Sentence examples for threatening such from inspiring English sources

Orlando had been threatening such a victory for quite some time, having lucked out in previous games at the Citrus Bowl.

Mr Nkunda knows that merely threatening such an assault will spread dismay and play on popular dissatisfaction with a government that has done little to please voters.

Perhaps Greece could scare Germany into softer terms just by threatening such a sale.Many a private-equity firm has overestimated the profits to be wrung from buy-outs, and the sovereignty market may be no exception.

After years of threatening such layoffs, the Yonkers Board of Education voted on Wednesday night to cut its teaching and professional staff of 2,400 by about 4.7percentt despite pleas from parents, teachers and students to find other ways to save money.

Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed forces came close to repeating the upheaval a year later, provoking the awful civil war that sucked in forces from several nearby countries including Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe.General Nkunda knows that merely threatening such an assault will spread dismay and play on popular dissatisfaction with Mr Kabila's government.

Of course not -- the man would become a villain even by threatening such a move.

But do you want a man around who threatens such a thing, even in joke?

This nation has regularly threatened such success but never previously delivered it.

By seeking to corner Hezbollah now, Europe risks provoking a violent backlash that will threaten such possibilities.

Moody's supported Britain's efforts to reduce the deficit but noted that slower economic growth could threaten such plans.

Then there are the more serious activities used primarily when big-money commercial interests are threatened, such as the infiltration of opposition groups, otherwise known as spying.