Sentences with phrase «is a dangerous proposition»

The new coalition government has already suggested reversing several reforms introduced by the previous administration, which in itself is a dangerous proposition for the country, but the implication for the Continent could be greater and graver.

Having tea with a priest after Sunday service was a dangerous proposition.

(Sitting down would have been a dangerous proposition.)

MESSAGE - Taking the law into your own hands is a dangerous proposition and only works in the movies.

Seeing the world through a child's eyes is a dangerous proposition in literature or film.

Their revenue model is 95 - 100 % based on ad revenue, and I always think that's a dangerous proposition, because just as they get clever enough to sneak in ads, users become clever enough to disable them or tune them out.

Since you don't know the individual and have only communicated online, this can be a dangerous proposition.

You might think that working with pets is a dangerous proposition; however, veterinarians and veterinary staff accounted for fewer than 5 percent of that total despite their obvious closeness with their patients.

Messing with time can be a dangerous proposition, though, as any sci - fi fan knows.

This is the dangerous proposition usually advocated by the «do nothing» lobby which I am surprised you endorse.

Nuclear power is a dangerous proposition to make too widespread.

This is a dangerous proposition which threatens the integrity of public health by turning it into a purely ideological movement, rather than a scientific one.

But even when a case requires repetitive tasks, uniform increments can be a dangerous proposition.

It is a dangerous proposition to be an uninsured driver.

But that's a dangerous proposition in any market, and especially today, when buyers are facing so many new challenges.

One theme common among facilitators, session attendees, and association leaders alike was the idea that upsetting the status quo can be a dangerous proposition.

Not exact matches

The film also demonstrates that hiring family that are unqualified for a position can be a dangerous business proposition, as George's Uncle Billy demonstrates.

In general, I'm a fan of index investing (I think it's the best strategy for most investors), but being forced to buy and hold shares regardless of their valuation becomes a dangerous proposition when the stock is highly overvalued, which is the case today in China.

The proposition that «lower interest rates justify higher valuations» has become a rather dangerous slogan, and is an incomplete statement.

It's just that his political rhetoric is predicated on the incoherent and dangerous proposition that politics can only become populist when it is stripped of the political — when rhetoric becomes unrhetorical.

The most obvious attribute that Bailey possesses is his blistering pace and that coupled with his skill and confidence on the ball makes him an extremely dangerous proposition for opposing full - backs.

He and Son in the same team is a very dangerous proposition indeed.

What a dangerous proposition Cuomo is promoting with our safety at risk.

Light sabers clash in showers of sparks, Chewbacca makes friends with a birdlike creature with melting eyes, and The Force is revealed as far more dangerous a proposition than heretofore suspected.

And it is perhaps one of the most dangerous propositions that exists in our country today.

If there is a bulge in one of these, it could fail at any time, which is a very dangerous proposition.

Power to the people is always a dangerous proposition, but that's the new world.

Helping fund a game through Kickstarter is often a dangerous proposition.

People have an innate propensity to believing propositions, sometimes whole collections of propositions, for which there is little or no evidence: «God gave this land to us»; «[insert name here] was a prophet of God»; astrology, phrenology, psychoanalysis; phlebotomy is an effective treatment; aspartame is dangerous; apricot pit extract can cure cancer.

10: Given that the authors of the largest ever survey of peer - reviewed opinion in learned papers marked only 64 of 11,944 papers, or 0.5 %, as stating they agreed with the official «consensus» proposition that recent warming was mostly manmade, on what rational, evidence - based, scientific ground is it daily asserted that «97 % of scientists» believe recent global warming is not only manmade but dangerous?

The proposition that words can hurt, however, comes dangerously close to the idea that knowledge can hurt; it would seem to be a small step from hurtful knowledge to «forbidden knowledge,» i.e. «knowledge considered too sensitive, dangerous, or taboo to produce.»

The alleged rationales for anti-coal and gas policies — to reduce global warming or protect local environments — are furphies: whether or not further warming will occur and be dangerous — and both propositions are questionable and are being ignored by major emissions producers China and India, and soon the USA — Australia's emissions reductions will have no measurable impact on world climate.

However, I doubt that the consensus endorsing the proposition that 2 deg C is «dangerous» is as unanimous as the consensus endorsing the propositions that temperatures are currently warmer than the 19th century and that CO2 has a direct impact on temperature â $ «a proposition uncontested by Lindzen, Christy or Spencer.

They also know that law firm content can't be too useful, or else it becomes law firm advice and therefore a dangerous proposition.

The post from Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog reports on yesterday's Supreme Court argument in which the state of Arizona and the federal government argued for — and got Justices supporting — the broad proposition that police who encounter someone in a public place should have the authority to frisk that individual any time they fear he may be «armed and dangerous,» even if they have no suspicion that any crime has been or is being committed.

Sending angry e-mails to opposing counsel is a tempting and dangerous proposition.

Partly this is a function of the type of work, but ultimately (if we're presuming that law firms are rational - a dangerous proposition) it's down to how much the work each specialism can charge for and how «lumpy» the work is.