Sentence examples for risks of hitting from inspiring English sources

The police said the weapons offered greater range and accuracy than shotguns and posed less risks of hitting bystanders.

As individuals and communities, wherever we sit on the curve from libertarian to liberal — or individualist to communitarian, as social scientists put it — people seem to have a hard time developing the discipline required to address risks in which the worst outcomes lie far down the road, and to avoid behavior that suits present needs even if it raises risks of hitting a wall.

Certainly I wasn't at risk of hitting anyone.

At the risk of hitting a metronomic tempo, Mr. Tropper ends most chapters on abruptly rueful notes.

But the risk of hitting quite a number of health problems, one might say, goes up substantially beyond the age of 70.

While fainting carries the risk of hitting your head, evolution has judged a potential knock to be less dangerous than the threat of oxygen starvation.

Australia's under-siege Test side are at risk of hitting an unprecedented low, having handed South Africa a series victory with yet another crippling batting collapse in Hobart.

Some military analysts believe US specialist ground attack aircraft could tip the balance in Libya, allowing precision strikes on Gaddafi's armour with less risk of hitting civilians.

A passenger flat on the pavement could quickly be obscured by foam, he said, and "the risk of hitting a survivor is very real".

She found patterns that worked: pulling Pliskova wide, absorbing her power, and taking the risk of hitting it over the higher part of the net and coming down the line.

These rules mean a soldier can only fire back if he can clearly indentify the figure of the man who fired at him, in order to minimise the risk of hitting civilians.