How To Use Risk In A Sentence

  • Using a bold colour such as yellow is risky. Times, Sunday Times
  • I couldn't stand there and risk someone being a bit shirty with him so I touched him lightly on the arm and indicated that he should stand on the right.
  • The rest of them continued filling plates while Reggie and Lettie returned at brisk intervals to reload their trays. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
  • Some experienced foreign jumpers displayed hand-in-hand group jumping, wingsuit jumping and somersaults during free fall; all the risky stunts thrilled the audience.
  • Nulliparous women are reportedly at a higher risk of developing complications of pregnancy and delivery than multipara.
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  • One consequence of epidemiological research into the contribution of lifestyle factors to cancer risk has been to blame the individual who develops cancer.
  • However, I took the risk of putting a hand close to a yowling muzzle and was greeted with a cold nose and a non-committal snuffle before the full-on baying started again.
  • Regardless of how skilled she knew she was, the extreme risk and danger of what she was about to undertake wasn't lost on her.
  • She talks to doctors and parents about the risks, finding that a number object to the jab and fear it will promote promiscuity. The Sun
  • Meanwhile, doctors have identified still more reactions to stress that can increase our risk of cardiovascular disease. Times, Sunday Times
  • Relying too much on markets for either input supplies or sales outlets places the low unit cost of production that comes with economies of scale at risk.
  • So brisk was the malwa business that it propelled Okello to some form of royalty. New Vision Frontpage News
  • It's the closest part he's ever played to his real self, but the fact that he played it kind of nelly was a big risk. A Pirate's Life
  • The relationship between a woman and her clinician should be built on trust, and the benefits and the risks of a procedure such as an episiotomy must be openly discussed to ensure truly informed consent.
  • Asked about parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against HPV, the virologist Nathan Wolfe, author of the new book "The Viral Storm," told me: "Basically the decision to not vaccinate risks not only cancer for their kids but cancer for anyone their kids have sex with. The New Prudery
  • The excess amniotic fluid was then removed from the recipient twin sac, and antibiotics were placed into the uterine cavity to decrease the risk of infection. Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
  • Non-selective NSAID therapy may be appropriate for chronic pain management in aspirin users given that suitable GI prophylactic measures are utilized in high-risk patients.
  • Star staff Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Powered by SIDON: The southern coastal city of Sidon saw banners fill its streets and lights brighten up its sky days before the Holy Month of weather in Baltimore has been sweltering lately, putting many at risk for heat-related conditions. such as Italy criticised Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho for comments the Portuguese made about Ramadan at the weekend. WN.com - Articles related to Lagos Fires Tourism Through Sports
  • life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
  • Critics fear the environmental impact and possible contamination of groundwater as well as the risk of earthquakes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nanotechnology is in danger of being pigeonholed as a risky, hazardous and controversial business, a new study has found, because companies in the emerging field are not tackling the very real health and safety issues involved.
  • I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.
  • Their risk of dying in childbirth is doubled and of having stillborn babies trebled, and other physical, sexual, and relationship problems are common.
  • Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in Somaxon's business, including, without limitation, Somaxon's interpretation of its communications and interactions with the FDA relating to the requirements for approval of the NDA for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; Somaxon's interpretation of the results of the clinical trials for Silenor, the timing of the interpretation of such results and the FDA's agreement with such interpretation; the potential for Somaxon to make a resubmission to the Silenor NDA; the potential for Silenor to receive regulatory approval for one or more indications on a timely basis or at all; the potential for the FDA to impose non-clinical, clinical or other requirements to be completed before or after regulatory approval of Silenor; Somaxon's ability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA that potential NDA approval of Silenor is appropriate prior to the completion of standard, long-term carcinogenicity studies, given the context of completed trials and pending studies; the timing and results of non-clinical studies for Silenor, and the FDA's agreement with Somaxon's interpretation of such results; Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
  • She risked a glance back over her shoulder.
  • But, in the end, we must listen to gut instinct, be creative, and take risks.
  • With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
  • So their reluctance to underwrite credit risk ought to affect the pricing and availability of loans.
