Sentence examples for risk of offence from inspiring English sources

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An inevitable problem with comedy is the risk of offence: something the charity recognises "is one of the main constraints on the ward experience of humour – and conversation".

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Never say never, I suppose, but whatever else happens at the Twenty20 finals day today, I should not run the risk of causing offence to radio listeners.

The ESC said that it was "therefore legitimate" for the BBC to consider how it might cause offence, and that contextualising the issue with a Newsbeat story was the right course to "meet the requirements of due impartiality while mitigating the risk of gratuitous offence".

Weight was referred to as a sensitive topic which some felt reluctant to introduce due to the risk of causing offence and feelings of embarrassment on their part.

This means that the risk of further offences is ever present - that risk can never be eliminated entirely - but the majority of those subject to active Mappa management do not seriously re-offend due to robust and effective management".

Under Norwegian law, a suspect can be sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in jail, but that can be extended if courts decide there is a risk of repeat offences.

It's a small leap to avoiding the risk of a criminal offence by suggesting their agent avoids anyone with a foreign accent.

Low-level offenders who pose little risk to the community are monitored in the same way as high-risk offenders, diluting police resources to concentrate on those, such as Garrido, who pose a high risk of committing another offence.

The news of Strauss-Kahn's arrest for allegedly assaulting a housekeeper at the hotel where he was staying immediately prompted astonishment: how could this successful politician take the risk of committing an offence that could lead, in the US, to 30 years behind bars?

But the German government defends the procedure on the grounds that surgery helps where "illnesses connected to an abnormal sex drive must be treated, or in order to counter the risk of future unlawful offences being committed by sexual offenders and/or violent offenders, and to thus assist the person affected in managing his life in the future.

This paper explores the possible transmission of risk of pocket-picking offences between the above and below settings of underground rail systems.

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