Sentence examples for risk of offensive from inspiring English sources

Ofcom said that it took into account measures taken by the BBC to minimise the risk of offensive language being transmitted but it reminded the corporation and other broadcasters "to take all proportionate measures for live broadcasts before the watershed".

More to the point, there is a risk of comparing offensive and clumsy sexual remarks with respectful, courteous sexual advances.

Most people would agree that the social value of a freely accessible video site like YouTube is worth the occasional, quite minor, risks of something offensive sneaking through.

"We wanted this to be acceptable to the widest possible population with the least risk of it being offensive," he says.

The risk of saying something offensive is too high, so just stay clear.

report "reinforces my concern that the administration's plans to increase assistance to Russia could exacerbate the risk of a renewed Russian offensive biological weapons effort".

But while an American-led military campaign to topple Mr. Hussein holds out the possibility of making their freedoms more secure, the Kurdish leaders, backed by almost every Kurd who discussed the issue, said Washington would be asking them to put all they have gained from their decade of autonomy at risk of a fresh Iraqi offensive.

The operating theory behind such a question appears to be that any use of force, even in defense of persons or property, that occurs in an area of combat operations presents a risk of being indistinguishable from offensive operations conducted by the U.S. military.

Another source of concern, especially for parents, is that information could be offensive (risk of discomfort).

But the selfie has also inspired a spate of risk taking and offensive public behavior, pushing the boundaries of safety and decorum, whether by dangling from a skyscraper or posing with live explosives.

JERUSALEM — With the United States and other nations extending an increasingly warm welcome to the new president of Iran at the United Nations this week in New York, Israel finds itself in a bind: eager to unmask what it sees as an empty charm offensive, yet at risk of being seen as a spoiler unwilling to consider the possibility of change in Tehran's nuclear policy.