  • Smaller and more versatile aircraft reduce financial and operational risks to airlines, particularly in economic downturns, compared to jumbo jets, he adds.
  • What are the possibilities and risks of according spirituality some therapeutic value for those on the edge of the abyss of self-destruction?
  • Outdoor or extensively reared pigs that may be exposed to wildlife are at a greater risk of contracting trichinellosis from wildlife sources (6). ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds
  • The panic I felt was the risk of fact obliteration, or an inversion of truths, all the truths I had known. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
  • It may be the leading risk factor for cerebral aneurysms and subarchnoid hemorrhage.
  • The council said that cuts to national park budgets risked undoing that work. Times, Sunday Times
  • Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.
  • Nevertheless, CNN has talked to a "language analyst" who gets paid to "[analyze and catalogue] trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture," and they report that Obama was too "professorial," and now America is at grave risk of not passing its midterm exams on the oil spill. Obama Oil Spill Speech Criticized By CNN's Language Analyst For Not Being Moronic Enough [UPDATE]
  • The blow to his head must have concussed him, for he saw two middle-aged women straighten up and walk briskly to the I.V. unit.
  • It's not triggered by wintry weather but the risk of complications is. The Sun
  • If the system is treating holidays like weekends, then the risk of substandard care is greatly increased across the year. Times, Sunday Times
  • The best way to reduce the risk of hydroplaning is to simply slow down when roads are wet. Video: How to reduce the risk of hydroplaning
  • Bigger discounts on equity and debt issuance to get them away risks seeing investment cut, borrowing reduced and jobs lost. Times, Sunday Times
  • Additionally, those people who smoke cannabis are also risking all the attendant problems from the use of tobacco on top of the cannabis and this needs to be thought about too.
  • Anticoagulation is required afterwards because the atria continue to fibrillate and the risk of systemic embolism persists.
  • We found that tallness is also probably linked to increased risk for ovarian, pancreatic and pre-menopausal cancer as well," said Willett. Diet, Growth Are Major Cancer Causes | Impact Lab
  • Downsizing produced an increased risk of sickness absence, in line with earlier findings.
  • Dense vegetation may conceal the nests and reduce the risk of predation.
  • What they have "incentivized" executives to do, in countless cases, is not to perform, but to game the system, to smooth the numbers, to take insane risks with other people's money, to do whatever had to be done to ring the bell and send the dollars coursing their way into the designated bank account. Let's Move Their Cheese
  • Quinn specialises in smaller, high street firms that, because of their reliance on risky areas such as conveyancing, are seen as the hardest to insure. Top stories from Times Online
  • Instead of being crushed at once, as perhaps the writer expected, it darted forward, quite briskly and cheerfully, at six or seven miles an hour; requiring no spur or admonitive to haste, except the shrieking of the little Egyptian _gamin_, who ran along by asinus's side. "[ Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.
  • First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds. Times, Sunday Times
  • Risky - and often fatal - backstreet abortions continue to be the only alternative for some.
  • We are entering a new era of genetic medicine in which it is becoming possible to profile all people for their inherited risk of disease. Times, Sunday Times
  • People most at risk are those with an autistic spectrum disorder, a developmental problem, not a mental health problem.
  • We've gotten better with our techniques and applying them predeparture, ensuring we're looking at as broad a section of potential risk as possible, said Kevin McAleenan, deputy assistant commissioner of field operations at Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.CBP said the gap in U.S. security practices wasn't obvious until after the attempted Christmas attack. U.S. blocks 350 with suspected ties to terrorists
  • Obesity is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer.
  • However, the commission also subsumes the precautionary principle under a broader framework of risk analysis.
  • Between Koma and The Eye Angelica Lee is running the risk of being typecast as the organ-transplant actress.
  • We can't show each other any favoritism, can't put the others at risk because of emotional entanglements. MINUTES TO BURN
  • Take a look at her age verses the care of the kids, would Michael risk his life risk his kids being devastated in loosing him as father …. the kids and family he always wanted, you have to wonder would he risk his life to drugs. The Post-Mortem Legal Battles of Michael Jackson : Law is Cool
  • Should I swallow my pride and ask him out, at the risk of rejection, heartbreak, or alienation?
