Sentence examples for threat of going from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the mere threat of going to court will convince your sisters to be more forthcoming about what they're doing.

Some dons would like a still tougher stance, backed by the threat of going private: the state teaching subsidy, after all, is only a tenth of Oxford's £1.1 billion budget.

"There is not the immediate threat of going to war tomorrow, but there is a sustained threat that we are going to use military intervention in any number of ways.

This seemed to neutralise the Franco-German threat of going down the route of a separate treaty at 17-plus if the British proved obstructive.In the discussion paper drawn up by Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, there was no mention of an inter-governmental treaty.

Vote for Bridget Children in Need service head Buckinghamshire county council Speed is of the essence when dealing with a crisis involving a teenage child who faces the threat of going into care, Terri Cartwright, 57, notes – but traditional social services aren't necessarily equipped to respond with the swiftness needed to nip problems in the bud before they get out of control.

While Argyle survived the threat of going out of business, they were relegated from League One at the end of last season and are bottom of League Two.

With the existential threats of going over the fiscal cliff and defaulting on the full faith and credit of the United States behind us, the last remaining area of self-inflicted damage Washington can create is allowing the budget chainsaw of sequestration to go forward on March 1 , 2012

Instead of making veiled threats of going to court, which step would in all likelihood invite the sack, or resigning in a huff, it would be best if he were to declare the matter as closed, and treat it as so.

Rather, he said, "our members are mostly concerned about the threat of rates going up and some of the most popular tax-extenders going away at the end of the year.

The exchanges will pass on the efficiencies only if they face the threat of business going elsewhere.

"The really scary thing is the threat of it going away".