Sentence examples for they only risk from inspiring English sources

In promiscuous species, such as T. dalmanni, it is likely to be advantageous for a male to mate with a virgin female as they only risk defence, not offence, sperm competition, and theory suggests that males should on average invest more in their favoured mating role (i.e. first vs. second) when females are sperm limited [ 14].

If Whole Foods Market doesn't smarten up soon, they not only risk losing the truth that they love to boast about, but they could undermine consumer trust in the sustainable food sector as a whole.

"They saw only risk and additional cost," she says.

In doing so they not only risk the lives and safety of the returnees, but diminish Australia as a nation.

They not only risk strengthening the bad bug and suffering a relapse if the incomplete drug dose knocks the bacteria down but not out, but they also contribute to the problem of drug-resistant microbes setting up shop in their own families and community.

If caught, James allegedly told one of them, they would only risk "a slap on the wrist".

On the other hand, if they do not show meaningful results, they won't only risk economic losses from disasters but also risk seeing an increase in their overall cost of borrowing.

But, by no means are they the only risks.

Closer ties, they say, will only risk fraying Turkey's relations with Azerbaijan, which is an energy giant.

Assistant Chief Constable Adrian Whiting, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead on licensing argues that the "hard truth" of certification and checks is that they only minimise risk and cannot eliminate it.

The usual and well established statistical approaches provide insights into the cause-effect relationships that favour disease transmission but they only estimate risk areas, spatial or temporal trends.