  • If a girl married without her parents' consent, she would risk abandonment by family and tribe.
  • They also tell him that he can never leave, since that risks jeopardizing the setup for them all.
  • My daughter and husband bicker constantly - should I take his side and risk spoiling my relationship with her? Times, Sunday Times
  • How many more risks to our interests, to our prestige, and to our people are we to take?
  • We cannot eliminate all risk, and we should not aspire to do so.
  • Like sausages, bacon tends to be very salty and may also be preserved with the chemical sodium nitrite, which has been linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer.
  • Within two minutes he was back as frisky and free-moving as a foal.
  • Sovereign risk must be accounted for as part of cost of equity.
  • He never said those words, including the asterisked one.
  • The shop is the first chippy in the borough to get the Heartbeat Award, given by the council to firms which try to help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
  • If you are in a high-risk area with no such defences planned, your insurer may stop your cover. Times, Sunday Times
  • There have been concerns raised that on such a scale, the shark is at serious risk of becoming an endangered species.
  • The international investment bank has warned investors of the potential risk exposure arising from equities.
  • Beat the eggs whites briskly until soft peaks form.
  • With referees now bringing the ball forward for indiscipline, mouthy players can cost their team a game, not to mind risking a yellow card and even a sending off.
  • Still breathing heavy from her brisk, morning jog, she sauntered into the kitchen for a bottle of water.
  • It was an opportunity for a politician to grab some cheap brownie points without risk, because it would involve apologising for something he had no responsibility for --- a great distractor. Making Tea For Alan Turing
  • Again, the specter of counterparty risk becomes an issue.
  • It is therefore essential that they properly monitor the growth of broad money together with the build-up of wider inflationary risks. Times, Sunday Times
  • In practice, animal bioassay data are often the primary data used in risk assessments. Risk assessment of chemical substances
  • Here, hundreds of millions of men, women and children are suffering from an incurable disease, chronic arsonicosis, and millions more are at risk.
  • Oily fish such as herring, kippers, mackerel, pilchards, salmon, sardines and trout, contain oils that can lessen the risk of thrombosis.
  • The touch of ice wine lends the drink the slightest honeyed, apricot sort of nose, but doesn't interfere with the brisk essence of the classic martini, which is, above all, dry.
  • She noted diminished inflationary pressures and risks from the international outlook. Times, Sunday Times
  • Schoolchildren could be frisked for weapons against their will as teachers are recruited into the crackdown on youth knife culture.
  • But some warned that the impact of higher mortgage rates on wage negotiations risked increased pressure on prices in the months ahead.
  • His tone became brisk and businesslike.
  • Mammals such as weasels, foxes, stoats and especially roe deer can wander safely without the risk of being killed by traffic.
  • There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.
  • But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
  • Current data limitations such as the small size of the population mean the possibility of a small increased risk cannot be excluded.
  • Hereafter, Manchester United's historic 19th league title must be asterisked, on the basis that we cannot know how the table would have panned out had Giggs's affair been exposed earlier in the season. The Ryan Giggs story was not run with any noble intentions | Marina Hyde
  • The regulator said the proposed undertakings also rely on third parties completing certain actions, and involve complex and long-term behavioural obligations that present risks, creating uncertainty that IOOF could become an effective competitor to the combined NAB-AXA. NAB's Bid for AXA Asia Dealt a Blow
  • A year period lending rate is used for no-risk guerdon rate in place of national debt interest rate in order to match actual circumstance.
  • It was a busy day for those oil stocks traded heavily by friskier private investors. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is satisfied that there was no health risk from the clean-up of the first site.
  • he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
  • The term suggests an element of danger, certainly of risk, a military metaphor applied to western cultural practices.
  • That reduces the risk of big swings in relative prices and wages. Times, Sunday Times
  • As a result, some politicians have begun to think of war, not as the high-risk recourse of last resort, but as an attractive foreign policy option in times of domestic scandal or economic decline.
  • First, peoples' idea affects their propensity to save and consume and invest, and difference attitude on risk, which are impacted on the economic situation.
