Sentence examples for threats of action from inspiring English sources

Criticism and threats of action may be pushing pharmaceutical companies towards less controversial areas of interest.

ordered a worldwide troop alert supposedly because the Russians were making ominous threats of action against Israel.

The Chinese military said it had monitored the flight path of the American planes, and China appeared to backpedal from its initial threats of action.

On Monday North Korea again denied being behind the Sony hack, and issued unspecified threats of action against the US after saying it had "clear evidence" that Washington was heavily involved in devising the plot of The Interview.

And so we've got an obligation to send a very clear message that this kind of behavior or threats of action put our young men and women in harm's way.

It is a tactic that has worked well for years and these two threats of action are just the latest in a long series of similar disputes, most of which get resolved without a walkout.

It cited figures compiled by the National Union of Journalists that listed actions, or threats of actions, against 17 journalists and media groups by O'Brien since 1998.

Had we not intervened, there was a real threat of action being taken".

Blix makes the distinction between the threat of action, and actually taking it.

Second, the use or threat of action is for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause.

And the mere threat of action is often enough to spur foreign producers to raise prices or curtail sales.