Sentence examples for threat of damage from inspiring English sources

By this time, the threat of damage to the paintings, through exposure to human-generated humidity and carbon dioxide, had become severe.

Water levels were still worryingly high on some major rivers including the Avon, Trent, Thames and Severn, with the threat of damage still present in parts of Dorset.

Because of the wind-tunnel effect created by skyscrapers, the threat of damage appeared most severe in Manhattan, particularly at the huge, nearly completed Time Warner Center, where gusts have taken a toll in the past.

But the American textile and apparel industry has been so battered over the years that it filed these petitions based on the threat of damage, saying it is the only way to save what is left of its manufacturing base.

The definition included the threat of damage to property as well as a threat to life if it is designed to influence the government or intimidate the public for the purpose of advancing an ideological cause.

China and its veto power as a permanent council member could block any action against its traditional but troublesome ally, but the mere threat of damage to Kim Jong Un's image has outraged the North Korean government.

Some news groups hold that such penalties are unfair and are now considering legal challenges to the charter, on the grounds that the threat of damages is a means of forcing newspapers to sign up.

It embodies the Precautionary Principle in that it allows signatory states to take precautionary measures to protect themselves against threats of damage from GM crops and foods, even in case of a lack of scientific certainty [52].

To cope with the constant threat of DNA damage, cells are equipped with a sophisticated network of DNA damage response systems, including DNA repair mechanisms, damage tolerance processes, and cell-cycle checkpoints.

In particular, since organisms live in an environment where the threat of oxidative damage is continual, cellular and molecular mechanisms may have evolved to avoid and repair this damage and pre-exposure to mild stress may confer resistance to agents [5] [6].

I was finally motivated to take the plunge because of the threat of impending damage.