This prospect didn't merely threaten Ballmer's ambitions; it was a personal affront.

And a lot of people find that prospect threatening; it turns a lot of old power structures on their head.

Despite a promising future at the fiftieth anniversary, Westminster soon began to see its future and prospects for continued existence threatened.

The prospect before her now, was threatening to a degree that could not be entirely dispelled-- that might not be even partially brightened.

The prospect of Eugenia's recognition threatens the conspiracy's success.

They kept their smiles glaceed on their faces, even as the prospect of defeat for all but one threatened to melt the happiness away.

With newspaper advertising in a deep trough in most areas, the prospect of the Postal Service giving an advantage to mailers is particularly threatening to newspapers.

The prospect of reduced meat supplies threatens to add pressure on a Communist Party already weakened by internal dissent and public discontent.

When the prospect of imminent invasion threatened Britain.

But the fractious Arab states agreed at last that Lebanon's civil war and the prospect of partition threatened them all.