Sentence examples for played down risk from inspiring English sources

One money manager said Mr. Grubman often played down risk.

The board that investigated the Columbia accident found that damage from debris during launching was only half the story and blamed a management attitude that played down risk and stifled dissenting views from the engineers closest to the problem.

But consumer organisations are opposed, warning that the companies will play down risk, and that their real interest lies in boosting profits.

Mr Gummer largely escapes censure, although his fellow agriculture secretaries, Douglas Hogg and John Macgregor, are criticised for lack of planning and playing down risks, respectively.

All of these are tools that federal investigators say companies have used to exaggerate benefits, play down risks and promote off-label uses, meaning those the F.D.A. hasn't approved.

Experts who have seen the documents say they do not suggest that the shuttle Discovery -- scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 22 -- is unsafe, but a small but forceful minority say they worry that NASA is repeating a practice that contributed to the Columbia disaster: playing down risks to continue sending humans into space.

But the company played down risks of major marine or air pollution.

In a statement accompanying its decision, the central bank warned that "some inflation risks remain" and played down risks of a possible recession.

FRANKFURT — The president of the European Central Bank on Thursday played down risks reverberating from his native Italy, evading questions about what policy makers might do if the country's chaotic politics become a threat to euro zone stability.

The local authorities in Chamonix will always be vulnerable to claims of playing down risk.

Just as important, the investigative board determined, a "broken safety culture" tended to play down risks.