Sentences with phrase «already threatened»

Of course, using the legal process will be more expensive, but your ex's new guy has already threatened to have you thrown in jail if you come around.

«The clear message is that he intends to continue to try to intimidate the commissioners since he has already threatened to fire those who do not rule the way he wants,» she said.

And like its bigger cousin, the Sandwich Tern — already threatened with coastal development and severe weather — is forecast by Audubon's climate model to fare poorly in the face of climate change.

Tar sands projects are already threatened by a slump in oil prices, as well as pending global action to address climate change.

Maps of the wildlife habitat are overlaid to show the level of impact the timber and paper companies will have on already threatened and endangered species.

But it could be disastrous for the already threatened wild Pacific salmon stocks.

President Obama has already threatened to veto the Rockefeller bill, perhaps realizing that — once adopted — re-enacting the legislation could become a biennial ritual, mothballing indefinitely EPA's plans to regulate CO2 from stationary sources.

And much of this palm oil is produced in ways that involve the destruction of tropical forests and peatlands, adding to global warming emissions and reducing habitat for many already threatened species.

As a bird that relies on specific breeding arenas, how the climatic disruption will affect this bird, already threatened by energy extraction and other uses of public land, is unknown.

The report cites Bangladesh, already threatened by frequent floods and extreme weather, as just one of more «potential impact hotspots» threatened by «extreme river floods, more intense tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and very high temperatures».

Arctic sea ice, already threatened by global warming, faces new onslaught from giant waves.

Fencing also compounds problems for wildlife already threatened by poaching and habitat fragmentation due to mining, roads, and other human activities, conservationists say.

Thermal expansion — water swells as it heats — accounts for a substantial portion of rising seas, so warmer oceans mean even worse news for already threatened islands and coasts.

Cold - water corals are already threatened by practices of open - ocean trawling for bottom fish.

Heat and water stress are also affecting some tropical forests already threatened by clear - cutting for farming and development.

Corals around the world, already threatened by pollution, destructive fishing practices and other problems, are also widely regarded as among the ecosystems likely to be first — and most — threatened with destruction as earth's climate warms.

What, were the stakes not high enough when Captain Hook had merely kidnapped Peter Pan's children and had already threatened to kill them?

Proponents of seal hunts insist that the animals are killed humanely and the white - coated pups are not taken, while opponents argue that it is irresponsible to kill harp seals as they are already threatened by declining habitat.

She had already threatened to move to Florida, because she felt constricted and hopeless about any future uptick in her finances in New York, promising to send for Deming when she is secure.

Written between 1989 and 1995, they share a common, reverberating theme: that survival — already threatened by starvation, betrayal, brutality — can hinge on details as absurdly trivial as a crate of rice seedlings, the timing of closed curtains, the placement of an elm tree, a travel pass.

Although the next TT will increase the pressure by offering a fresh look along with an even wider range of equipment and drivetrain options, Porsche has already threatened to strike back with entry - level models powered by an all - new four - cylinder boxer engine.

That groundbreaking work is already threatened, and if the school can't afford the educators skilled in interventional work, it will disappear altogether.

Coral is already threatened by insidious change in sea water chemistry as ever more carbonic acid — from dissolved atmospheric carbon dioxide, the product of the combustion of fossil fuels — gets into the sea.

Some of the animals have barely been discovered and are already threatened with extinction.

«Avoiding a true sixth mass extinction will require rapid, greatly intensified efforts to conserve already threatened species and to alleviate pressures on their populations — notably habitat loss, overexploitation for economic gain, and climate change,» the researchers said.

These results could have serious implications for tropical fish, whose habitat is already threatened by climate change.

Egypt has already threatened Ethiopia with air strikes over damming the Nile River.

The variants were least common in declining populations already threatened by climate change.

A lower court's 23 August preliminary injunction halting hESC research «has a profound impact» that «disrupts not only the processing of grant applications currently under review by NIH, but it disrupts many of its currently funded grants, and it has already threatened ongoing programs to educate physicians and physician - researchers,» the brief states.

BBSRC cuts come at a time when the funding for basic neuroscience in the United Kingdom is already threatened with a move by the Medical Research Council to fund more clinically relevant science, explains Colin Blakemore, a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford and former head of the Medical Research Council.

«So often when a new monkey is discovered it is already threatened with extinction» says Vermeer.

Positive plant - animal interactions could further support animal populations that are already threatened.»

Adeniran had already threatened to pull out of the peace accord signed by the eight chairmanship aspirants in the race ahead of the convention.

The legislation could become a major issue for vulnerable House Republicans in divided districts, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has already threatened they will «glow in the dark» over their vote.

Bruce Leighton and Fred Costello have already threatened to override her cuts and increase property taxes.

Cuomo has already threatened to make the budget, due April 1, late.

Richard, all the points you have made are correct and you didn't even mention that Corbyn has already threatened to sling Labour's most successful leader of all time in jail!

By the child with a firearm metaphor, this is the child that has already threatened to come to school and kill everyone.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has already threatened to sue over the Trump administration's proposal.

The unions have already threatened legal action to make sure the MOU sticks.

Actually, he has already threatened to break Douglas Costa «in half.»

Chicago wouldn't relish losing a popular kid from a nearby town — Bill Gleason, editor of Chicago Sports magazine, has already threatened to lead a fan boycott if that should happen.

Having already threatened to boycott this year's match if David Graham did not resign as captain, the Internationals again laid down the law by demanding that the event be held overseas in 1998 — or else.

4 Already threatened with excommunication, the Edict of Worms (May 1521) outlawed him and placed him under a ban, but he was saved by his ruler, Friedrich, Elector of Ernestine Saxony (1486 - 1525), who smuggled him into exile to Wartburg.

In your scenerio, GZ reveals that he has a gun has already threatened a person with deadly force.

Chinese cities and even provinces are already threatened by this fate.

Draghi warned that unilateral moves like these tariffs could trigger retaliation — which the EU and China, among other, have already threatened.

He'd already threatened to resign last Thursday if Trump went ahead with the plan.

Hogan had already threatened to sue a number of other websites if they posted the sex tape, and he sued Gawker in federal court on Oct. 15, 2012.

The government has already threatened to send in the military.