  • Since peak blood alcohol levels (BALs) reached per drinking episode are a crucial factor in FAS (Abel, 1999), the ‘average drinks’ measure distorts the relationship between alcohol and teratogenesis and muddies our perceptions of risky drinking. Pregnancy is a process
  • This risk is doubled for non-smoking spouses of smokers.
  • Do conventional pesticides and fertilisers pose a health risk? Times, Sunday Times
  • How to go local• Support local farmers by shopping at a farmers market, or buy a share in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group, a community of individuals who pledge to support a farm operation so growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food production. With summer here, consider eating more locally grown foods
  • The company also represented that they had helped it to hedge downside risk.
  • But privilege came with risk and promises were betrayed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Stray too far in one direction and you devolve into saccharine sentimentality, go the other direction and you risk crass exploitation.
  • Demanding that trials maximise their gathering of information on toxicology improves a protocol's balance of risk and social value.
  • If at all, the Euro increases trust in sane long term policy just like the EU institutions in general for Italy, thus reducing investment risk which leads to more growth. Matthew Yglesias » What’s the Matter With Italy?
  • The new flood map allows homeowners and businesses to see if their property is at risk from potential flooding.
  • While water and sand reflect UV rays to increase exposure, it's not just the beachgoer who's at risk. Science seeks ways to take sting out of sunburn
  • Massive investment in research and development; Put in place an industrial policy that prepares for the future and reduces the risks of delocalization; Support small and medium-sized businesses through the creation of regional participation funds and by reserving for them a percentage of public contracts; Give priority to business investment by lowering tax where the profit is reinvested and increasing it where it is distributed to shareholders. Archive 2007-02-01
  • As they ran the risk of losing the advantages they had been given if they went back on their previous statements or retracted their confessions, their statements were open to question.
  • The operation is a surgical procedure performed using general anaesthetic and, like all surgery, carries a degree of risk.
  • I agree that the overhype is a risk, especially in combination with other things. The TV Addict Defends His Take on HEROES | the TV addict
  • ZUCCHINI The sight-saving plant pigment called lutein is lost in cooking; so is vitamin C. BROCCOLI Eat it raw, and you'll get a hefty helping of potent plant nutrients that lower your risk of blood clots, plus vitamin C, and an enzyme that may demolish precancerous cells. Thestar.com - Home Page
  • In this case it may be possible to remove it without undue risk. Times, Sunday Times
  • Over time the risk of the company losing its competitive advantage decreases substantially. LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION
  • The corporation is guaranteed this amount, and the investment banker takes the risk of selling issue.
  • He tried to give her a kiss on the cheek but she resisted his advance and pushed him away from her face briskly.
  • Life as an aid worker can be a risky business .
  • Terrorism raises the risk factor, but we don't know by how much.
  • They are also calling for powers to allow authorities to intervene to protect young people who are at risk from drugs.
  • Morphing "spacesuit" can adjust on astronaut's body to ensure perfect fit The 4-mm long 'peacock spider' and its mating ritual to attract a mate Walking while talking on cell phone risky for older people: Study LONDON - India has urged Western countries to stop eating beef in order to cut greenhouse emissions. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
  • Each apnoeic event per hour of sleep added about 1% to the risk of having hypertension.
  • Anyone who is sexually promiscuous is of increased risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection.
  • Too many high-risk prisoners are set loose after cursory checks, sometimes just a quick phone call. The Sun
  • PALCA: But like scuba diving, there are certain inherent risks and they want to get you acquainted with those. Space Tourism: To Infinity And ... Right Back To Earth
  • Dawkins did not share the town's reverence for the sea, nor did he have much time for those who risked their lives upon it. THE MAIN CAGES
  • At the risk of seeming to be a shill for David Talbot, let me suggest that non-subscribers reconsider.
  • They must not demand a very high cash outlay or demand a very high degree of risk thereby endangering subsistence.
  • Ordering sand for your kid's sandbox would be risky business.
  • But according to this new paper, humans who consume horse meat (most often overseas and especially in France, Italy, Japan and Belgium) are at risk for being poisoned by Phenylbutazone or "bute.
  • The intention is to provide practical and ethical guidance on risk issues.
