Sentence examples for possibility of hostile from inspiring English sources

Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister said he was "concerned" at the possibility of hostile reactions to the caricatures published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Indeed, their deterrent power is redoubled by the possibility of hostile re-tweets, the modern-day rotten-fruit-throwing to which Mr Burley was subjected on Friday night.

Moreover, there's the threat of activist shareholder intervention, stock manipulation from hedge funds and the possibility of hostile takeover.

The Navy Advisory Board, confronted with the possibility of hostile ironclads operating off the American coast, began planning for a pair of ships to protect that coast in 1884.

At the time of Microsoft's surprise "bear hug" letter to Yahoo, we noted the teeth in this proposal — specifically the possibility of a hostile bid by Microsoft.

[C2.] Royal KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company, has not ruled out the possibility of a hostile bid for MMO2, a British mobile phone company, after a friendly offer was rebuffed, a KPN spokesman said.

Royal KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company, has not ruled out the possibility of a hostile bid for MMO2, a British mobile phone company, after a friendly offer was rebuffed Friday, a KPN spokesman said Sunday.

Lehman Brothers is losing a couple of high-level executives, but the beleaguered investment bank got a backhanded compliment of sorts when a well-known research analyst, citing the increased possibility of a hostile takeover, upgraded the firm's stock to buy.

Garretson and his men arrived in the darkness of night and was informed by his scouts of the possibility of a hostile situation at the Hacienda Desideria.

America is also developing "prompt global strike"—the ability to deliver a precision strike using conventional weapons anywhere in the world within an hour which would allow the possibility of quickly neutralising small, hostile nuclear forces without recourse to nuclear weapons....Can't live without themSuch things are not much help, though, against the largest and smallest threats.

According to media reports, Nasdaq could be readying a higher bid, which might include shares as well as $4.2 billion in cash, and is considering the possibility of launching a full hostile bid.