Sentence examples similar to threatening opening from inspiring English sources

Kane added that in addition to the issue of a police officer feeling that their own or someone else's life might be threatened, opening fire on a moving vehicle can be legally justified under the "fleeing felon" rule.

Officials of the town say a building boom is threatening open space and polluting waterways.

The missiles most likely to be used in a U.S. attack would probably be launched from U.S. warships, opening the possibility that the Russian diplomat in Lebanon was threatening open warfare.

Well, it seems to me that Iowa Democrats, in opting for John Kerry and John Edwards over Howard Dean, signaled (among other things) that they want a presidential candidate who is serious about fighting the war against the Islamist totalitarianism threatening open societies.

This is "crunch week" for the key reform of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency, with some unions now threatening open-ended action.

Eno2-ΔGR/EGFP bigenic mice had significantly longer latencies before emerging from the protective cylinder, indicating higher anxiety when faced with the threatening open field (Figure 8A, t21 = −3.706 p<0.0014).

Even worse, these political deals threaten open discourse.

The 'sort of bargaining' identified by Larkin has at times threatened open conflict.

In response, Hizbullah's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened "open war" against Israel, hinting at rocket attacks deep inside the country.

Because what really threatens open, Western, liberal societies today is not Saddam and his weapons per se.

They were implicitly saying: "This terrorism bubble has come to threaten open societies and all they value.