  • Currently the at-risk register covers a national view of archaeology, monuments, gardens, conservation areas, places of worship, wrecks and battlefields. Times, Sunday Times
  • Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection. Brene Brown 
  • We have grasped, perhaps more than any other nation, that there is a long-run cost to dependency on the state, including an aversion to risk that eventually enervates the entrepreneurial spirit necessary for innovation and prosperity. Beware of the Big-Government Tipping Point
  • In 1974, Lawrence Stone identified "the absence of charismatic leadership" during Edward VI's reign as one of the causes for political instability yet the behavior of Mary's household suggests that Catholics, in particular the Catholic dependents associated with Mary's household, had found in the princess householder a leader of sufficient thaumaturgical charisma that they were willing to risk death on her behalf. 95 From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
  • Women are foolish to expose themselves to unnecessary risk. The Sun
  • The games are structured as combat sport events, involving physical challenge and risk.
  • She put herself through many risky experiences on the road, along with some vigorous political activity.
  • If this were so, it could very well be that the chain or pulley or linkages to the back end were removed in the photo retouching because they were too difficult to cut around (if the manip was done as a collage) or to frisket out (if the manip was a double exposure process in a darkroom). 1933 Walker: Fact or Fraud?
  • Without the proper equipment, a worker risks injuries such as abrasions, or friction burns.
  • GM has said that 5,000 of its GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express vans are affected by this safety recall - due to a faulty alternator, which is considered a fire risk. Product Reviews Net
  • He can then inform the farmers of the potential risk from the disease if they plant peas in that area.
  • Hormone replacement therapy, also known as postmenopausal hormone therapy (PHT), definitely increases your [breast cancer] risk," says Julie R. Gralow, MD, the director of breast medical oncology at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. WordPress.com News
  • A member of the same family as onions, leeks and scallions, garlic appears to reduce the risk of many types of cancer, including prostate cancer.
  • Risk managers are charged with an important function within financial institutions, and to attract calibre candidates, salary levels tend to be competitive.
  • To my knowledge, the patient relations office never discussed the matter with the surgeon -- I certainly never heard from him -- but I did receive a termination letter followed by a series of surprisingly rude and condescending letters from their risk management attorney after I pointed out that HIPPA promises patients will not be "penalized" for filing a privacy complaint. Genital Photos, HIPAA and the Media
  • In any case, Pang et al. may have unknowingly found an unstated risk for hospital birth of having a mildly premature baby.
  • Illicit prescription drug use is at a high level among the high-risk felony probationers who volunteered for this study.
  • The engines are fuelled by liquid petroleum gas, which means that there is no risk of a fire breaking out.
  • These people are not sensitive to the dangers and risks involved. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, even after we adjusted for these additional factors we still found an approximate doubling of risk of death from cancer among people with widespread pain.
  • Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort. Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action
  • It seems only fair that the new records be somehow asterisked.
  • This may feel risky but the potential rewards are worth it. The Sun
  • Many agree on one point: If no action is taken, the country runs the risk of a social explosion.
  • A recent heart attack, bypass or valve surgery will result in a drop in insurability and an increase of 25% to 100% or more in premiums over standard, or average, risk policies. Getting Life Insurance
  • For these categories hospital 1 had the lowest perinatal mortality rates among the consultant units after adjustment for risk factors.
  • Thin ye'll have till come up this way nixt spring time, whin they do be friskin 'around like young lambs," the woodsman told him. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats
  • If you're a smoker or are regularly exposed to cigarette smoke, studies show that synthetic beta carotene could increase your lung cancer risk.
  • Zurich surveyed firms to see if they carry out risk assessments of employees before letting them drive on business.
  • Background/rationale: One of the most important changes to managed care payments in the BBA was the required implementation of risk adjustment. Presidential Plan To Modernize And Strengthen Medicare A
  • And airlines would have to hand over detailed passenger info or risk seeing jets barred from landing. The Sun
  • Everyone was frisked before getting on the plane.
  • Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
  • Greece's rating was downgraded to junk status last year owing to the risk of default. Times, Sunday Times
  • The irritating lack of clarity about who holds what amount of debt has led to some ridiculous underpricing of risk. Times, Sunday Times
  • If it did, I would be justified in dismissing arguments against free trade on the grounds that many who make such arguments are at risk of losing their jobs or have actually lost their jobs. Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • The company has Centre for Insurance and Risk Management tripled its staff in the past 12 months, hiring (CIRM), estimates that India's OTC weather experts in agronomy and agricultural mete - derivatives market is worth around $1 billion. orology to meet growing demand. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Then the wiglet, or transformation, was plastered over the front part, and Miss Blake's Sunday hat, which is of a very brisk character, with half a blue bird in it, was placed on top of everything. New Treasure Seekers
  • This suggests that such indices are unlikely to provide useful markers for the identification of colorectal cancer risk as previously proposed.
  • And every morning, when the air was clean and brisk, the black man who had first dubbed him `Danlo the Wild "taught him to ice skate. THE BROKEN GOD
  • What Bush REALLY doesn’t want is to have his VP indicted, or to possibly end up having the “unindicted co-conspirator” label asterisked to his name in the history books. Firedoglake » You Spin Me Right Round…
  • Other than releasing small amounts of oil from the Reserve for very limited short term climatic or pipeline disruptions, extortionist high oil prices that were risking a national economic calamity were never adequate cause to tap the SPR in this administration's reckoning. Raymond J. Learsy: Stop The Energy Department From Hiking Oil Prices By Reinstituting Purchases For The Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  • Raw milk proponents take cause to capitols, courtrooms as public health officials warn of risk risks of raw milk is spilling into statehouses and courtrooms across the country as proponents of unpasteurized PAU kisan melas to be held in March Dr M S Gill, Director of Extension University, said the university is creating awareness about the need to WN.com - Articles related to Report Claims Flowers Lose Aroma Due To Climate Change
  • The committee advises the media on whether publication of a story risks endangering national security. Times, Sunday Times
  • Operation Nighthawk, " for instance, showed that someone grabbing a cab at Kennedy Airport runs a 66% risk of being overcharged for a ride to Manhattan.
  • The financial services industry is always looking for new ways to lure cautious investors out of the deposit account and into the market with low-risk investments.
  • Recently, itinerant workers - some illegal immigrants - have moved into the trade, at the risk of being exploited by gangmasters.
  • However, concern is great and several specific questions are being raised about risks to humans in close contact with infected cats and the need for surveillance of disease in cat populations.
  • He identifies three potential risks for would-be investors. Times, Sunday Times
  • They run the risk of becoming prisoners at any time. Times, Sunday Times
  • There's only a minimal amount of risk involved.
  • The tech giant will trawl anonymous confidential data to spot people at risk of kidney disease, blood poisoning and organ failure. The Sun
  • So, will the morally dubious Sinbad high-tail it off to the safety of Bali, or will he keep his word, risk life and limb to find the book, and repay the loyalty his good friend has shown him?
  • Each mile that we progressed into Iraq, commanders warned us the risk of getting "slimed" dramatically increased. CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2007
  • He looks to take the initiative and encourages what the old guard would have considered dangerous or risky strokeplay. The Sun
  • Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned.
  • He soon became vice-president of Universal Pictures, but after two years he risked everything to become an independent producer, amove that paid off. Elliott Kastner obituary
  • Why are you running such unnecessary risks with a great relationship? The Sun
  • There is also high political risk resulting from the government's erratic and unpredictable policies. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you enjoy an occasional drink this may do no harm but by cutting out drink altogether you avoid any possible risks.
  • Two bars offer brisk service, and the bartenders will occasionally let you order up to four tiny drinks at a time, with rum, gin, vodka and rye on the menu.
  • What is more risky, a live orchestra playing wrong notes or a gremlin getting into the electronics?
  • But I was offering a meal that didn't run any cholesterol risks.
  • The Chancellor has not taken the opposite political risk of a serious attempt to reduce the budget deficit by increases in taxation and reductions in expenditure. Times, Sunday Times
  • No effective drugs are without side-effects but the benefits of the treatment have to be assessed and may outweigh the risk. Times, Sunday Times

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