Sentence examples for stiff risk from inspiring English sources

Losing the privilege of issuing eurobonds and having to pay stiff risk premiums would be a powerful inducement to stay in compliance.

So heavy does the shadow of Prohibition still hang that any suggestion you might need "a stiff drink", even occasionally, risks creating quite the wrong impression.

"The board will understand that to stiff the stockholder risks a proxy fight, perhaps ostensibly based on concerns not at all related to the stockholder's demands.

L.A. retailers that sell tobacco to kids under 18 risk stiffer penalties.

Suffolk County's experience tells us that without legal trails, riders will continue to trespass even at the risk of stiff fines and the temporary loss of their vehicles.

Another change Europe's incoming rules are bringing is a big stick to drive compliance for the new breach notification standard, as companies that do not comply with the new rules risk very stiff penalties for failing to do so.

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Our President-elect has been "twisting the arms" of company executives to make products in the U.S. or risk paying stiff tariffs and fines.

Today that assertion is hard to square with the author's stiff persona and his risk-averse path to the presidency.

What U.S. companies are at risk of stiffing creditors?

The risk is as stiff as the price - a great deal of the liquor sold by the 'bootlegger' is horrible.