Sentence examples for line risk from inspiring English sources
In Venezuela, where die-hard Chavistas control every nook and cranny of the state apparatus and judges who fail to toe the line risk jail time, it would take real foolhardiness to ignore these none-too-subtle hints.
Climate change can increase the number and severity of disasters, and increase poverty since hundreds of millions living just above the poverty line risk being pushed back into destitution by a flood or epidemic.
Your People: Absolutely Loaded Padmasree Warrior explains what employees really need at work: "There's no one-size-fits-all for corporate technology and companies that take a hard line risk losing the hearts and, crucially, the minds of their employees".
In addition to risking his or her time and money in taking on a case that is patently unwinnable, the lawyer may have to pay court costs and the attorney's fees to the cruise line, risk losing his or her privileges to practice, or worse.
Diabetic women have an elevated base line risk, and have more cardiovascular risk factors than men [ 2].
The Relative Risk Reduction of cognitive decline by treatment with ChEI's and the risk of event of interest in the untreated (placebo) group or the base line risk was taken from Livingston and Katona [ 28], and re-calculated from the original trial [ 29].
Any priest who seriously dissents from the bishop's party line risks excommunication.
But we are the ones spending 24 hours on the line, risking our lives and getting paid almost nothing for it.
And the hardball prosecutor who plays too close to the ethical line risks losing on appeal the conviction she won at trial.
The scientists realized that switching from lead would protect people, too, since anglers, children included, often use their teeth to clamp the sinkers onto the line, risking lead exposure.
In reality, the unions' leaders are tame; the media give little coverage to labour issues; employers can do pretty much what they want; and anyone who steps out of line risks the sack, or worse.
