Sentence examples for threatened consequence from inspiring English sources

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Presumably failing to honor one's contract could be the content of a possible threatened consequence; but could failing to keep one's promise be?

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The chairman said he was annoyed by the coach's repeated public outbursts and threatened consequences.

WASHINGTON — For days, members of the Obama administration have expressed outrage and threatened consequences for Libya's welcoming celebration of the man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing that killed 189 Americans.

At the end of February, despite support for the boycott from Garfield's student and parent organizations — pretty much the school's entire community — the Seattle district compelled administrators to carry out the exam and, according to the teachers, threatened "consequences".

Wulff's telephone call to the chief editor of Bild, Germany's leading tabloid, in which he threatened consequences should a story about his mortgage be published, refocused public attention on the scandal.

Russia has told the US that Western sanctions over the Crimea dispute are unacceptable, and has threatened "consequences".

The other new clause would threaten "consequences" if Iraq did not cooperate.

He said the United States would listen to any proposed changes as long as they did not violate the objective of threatening "consequences" against Iraq.

Indeed, it's surely more convincing to argue that it was the business leaders who were threatening "consequences" – telling us the economy will go to hell in a handbasket if we don't vote the right way.

But Bush administration officials insisted that they were making progress behind the scenes on a new resolution that would specify clear terms for inspectors and at least threaten consequences for noncompliance.

After much haggling, the Russians agreed wording which threatens " consequences" if Syria failed to comply but – according to Moscow - stipulates that there must be  a second UN resolution before any punitive action.

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