oloumi "constitutes an imminent danger to the health of the people of this state," said the order issued by Dr. Novello.

Lawyers critical of the attack near the Syrian city of Raqqa on 21 August accused ministers of stretching long-established legal definitions setting out what constitutes an imminent threat to a country and its permissible acts of self-defence.

The disclosure Tuesday evening of the Department of Justice white paper on targeted killing (pdf) has sparked a lot of debate, much of it focused on the Obama administration's extraordinarily broad interpretation of what constitutes an "imminent" threat that justifies lethal force as an act of self-defense.

If such testimony cannot be obtained, or if the condition of the apartment constitutes an imminent danger to other residents, it may be prudent for the owner to contact the Fire Department or the Office of Code Enforcement in the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and advise them of the situation.

This recalcitrance, as America and Britain now sophistically aver, was the legal pretext for the war.Sophistically, because the resolution was premised on the notion that Mr Hussein's WMD constituted an imminent threat to his region and to the world.

We asserted that the Iraqi regime, though undeniably heinous, did not constitute an imminent threat to United States security, and that our campaign to renew weapons inspections in Iraq — whether by force or diplomacy — would succeed only if we enlisted a broad coalition that included Arab states.

Some human rights groups dismissed it in language reminiscent of their critiques of the Bush administration's legal opinions on torture, taking particular aim at its flexible definition of what might constitute an "imminent" threat and the lack of any outside check on its claimed authority.

We may disagree about whether being an unlicensed driver constitutes a serious imminent danger to others (I do wonder if unlicensed drivers have insurance).

But although Bybee finds that "the use of the waterboard constitutes a threat of imminent death," he accepts the CIA's claim that it does "not anticipate that any prolonged mental harm would result from the use of the waterboard".