Sentence examples for rules risk from inspiring English sources

Such loose rules risk redefining "militants" as any military-age males seen in a strike zone.

The first is that tougher rules risk making British banks less competitive.

Instead, the rules risk strengthening the position of large energy companies at the expense of small-scale renewable energy initiatives.

Proposed changes to planning rules risk fuelling tensions between neighbours by "opening the floodgates" to thousands of unsightly house extensions, councils have warned ahead of a Commons vote.

That is why many developing countries are keen to see trade-remedy laws reformed, even though they themselves increasingly use them.More immediately, trade-remedy rules risk souring the environment for global trade.

The U.S. State Department has warned against travel to the North, however, and visitors, especially those from America, who break the country's sometimes murky rules risk detention, arrest and possible jail sentences, although most have eventually been released.

Common sense suggests Bank B's balance-sheet is much more risky, and the Basel rules "risk-weight" assets so that it ends up holding more capital.But risk weighting creates problems of its own.

While the option of new elections might appear tempting, he said, a vote under the existing rules risked doing nothing to fix the country's problems.

He was steadfast in his devotion to his friends, including his beloved mentor, Dumbledore, but he was also defiant when necessary, breaking the rules, risking his safety and acting out of impulsiveness and anger.

But any major watering down of the rules risks angering the groups who helped compile them in the first place.

A farmer who breaks the rules risks losing 3% of his or her direct payment - and more if it is a repeat infringement.